nanror

If I use tissue paper pinned to my quilt for my quilting design...does it also work well with hand quilting? I see a lot of people use it for machine quilting but I don't see much reference to hand quilting.

Thanks!

Nancy

Tartan

I can't see it working for traditional hand quilting. Anything that interfered with loading the needle would make it difficult to get small stitches. If however you were doing big stitch or stab stitch quilting, you could use it. It would be hard to stitch without ripping the tissue paper in my opinion.

PaperPrincess

I agree with Tartan. The only way you could get the needle through would be with a stab stitch. You can always try quilting a small sample, like a left over block.

ManiacQuilter2

I don't think I would even use tissue paper for machine quilting. Tartan is correct with the hand quilting use.

fatquarters

I just used it for machine quilting, as suggested by someone, thought it was great until I was done and realized that it does NOT wash out the little bits. my quilt looks bad where the dark fabrics are, and I washes numerous times

citruscountyquilter

I tried using tissue paper for machine quilting but it was too fragile to stand up to my wrestling my quilt around in my machine. I found that parchment paper (the kind you use in baking) worked better. It was fairly easy to tear away but held up to wrestling around. I did have to use tweezers to get it out of the little points and such. It was a bit of a hassle but just did it as I walked by and happened to see it or as I was watching TV.