Chalk on white fabric
02-16-2016, 08:44 AM
#11
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I have never had a problem with the purple disappearing ink and I use it all the time. That would be my first choice. I live in humid Texas so sometimes it will vanish before I am ready, but I still prefer it over all other markers.
02-16-2016, 09:09 AM
#12
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I use Roxanne's silver chalk pencil for white fabric. It's easy to draw a very faint line with a sharp point. It has always washed away. Roxanne has a pencil sharpener for chalk that works great. Connecting Threads have the pencils on sale now. You can read infor about them here: http://www.connectingthreads.com/too...s__D21058.html
02-16-2016, 09:41 AM
#13
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I was talking to a LA quilter and telling her that although I can do feathers, I have trouble doing them in a circle. She told me that she uses the stick on cling wrap. She traces her pattern on that and then quilts it. She said that the stick on backing does not hurt the quilt. Just a thought. I am going to try this.
02-16-2016, 10:39 AM
#15
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I usually use a #2 mechanical regular lead pencil when marking on light fabric for hand quilting. No issues with it washing out. If it's white/beige fabric I will be a little light-handed when marking though.
02-16-2016, 11:49 AM
#16
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Don't use colored chalk. I KNOW personally that the blue chalk doesn't come out and others have mentioned they have had problems with red and green. I have always used the Purple be gone but you got to quilt it quickly because it use to vanish in less than 24 hours. I even had a client iron a top with the blue be gone markings and was amazed when I soaked the top overnight with a product called Linen Wash and the blue was actually removed. It is important to always do a test before proceeding.
02-16-2016, 06:58 PM
#19
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I've never had trouble removing Sewline blue water erasable marking pen on white--even when used it on a white photo fabric! Just make sure that you totally immerse the finished quilt to completely was it out. If you worry about that, you could use a black light to allow white chalk to show--but steer clean of colored chalk!
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