To get the designs I want, I often sew through paper. The advantages are (a) I can see the design! in my scrappy style it is very hard to mark a design with anything that lets you see it on all colors of fabric. (b) no one else can see if you went off the lines. Yes, it is time consuming to copy the designs. It is time consuming to take off the paper but you develop techniques.
Mostly I use cheap parchment paper from the Dollar Store, the current brand is a bit slicker than the old yellow packaging. The paper is 12" wide by 20' long, so yes, it takes a couple of boxes to do an entire quilt.
I put down my purchased pantograph or original design and tape it securely. Then I put the parchment paper over and copy with pencil. Warning: If you are using white thread/and or a white background, the graphite can transfer through to the thread and be very difficult to remove so I don't recommend this on white on white applications. Typically I can safety pin the parchment paper to the quilt in non-stitched areas.
I also use newsprint. With that, I make stacks with a design on top, then using a big stitch and no thread, I sew through the pattern making holes on the subsequent sheets. Edit: The holes will keep together pretty well during the quilting process but makes the removing even easier.
Here's a couple of pix, one is some paper punch templates, and one of me taking the paper off an all over edge-to-edge design. That's Buddy the dog in the picture, he has passed but is why I have my current two dogs
