I have done a search online and have never found any good information on this one. After talking to a quilter with MUCH more experience than me, she gave me a great idea!
Use tear-away stabilizer instead of paper or freezer paper. Last night, I started a small block. I'm only part way through it as I was only doing it to pass time while my youngest refused to go to sleep. However, that is the exact reason why I wanted to try it by hand! I am unable to paper piece while my children are awake. I love to paper piece, however, so had to come up with something else.
A word on freezer paper: No one seems to want to tell you that freezer paper will actually pull away from the fabric really easy, especially when handled a lot. Hence the reason why I wanted to stay away from any freezer paper ideas.
I just used the Sulky brand tear-away stabilizer you can easily purchase at Joann's. I have not tried to run it through my printer yet. I'm actually afraid that it will make a huge mess in my printer as the stabilizer is rather thin. At that point, freezer paper may come in handy. You know, iron it to the back before running it through the printer. I will probably try this later as this particular way of working by hand to do paper piecing is really working. I'll know more after I actually go to tear it off and away from my stitches.
I will probably post more (with pictures) when the block itself is finished.
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Once upon a time ago, there were rubber stamps that you could use to stamp onto paper - or in your case stabilizer. I think you might could draw it as well... (Maybe not, but worth a try...)
Foundations by the yard is muslin with foundation pattern printed on it - you don't remove this when domne like you do with a paper foundation - but the concept works the same.
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