I just sewed right over the P&S and you can't reuse it. Make absolutely sure you have it all removed before you iron it again!!

I'm going to have to try Scissor Queens method also. I've always used printer paper. Print or draw my design on paper, then sew right over the paper. It's a B&^%H picking out all that paper, but at the time it was the only way I knew to do it. Thanks for the suggestion.

I print off the design I want and trace it onto netting with a permanent marker. I then put the netting on my quilt and draw over the marker with chalk pencil.

I have traced over the design on tulle with contrasting permanent marker, then pinned the tulle to my quilt and then traced over my lines with a chalk pencil.

I loved the Press & Seal idea too, but I found that if your stitch length is short, the stuff can be darn near impossible to remove and won't come out in the wash. I did some feathered wreaths with Press & Seal and no matter what, particles remained. I would try this on a sample before using it on a quilt you've spent a lot of time on.

Thanks letting us know your experience with press & seal. I have this problem with tissue paper, but at least that can be picked out or dissolved in the wash. Since I already experience this with tissue paper, I will likely experience it with press & seal as well.

I now use the tissue paper way. At first I used Press and Seal, but found that it really gummed up my machine and it took quite a bit of cleaning to get my machine back to normal.

okay so what kind of tissure paper do you use? like regular toilet paper or the stuff that comes in gift bags or what. can you tell i'm clueless? :)
also what were you gals talking about with the P&S? could you describe your method a bit more??
thanks so much already everyone! :)
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Doesn't anybody use pounce and stencils? I am so scared of my first FMQ project, so I bought all the stuff (Ultimate Pounce I think it's called; can be removed with a hot iron). I tried the official-quilting tissue and spent hours picking the paper off the sample quilt - I won't use that again.

I trace my QD on water soublable interfacing. Pin it onto the fab and away I go. Found out the HARD way not to sew directly on the ink when quilting on light fab. Ink stayed on the fab. Had to use hair spray and a Q-tip to get it out.