Marking a White Quilt Border! Help!
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Marking a White Quilt Border! Help!
Hi Everyone! I am in the process of quilting a cute little lap quilt for a friend. I am very concerned about marking on the white borders. I have a lovely template that I would like to use, but I'm scared to trace it onto the fabric. A few months ago, I finished a king size wedding quilt with a white border, and I had a terrible time washing out the chalk marks . I am a hand quilter so the chalk marks remain on the quilt for a while. Does anyone have any ideas, or products that you use to mark on your quilts that wash out easily and completely? I'm open to all suggestions! Thanks.
Mollie
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When hand quilting white, I did have very good luck with starching the quilt top well then marking with a regular pencil very lightly. The pencil marks "floated" on the starch so when I washed the quilt they all came out no problem.
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For my machine embroidery, I have used the blue water erasable pins, then sprayed club soda on the markings & they disappeared like magic without leaving any type of stain on the fabric. The blue markings had only been on there for a couple of weeks. Don't know what would happen for a longer period. Using just pure water didn't get the markings off nearly as quick.
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