The pattern marks that won't go away
03-07-2018, 01:40 PM
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Hmmm, hard to tell for sure by the picture but it looks to me like you may have had transfer of the marking tool to your thread and the coloring is embedded in the fibers of your thread. To tell for sure is to take out some of the quilting and see if the mark is still on the fabric or there is actually color residue from the pencil in your thread. I had that happen to me once and nothing got it out until I ripped out all the quilting. Then the marks were gone because they were in the thread, not the fabric and I requilted.
03-07-2018, 02:22 PM
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03-07-2018, 02:29 PM
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Not yet indy, but I did talk to a lady in JAFs today and she said she had the same problem with one of her quilts and she used one of those instant stain remover pens, Tide to Go and then rubbed with a white pencil eraser and she had quite a bit of success with that. I was sure I had one in my laundry closet which only took me 10 minutes to find, lol. After things slow down around here this evening I'm going to give that a try. I'll let you know if it does any better than all the other methods.
03-07-2018, 02:59 PM
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Hand sanitizer will take permanent Sharpie marks off your hands. I don't know if it would work on fabric.
03-08-2018, 10:48 AM
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May I have a drum roll please!!! I don't think I have the blues anymore 
Last night I applied a line of Tide to Go and then rubbed and rubbed and rubbed with a white eraser, with marginal success, but I could still see the lines, so I went to bed. This morning I applied more Tide to Go then liberally sprayed each line with Shout. I let that sit for about 15 or 20 minutes and popped it back in the washing machine. It is now outside on the line and as you can see 99% of the blue is gone. I can live with the little bits here and there that stayed.
I really appreciate all the tips and advice from everyone. I'm sure this is a lesson I won't soon forget.
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Last night I applied a line of Tide to Go and then rubbed and rubbed and rubbed with a white eraser, with marginal success, but I could still see the lines, so I went to bed. This morning I applied more Tide to Go then liberally sprayed each line with Shout. I let that sit for about 15 or 20 minutes and popped it back in the washing machine. It is now outside on the line and as you can see 99% of the blue is gone. I can live with the little bits here and there that stayed. I really appreciate all the tips and advice from everyone. I'm sure this is a lesson I won't soon forget.
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03-08-2018, 01:22 PM
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03-08-2018, 06:01 PM
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, LOL.
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