I use Gutterman hand quilting thread. My quality improved vastly when I switched to this thread ...... really any hand quilting thread because now I think about it I have used the Coats and Clark kind with success too. I prefer to whip stitch although the ladder stitch works if you start close to the end, go to the end, reverse to the other side. At end you need to go back a few stitches. I also thread baste instead of glue. It gives me a bit of wiggle room because I hand cut my papers, this way my points match. I recently finished my latest project so this is all I have to show.....