Deecee

My Sewline white pencil doesn't come off Mousie - and I scrunch.

lisamortell

I use the sewline white pencil too and i also scrunh. Mine stays on i have to rub it off when i'm done. I also use the regular pincil color too when i have fabrics that i can't see the white on and i have a really hard time getting it off. Dose anyone have a secrett for getting that one off.

Mousie

LOL...where do I get one of those, patti?
just asking...but you know me... :roll:
LOL,...I'll be sure and keep meeceself out of the freezer!
course, taking a quilt in there isn't a 'bad' idea...but I'm not big enough to open the door back up...
mousie! - your talking out loud again! :oops: :mrgreen:

Mousie

I have a bohin. I do love it, but maybe it's me...
I have been struggling with sinus infection/headaches and the lines are not gone, just hard to see :shock:
doc says I may have to go to an ENT and she's an internist!
whatever it takes :roll:
I sure don't like it when stuff messes with my quilting.

Roxanne

Are these mechanical?

lisamortell

Yes

Lacelady

I have used my Sewline throughout this quilt, either with the yellow or white 'leads'. I found the lines fade a bit with scrunching in the hand, but I just went over them again if I needed to. I have a Sewline eraser to get rid if them if I draw a line in the wrong place, but mostly I just cover the lines either with the applique or the embroidery.

With all the leads I have, which includes the grey, I draw as lightly as I can and still see what I want to. If you press harder, it will be harder to remove.

sandpat

I'm not sure there is really a way to remove the lead from a regular lead pencil. I will sometimes use that when I'm going to cover it with the applique piece. But if any shows...it will show forever for me. You can try the eraser, but I've never been successful with it.

JudyG

Mousie, you can buy the Frixions at Office Depot, I know. Maybe even some other office supply stores. And I've seen them at my local Sew'n'Vac where they sell fabrics. I have black, blue and red ones. One caution with them - test them on each fabric before you use them: sometimes when you iron them, there's a white line where you marked it that doesn't come out if you've used them on darker fabrics. I always use them for light fabrics and on the backs of fabrics (like marking blocks for half-square triangles). I love that when you iron it, the marks go away. I don't plan on putting my fabric in the freezer and doubt that any of my quilts will end up in Antartica, so I don't worry about that part of it. I for one love these pens.

Mousie

thanks everybody for the pen info.
Mine is "set" with heat, - permanently.
The Frixon removes with heat, but not always permanently.
oh my...I guess I will remark when necessary like Lace does.