Another way, unless it has been said, did not read all the posts, is to use Solvy products. On Superior Threads Website they have a package that comes 47" wide and 5 yards long. I traced my design onto the solvy, pinned it to my quilt and then quilted it. You MUST use a Sharpie pen or a colorwash marker otherwise - I learned the hard way - you leave marks on your quilt. Using the solvy allows me to choose my design and a bit of comfort quilting it on the quilt. Goldenthreads has a nice onion paper that you can use to trace your designs or templates onto the paper and pin to your quilt to get an accurate quilt pattern down. There is also using fabric marking pens with your stencils that are nice or pencils. I prefer the Fons and Porter mechanical pencil. You can purchase different color leads to help see the lines with the fabric colors changing.