I also use clip art for patterns and old stencils from when it was a popular painting technique. Remember when everyone had a stenciled border around every room in the house! Any where I can find a motif works for me. and I just alter it till it works. I use Golden Threads Paper to trace and sew on. It tears away easily.
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I used tissue paper from dollar store. Just lightly ironed it, traced my designs on with crayola washable marker and quilted right over it. Used a cowboy panto, and drew in armadillo, windmill, Alamo, Oil pump jack. The panto had longhorn head, star,cowboy hat, boots. Turned out great and was very happy with my results

Thank you Toni, that was just the kind of encouragement I was hoping to get. Did you use coloring book designs for your add-on designs, but try to make them continuous? Like I said, I can't draw to save my life! I love making quilts personal and trying to adjust the quilting designs to match the fabric theme or the personal interests of the recipient. Your Texas themed quilt sounds super.

I trace paper pantographs onto Golden Threads paper. I then needle punch the paper with a size 18 needle to create a stencil. I pin the paper to the quilt and pounce on the design one row at a time. Because the front of the quilt is often too busy for the chalk to show up I often use a backing that almost reads as a solid and quilt from the back.