Even more stabiliser advice please

[Deafoldbat]

Since you all seem to know about stabiliser... can you draw on it?

I am quilting a small feather design, stitching through tracing paper which I then have to remove - lots of tiny bits. Is water soluble stabiliser strong enough to draw on so I can follow lines more easily, and how soluble is it? Could I leave it there until the quilt was finished and would it come out/vanish without trace when I wash the finished quilt?

[Acorn]

As long as it's the papery type stabiliser, yes.  Some soluble stabiliser is like plastic (horrible stuff that I've ordered by mistake far too many times).

[Lachica]

I think the plastic type would disintegrate along the lines if you used felt tips, but I expect biro would be ok. The paper type would be better, I'm guessing you could draw your design on then lay it onto the fabric. I have some thin stuff that feels like soft tissue, if you'd like to try I can send you a bit.

[Renegade Sewist]

Yes @Deafoldbat you can write on the paper type, use it as you said and have it vanish when you wash it. The local quilt shop used to carry it but quilters weren't able to grasp the idea. I bought the bolt for a very nice discount.

I usually use a #2 pencil to write on it.

[Deafoldbat]

Thank you, ladies. I knew you would know the answer.   I shall go and poke round the quilt sites and see what they have.

[Renegade Sewist]

Thank you, ladies. I knew you would know the answer.   I shall go and poke round the quilt sites and see what they have.

I wish you were close by, or postage from here not so exorbitant @Deafoldbat . I do have a  bolt of the stuff.

[Deafoldbat]

@Renegade Sewist I've ordered a 10inchx3yd roll. That should last me a week or two

[Deafoldbat]

The roll of 'stuff' arrived this afternoon. Why didn't I think of it before? Sooo  much better than tissue paper. Okay I haveb to trace the pattern each time, but that's less bother than ripping out all those little buts of paper. 

[Sara-S]

There is a type of water-soluble stabilizer that can go through an inkjet printer. Then you peel away the backing & stick it onto your work.  Then wash it away when you’re done.  It’s made by Sulky.



Example below;
https://www.amazon.com/Sulky-Sticky-Fabri-Solvy-Stabilizer-8-5/dp/B004R2B3NU