Golden Threads paper or Sulky Solvy work well if you don't want to mark directly on the quilt. I also tried to make templates from freezer paper and iron them on, but they kept falling off while I was quilting them. I have cut templates out of stencil plastic and drawn around them, then meander between the shapes. To actually draw on the fabric, my favorite is the "blue line eraser" and markers that go with them. They are awesome!