Again you saved me!!! Thank you so much,

I'm doing a wall hanging for church and it has a cross in the middle of the quilt, it is a fusiable applique very intricate design...I seen this wall hanging on here and it was made by kathyaire and I just loved it and knew that I wanted to make one for our church office, so I ordered the applique and have been kind of nervous to start it but now that I have it is going pretty well...just that I don't have all the tools that they say to use so have to try something else that will work..

Thank you all for your help I will try both the freezer papaer ironed together and the parchment paper and see what works the best.. you guys are the greatest! thanks again

I've never heard of using freezer paper or (shudder) waxed paper, but I use parchment paper all the time...or the release paper from the fusible web itself. Almost everything I do is fused these days.

I use a thin tea towel & have never had any residue on my iron.

If you have a big enough piece, you can use the backing that comes off the fusible to press.

TIP.... When working with fusables, and worry about getting any on your ironing board, just iron some freezer paper right on to your ironing board to protect it. Works great

You can also use a silicone baking pan/sheet/hotpad if you have one. I used a silicone hotpad from my iron.

Although I have a Teflon sheet, I often use parchment paper. It works for me.

I too have a silicone baking sheet. Much less expensive.

Maybe do a small test before committing to a big area?

I have used Note book paper work for me.