Hi Brandi,
There is a special paper I buy from golden threads that I trace patterns onto and then you pin it to the quilt and carefully sew on the lines. I buy it from clotilde sewing store on line. You will want to use a smaller stitch legnth to make it easy to tear afterwards.
When you are finished you just tear it off and discard it. I once used a regular tracing paper to do this and it wanted to tear as I sewed it making it hard to complete the design correctly. I have heard of other products you can use, but for the life of me, I can't remember what it was. I keep thinking it was a tearaway stabilizer.
Good luck with your quilting! Have fun.
Last edited by RedGarnet222; 02-21-2012 at 06:41 PM.