Well, I had high hopes of reporting on this two weeks ago. I think that was when the post was first discussed, but life and progressing on this project enough to this stage took longer than expected.
First of all, it's a type of Saran Wrap, and we all know how well it tears off from the roll and does not ever stick to itself. Read into the sarcasm. I had enlarged my sashiko designs on the copy machine and cut out my medallions that I wanted to trace onto the plastic wrap. I was using a large coffee table book while sitting in my chair and the wrap stuck very well to the book but not so good to the paper. It worked out okay though and the paper did not move around much. I did learn to use a light touch with my black fine tip permanent marker since pressing too hard caught the wrap and started a streatching of the wrap. I got all 11 of them traced yesterday evening. The black showed up just fine, even on the dark blue fabric since the wrap has a opaqueness to it.
This evening I just had to try quilting on one so I stretched the spot to be done in my 8 in pvc quilting lap frame and then smoothed the wrap on the spot to be quilted. It stuck quite well. It is hard to describe. While quilting it seemed like the wrap wanted to come unstuck and move but it didn't. Quilting through it was very easy. I didn't really even notice that it was there. When I got the one medallion all quilted the next big test was in tearing away the plastic wrap. It peeled right up and off and I didn't have to pick away at it at all to remove any stray pieces left behine. There were none. And there way my sashiko design just as nice as can be.
Overall I am quite pleased with the technique. It is definitely for smaller areas, and you have to deal with plastic wrap characteristics, but I think that I will use it on a somewhat frequent basis for small projects, considering its cost and logistically the size that it can cover and the impracticality of using it for big patterns.
When I get the quilt all done, it is a wall hanging, I will be sure to post a picture.
Hope this helps others that are thinking of trying it.
Steven Alaska