christina d

has anyone ever used sewline ceramic pencils for marking your quilts or for applique ?I would like toget one but wanted to know if it is worth it thanks for your advice

Airwick156

Never heard of them myself. Good luck I am sure you will get some feedback on them. :)

Quilter7x

There are a bunch of us doing the Affairs of the Heart quilt here on the board and one of the helpful tools is the Sewline pencils.

http://www.quiltingboard.com/virtual...jsp?vsnum=1028

I bought two of them and have only used it once, but I like it so far. I bought mine at Hancock's because I had an order going with them, but saw them in a set at Fabric.com. I would like to have the set and carry case some day, but the single pencils I got are enough for now.
http://www.fabric.com/ProductDetail....d-30a9778a4572

Fabric.com has just a few items when you search for Sewline, Hancock's has a great selection and a great price for individual pencils. Fabric.com has free shipping over $40, you have to pay for shipping at Hancock's.

np3

I also use Bohin France. Got them when I took a class on "Less Than Traditional". They are wonderful.

GreatStarter

I love mine and have used it constantly since I received it over two years ago. Mine was the original and you had to buy all the different color refills. I find I use the white one and the pink one the most.

Kat

np3

I use the white and the green the most. I find I can make one or the other work on everything I mark onto.

running1

I love mine... use the pink mostly!

ghostrider

Love it! Greatest thing since sliced bread!

Yarn or Fabric

I have one - a Fons and Porter brand one that I got at Hancocks - Joann's also sells it - and I love love love it. I want to get another color for light fabrics. I have the white one right now.
A friend of mine bought the sewline one and I used hers and fell in love with it.

roselady

I used the Bohin one to mark for hand quilting and it worked great. Stayed longer than chalk but was pretty well gone by the time I was finished quilting each section. I washed the quilt when I finished and there are no marks to be seen.