Pigma pens are the best and as PP have said, wash fabric first and make sure to heat set the ink. Instead of wax paper, I used a few pieces of masking tape on the back of each block to stablize the fabric and it worked well.
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Originally Posted by JJean
(Post 3005716)
The finer grain the fabric the less bleed you have from the pen and it's easier to write with a flowing hand. I learned this from making quilt labels. I use a fine point Sharpie pen and then heat set with my iron.
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The micron pigma pens are hard to write with for those not used to them.
I did a wedding quilt for my sister last year. I bought every pen I could find and did many wash tests. I found my favorites at Hobby Lobby. They are Pentel roller gel pens for fabric (red, black, blue). I put freezer paper on the back of the blocks and it was almost just like writing on paper. amazing. I set the ink with a warm iron and it did not fade at all when washed. The lines were fine enough that guests could write whatever they wanted. And, being a little bolder than the lines from the micron pens, they are easier to read. Good luck! Suze |
And it helps to keep them out of the seam allowance if you make a cardboard template to just place over the block before they start to write. We quilters would know that, but non sewers don't have that perspective.
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