Quilters can make use of lightweight water-soluble stabilizer (WSS) for free-motion quilting that won't mark up your precious quilt top.Lay the transparent WSS over the pattern to be quilted and trace it with a permanent marker.Place this over the desired area of your quilt that has been LIGHTLY spritzed with water - to make it sticky - and quilt through the stabilizer and the quilt sandwich.The stabilizer will disappear when you wash your finished quilt.
Have you forgotten that your embroidery machine can be used to quilt?It's easy to get in the habit of thinking of the machine in terms of full stitch-outs and appliqué.When you're considering the finishing touches for your quilt, you can save yourself time by letting the machine do the quilting stitches, too.Use a water-soluble stabilizer (WSS) in the hoop, and it will simply wash away when you launder your finished quilt.