NanaCsews2

Artstuff.net has 50% off with an additional 10% with a code found on the site. This is transparent to see through several sheets. Also comes on rolls of 20 yards or 50 yards, in several widths.

Janette

Another of the beauties of Golden Thread paper is that you can make copies of your design. Simply draw your design on one piece, cut out up to 10-15 pieces the same size, stack them up with your design on top. Using a #16 needle and no thread in your machine, free motion stitch around your design through all of the sheets of paper. Pull them apart and you have up to 15 copies of your design to place on your quilt. This works best on the simpler designs, especially feathers, as you can go nuts trying to decide which dots to follow. I also like to use it on borders. You don't have to use math to get the pattern to match length of your border. I just do strips of pattern and place them on the border, then look at how much space I have left and cut up my paper strips to stretch out the design. Easy.

My time

These papers are not the same. Silver threads is see through and very thin.

My time

These papers are not the same. Silver threads is see through and very thin. Another good substitute is tracing paper from the dollars store. I've used it successfully for paper piecing. Have not tried for machine quilting yet.

My time

Oh and the tracing paper went through our printer as well. I did have to trim it a bit. But for $1.25 for 50 sheets I thought it was well worth the effort.

MartiMorga

Very Interesting, as a new quilter and not experienced at all in hand quilting. Is this to mark your quilt for hand quilting or machine or both? When you lay it on your quilt do you just pin or do you use something else to keep it in place? You have my curiousity. Thanks for all this great info.

donna13350

It is for both hand and machine quilting...usually I just lay it where I want it and start sewing, but if it is a larger pattern and I'm afraid it will slip, then I will pin it, but it's usually not a problem to just lay it on the quilt and your first stitches will anchor it. The only thing I would caution someone about would be to choose your pattern carefully...if it has a lot of crossing lines and tiny spaces, you will find yourself picking the bits out with tweezers! Larger, open patterns generally work best with this method as the paper tears off cleanly and easily. I sometimes will use the newsprint to give me the large outline, tear it off, then go back and just "wing" the finer areas, I am not artistic, but if I have the outlines done, then it's not too bad to go in and finish the finer areas.
Get a practice sandwhich and try it with copy paper, just to see...it will tear off, but not as easily as newsprint, but you can get an idea of how it goes. Shorten your stitch length, too.
You can find hundreds of free quilting motifs with a google image search. I like the coloring pages for themed quilts..just google image "free coloring pages", then add what you're looking for, like flag, bird, etc...the possibilities are endless! Give it a whirl! Good luck!

MarleneC

My Viking dealer sold me a roll (8" wide and 200 ft. ) of Stitch & Ditch Stabilizer when I asked about Golden Threads paper. This is a lot cheaper and more of it. It can be used for embroidery and quilting and paper piecing. Use one layer and transfer--trace--the quilting pattern to the quilt surface. Stitch and then remove by tearing it away. The instructions advice to baste it to the quilt but we used adhesive spray or pins at our class.

BellaBoo

Golden Threads is semi transparent, thin, holds it's shape but is brittle enough to tear away clean. There are many substitutes to use but you'll never know how good one of the subs are unless you try the original first.

copehome

I had great success with the tracing paper today!! I'm going to make a few copies using my laser printer at work tomorrow. It tore beautifully when I helped score along the stitch line with a straight pin