I saw on the internet that someone once told me she used a tracing wheel to run along the stitch lines. She said it added alot of extra hold in the paper without damaging the fabric as the little spokes on the tracing wheel are thicker than a needle and the paper pieces are alot easier to remove. I'm making my first quilt which is a hand stitched paper piece hexagon quilt and my paper pieces are only held in using a large basting stitch so I haven't had the opportunity to try this. I thought I'd share with you all. Let me know if anyone tries it and it works.