Originally Posted by Ps 150

Well, the verdict is in, mind you--it's really only my opinion, but a few of you asked me to share my results. I went on a shopping spree to buy all sorts of marking pens. I have not tried the frixion....in my smaller town/local small cities there's not a lot of access to those things and the nearest big city is 40 miles away. :? But, I bought the white lead pencils from Fons & Porter and the chalk rollers in white (yellow was the problem maker that led to this post in the first place) and I tried washable markers, chalk liner refills, disappearing markers, mark-b-gone and literally every marking tool on the Joann's quilting notions wall.

Most of them washed out of MOST fabrics but not all (even some of the washable Crayola markers wouldn't come out of the lighter creams). I tried each tool I bought on many different types of fabrics, grades of cotton quality and shades of colors. Two things I've found have washed out of everything: Hela markers and Dove soap slivers (I didn't try other brands of soap). Hela markers are just little sharp tools that leave an indent on the fabric and the indent washes right out without any damage to the fabric or indents left on the back of the quilt. The soap slivers washed right out and were so easy to use. Thankfully, for Christmas I received many Joann's gift cards and I dedicated one of these to getting these marking implements and I did take notes to see which tools seemed to work best on what colors/grades of fabrics so I can still use them but from now on, my primary marking tools will be Hela markers and Dove soap...so much cheaper in the long run! Thanks for all the help and suggestions!