I tried something new.. ugh.. what now?
 

I have read about using tissue paper for quilting. You mark on the tissue paper and then quilt. Then the tissue paper just rips away. Some of the articles also said using 505 spray to help hold the tissue paper in place

well I tried...ugh! I spent hours picking the pieces of tissue paper, well trying to. I did read articles where they said not to worry the bits would wash out. Well mine didn't and I have an unexpected issue. I don't even know what this is. Is it the tissue paper? is it the 505 spray? I don't know but I need to know how to get it off my quilt.

Any ideas?

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Do you have one of those sticky lint rollers? It might work...

How about trying masking tape? I have a roll of tape about 2" wide. Try wrapping around your hand, sticky side up, of course, and rub it over the fabric. Maybe it will work.

Not sure where you read about tissue paper and spraying it with 505. I know you posted a while back about golden threads paper which is very different from tissue paper like you use to wrap clothing in gifts. Anyway, what has happened here looks like my fears and concerns I warned you about in that topic came to be.

In addition it looks like you may have another issue going on. If I were to take a wild guess, I am thinking this may be remnants of adhesive from the 505 and possibly even some bearding from the backing. Thinking the 505 may have soaked through your top fabric when gluing the tissue paper and when the process of tearing the paper away may have brought some of those batting fibers up to the top of the quilt. It's also possible that if you used regular tissue paper, which tends to have fine little paper fibers in it, this is just more remnants of it.

If it is rubbing away when you work at it, then I would go buy some shelf lining paper, the kind that has adhesive on it (Walmart has it in the housewares or hardware area) and you peel a backing away to stick to the shelf. Cut a small piece to test! Peel and stick the shelf paper to one of the fuzzy spots, rub it a bit with your hands and then peel it up right away. If it works do it with bigger pieces. It goes much faster than using masking tape and has much more stick to it than sticky tape rollers. You can usually do several peel and sticks, peel up and stick somewhere else before it is covered with little fibers and lint and won't pick up anything anymore. But please test a small area first because if this is batting bearding my solution will only make it worse.

Edited to add is this a t-shirt quilt? If so the nature of the fine rib knit of t-shirt material may also be coming into play here.

Thank you for your thoughts. I guess I will try some tape.

feline fanatic: I will have to look at it again to see about your bearding thoughts. I don't believe I have ever experienced a bearding problem - at least not like this. (one time I had balls of batting in the dryer after I washed a quilt)

yes it is a tshirt quilt, but they were interfaced. its not happening on every shirt. Just a couple of the shirts - but a couple spots on those 2.

As far as using the 505 spray, I ordered some tear away quilting designs that said to do that in the instructions. (tear away quilting elementz) this video shows these instructions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcSgXLz0p_w
in the comments the lady says you can do this before or after the quilt layers are together. But I did also use tissue paper because other articles discussed using that

I guess live and learn. I will do the best that I can with this one now

I have no ideas, but lots of sympathy for your troubles. We have all been ensnared by trying a new technique that didn't quite turn out as expected. Best wishes as you experiment with possible solutions. Keep us posted on your progress.

You can use press and seal plastic wrap and it won’t do that. It will stick to something to trace your design and then stick to the fabric but leaves no residue. And they all are a pain to pick out the little pieces when your done!

Use a spray bottle and spray water on it to see if you can get the paper and glue mess to dissolve. You may just have to ignore it until the quilt is done and you can wash it.

Maybe try a small piece of Gorilla tape or Duct tape in an inconspicuous area. I would think it strong enough to remove it but don't know how the fabric would handle it.