Hello,
I'm still not great at fmq on my dsm, but I'm endeavoring to get better at it. (I spend far too much time piecing more tops and not enough time sandwiching and quilting them!). I was looking at the Leah Day printable quilting stencils, and they look like a great idea, but I wonder about how to avoid snapping my needle over and over again on the pins I use for sandwiching - which would be hidden under the paper. (I prefer to sandwich with pins for a number of different reasons, so using an adhesive to sandwich is not an option for me, unfortunately.)
The quilt I'm tackling at the moment has some blocks that are really dark and some that are really light, and I haven't been able to trace or draw a pattern on them, using my markers, that is consistently visible against the various fabrics. That's what I'd usually do, since I'm not great at just freehanding yet.
Has anyone ever used the printable paper stencils with pins? If so, how did you manage the hidden pins?
Thanks for any advice!
