Newsprint as stabilizer?

[MCramer]

I have been working on a few Christmas gifts with embroidery, and ran out of regular stabilizer. I was wondering if anyone has used newspaper (blank) print as a stabilizer? If so, use more than one layer? How did it work?

TIA

Mary

[quiltmonkey]

Personally, I have not used it but have heard that people do and it works fine.

[lindasewsit]

I have used coffee filters. Just press them and they work great! Tears off really easily!! linda

[roberta]

I have used the paper sandwich sheets and they work great. One of my friends uses the paper dr.'s put on the table for an exam and that works great too. I have never heard of anyone using paper but I don't see why it wouldn't work. I would be careful if you are concerned about the ink rubbing off onto your fabric.

[quiltmonkey]

Hey Roberta, it's newsprint paper that hasn't been printed on yet. You can get ends of rolls by the bundle; many times for free or low cost. This might also be great paper to use to PPP drawing your quilting designs!

[Mrs.A]

I ran out of stabilizer this weekend and tried using a piece of vellun (which I keep around for paper foundation piecing). It worked great and tore away easily. In the past I have also used a double layer of plain old white tissue paper. I think it really depends on what you are stitching. Give the newsprint a test!

[Quilting Heidi]

I got sheets of butcher paper at Sams club and it works fantastic and lasts forever. I've used it for years.

[roberta]

Thanks Shana, I guess I missed the part that said blank, ha ha.

I am going to have to get some of this, not only for PPP but for putting under my birds cage. Regular newspaper stains the floor sometimes.. I have just been using thick plastic but this sounds much easier to work with

[Mirabelle]

My daughter does a lot of machine embroidery and she often uses fusible pellon as stabiliser, don't know what you would call it over there but it is a very thin wadding. Great for cushions and bags as it gives a quilted look.