LastGrandma

I am planning on doing a signature/memory quilt for my Brother-In-Law's 80th Birthday. It will be a lap quilt using a nine patch and a snowball for the rows. Every resource I read says to use muslin for the signature "snowball". Has anyone else done this type of quilt? Is it only the pen you need to make sure you get right (Pemma .05)?

Thank you for whatever info or experience you can give me!

Doggramma

I use bleached muslin and Pigma pen 05. I tried a white on white fabric (with a secondary design stamped on) and it doesn't work as well.

nanac

As a caveat, make sure the muslin is good quality. I ran out of blocks, so I used some that I had on hand for a few blocks, and had to re-do them, because they looked so much differently from the others.

ManiacQuilter2

I agree, use a very good quality of muslin. I also used Pigma pens that are available at JAF. Don't forget the freezer paper and it is good to oversize the blocks. If I ever do another one, I would baste stitch at least 1/2" seam allowance so that people don't write off the finish size of the block. That is SO frustrating!!

nanna-up-north

Ditto, exactly!.

cjsews

I have used different fabrics also but they need to be fairly solid looking. Instead of freezer paper I use a very fine sand paper to hold the blocks while being written on. Don't forget to heat set the writing.

AliKat

I have used a variety of fabrics to make signature quiltlets. I made sure they were light enough that the Pigma Pen showed up well. You have to wash the fabric first and then dry without any softeners or other additives. No starch or other stuff used when ironing it except for a gentle light water dampening if necessary.