Best marking tool?
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These markers have been evaluated:
http://quiltingclimber.blogspot.com/...evaluated.html
I have one, but think I will not use it...
http://quiltingclimber.blogspot.com/...evaluated.html
I have one, but think I will not use it...
#18
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern USA
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It's hard to find a good marking pencil for black fabric. I found a white gel pen that works great. I test mark on a piece of the fabric before I mark the quilt and so far the gel marks have washed away. It's a very fine point and I can't even see the mark under the thread before I wash it even if it doesn't happen to wash out.
I use thee Sanford Uni-Ball Gel Impact pen, white color. For light fabric I use the Frixon pens. I don't go by other's guess of what will happen to the quilt in a hundred years if I use the pens. Who cares that much?
I use thee Sanford Uni-Ball Gel Impact pen, white color. For light fabric I use the Frixon pens. I don't go by other's guess of what will happen to the quilt in a hundred years if I use the pens. Who cares that much?
Last edited by Onebyone; 11-03-2014 at 05:45 AM.
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I have made quilts using the Frixon pens for all of my kids - who live in Fairbanks, AK. The current temperature there is 14 degrees. Once when I was there it was 55 degrees below zero. Being as they keep their quilts in the house, and not outside, the pen marks have never "returned". This is more than "good enough" for me. I will continue to use the Frixon pens because I love them.
These markers have been evaluated:
http://quiltingclimber.blogspot.com/...evaluated.html
I have one, but think I will not use it...
http://quiltingclimber.blogspot.com/...evaluated.html
I have one, but think I will not use it...
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