gale

(not my blog)
http://www.freckledwhimsy.com/2010/0...ns-to-use.html

redneckwoman

Thank you for your post I've been looking for a good pen to make my label's

annievee

Very helpful website, good info needed for marking school kids clothes, thanks for posting

Onebyone

I use this and so far have no complaints about fading.

http://www.sharpie.com/enNZ/Products...pie%20Catalog)

meanmom

The Pentel Gel roller for fabric pens looked the best to me. I looked on line they have been discontinued by Pentel. I have tried regular Sharpies and Sharpies for fabric. The fabric ones are better but do fade more than I like.

Onebyone

They ought to make a pen using baby food/formula. That will never come out.

elnan

I followed some trail to Freckled Whimsey's blog a few months back. After seeing her test for fabric marking pens, I did my own test, pretty much the same way she did, except that I did prewash and iron my fabric to freezer paper. I had stocked up on the pretty Sharpie colored pens from Costco, thinking that was the answer. I tested 8 pens, including the pigma pen, which always looks washed out to me. I ironed the test strip after writing on it. My bathroom handsoap is watered down clear Dawn. Crayola for fabric won in my test. I had already seen a quilt from 4-H camp, where each camper and member of the staff drew and wrote on a square with the Crayola markers for fabric. I had a chance to machine wash and dry that quilt after it was completed, and it looked as good as new. Thanks for the link to the laundry marker, I will try that one sometime in the future.

bearisgray

That is the truth!

Red jello and yellow mustard work well, too!

Sewnoma

Interesting blog post, thanks for sharing!

I have a bunch of different fabric markers, I keep intending to do a test like this too but so far...haven't done it.

I'm also wanting to test out using Aunt Martha's ballpoint "embroidery paint" tubes. My gran used those all the time on quilts and dolls for me that have gone through countless washings and still look great. I want to test them out and make sure they haven't changed over the years.

Caroline S

I noticed that she mentions she did not pre-wash her fabrics. I would like to see a pen test on pre-washed fabrics.