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Hello!
I have been increasingly (and joyfully) sucked into projects that require freezer paper, and am growing weary of the "battle of the curl." :wink: In other words, I am tired of fighting with my largish grocery store roll and so looking with hopeful eyes at those 8.5 x 11-inch sheets that feed into one's printer and are packaged to be nice and flat.
I see several varieties online but am not sure what a good choice would be. Some reference running through inkjet printers, but I only have laser printers at my disposal. Some recommendations and feedback would be lovely.
Thanks!
Taree NSW - Australia
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April,
A couple of things...
Freezer paper just doesn't work in a laser printer, but it does work quite nicely in an ink jet. However, if you take your grocery store freezer paper, cut off a length that seems about right to work with, and iron it..even spray starch it (on the non-shiny side) lightly and iron it, cut it with your duller rotary cutter into printer sizes, it works fantastic in your ink jet printer (or keep it larger for larger projects and work with pencil). It shrinks a little, too, so if you do that before either printing or drawing on it, it won't distort your pattern. I use two layers of grocery store freezer paper ironed together. Much cheaper than the precut stuff and no rolling.
But if you buy a new printer so you can print on it, I recommend getting one that will accept large sheets. Mine will take something bigger than the 11 x 17 inch sheets (that's as large as I have used so far). It then is great for things like printing on fabric, label printing, pattern printing, etc. With the right inks and the right pre and post treatment, printed fabric from an ink jet printer is permanent and doesn't wash out. I've seen some discussion on the forum saying it does, but I've seen no fading even after four or five washings (I use fabric I purchase at Electric Quilt...it seems the nicest quality and is already pre-treated). I also print foundation paper in mine...don't know what I'd do without my HP inkjet and my grocery store freezer paper.
"Neglect not the gift that is within you..." -1 Timothy 4:14
Betty Jo
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Great tips, thank you! Okie doke, NO laser printers. Got it (makes perfect sense, now... duh.) Thankfully, I do have a very nice lightbox, so printing my patterns on regular paper and transfering to a sheet of freezer paper would not be a big deal.
So... back to my original question, has anyone found 8.5 x 11 sheets of FP that they like? There are several brands with varying reviews, according to my research so far.
Thank you much, again! :mrgreen:
"Neglect not the gift that is within you..." -1 Timothy 4:14
Betty Jo
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Originally posted by heartnsoulquiltsI think the package of 8.5 x 11" sheets I have are made by Jenkins. They work fine.
Here's a link: http://www.cjenkinscompany.com/C_Jen...apersheets.htm
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If all you have is a laser printer, iron a piece of fabric to the freezer paper and run it through that way. I use my laser printer all the time to print foundations onto muslin. I iron the muslin to freezer paper so it will go through the printer. Each sheet of freezer paper works for 6 or more muslin pieces.
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I've read that if you cut freezer paper to 11 x 17, fold it in half with the shiny (the waxed sides) together with a piece of regular paper in between, it can be fed into a laser printer, using the manual feed tray and I would use the transparency setting as the machine would know plastic is involved. Laser printers have long been able to run transparencies, which is also plastic (albeit no glue). I will keep my fingers crossed to see if this works.
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Originally posted by FranceslovesfabricIf all you have is a laser printer, iron a piece of fabric to the freezer paper and run it through that way. I use my laser printer all the time to print foundations onto muslin. I iron the muslin to freezer paper so it will go through the printer. Each sheet of freezer paper works for 6 or more muslin pieces.
"Neglect not the gift that is within you..." -1 Timothy 4:14
Betty Jo
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I'm not sure if I will add anymore embroidery....
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I finished my magic garden. This was not my usual colour palette and I am not fond of gnomes so I took creative license...
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Just lovely! I like your flowers too. They fill up the background nicely.
-
Beatuiful choices of colors. Fun and whimsical. Nicely done!
-
Really fun embroidery choices. It looks great!
-
I LOVE the black additions to your piecing. They really attract attention and look great.
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I still have many fans to finish as I’m hand piecing the outside curve. My preference is appliqué and embroidery. For...
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Helen, Thank you so much for your ideas! You have great EQ8 skills! I have 2 Becky Goldsmith books that I have been using...
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Nice work ! Can I ask, did you use stem stitch on the bluebells ? Or have you whip stitched over a back stitch?
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Not a question, but wanted to share the Kona solids I picked out today for the summer version. Excited to start work on...
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