My Chalk Won't Come Out Of The Quilt!
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I tried my hand at stenciling in quilting designs into my new quilt and used this rolling chalk that I found at Joann's. It brushed off of the fabric scraps fine. But when I went to brush it off of the quilt after I'd quilted, it didn't come off of two of the fabrics. At first I thought it was trapped beneath the monofilament thread I'd used but it's on either side of the thread. So, I got a wet washcloth and tried to wipe it off since that's worked for friends. It didn't work for me. :cry: I've tried putting it in the washer on a rinse cycle, twice. Then I tried laundering it with soap and even another time with Shout! Nothing is taking it out. One of the fabrics it's on is a tan and the chalk is yellow so it blends all right but the other fabric is a dark purple! Any thoughts or ideas to help out?
#4
Originally Posted by charismah
I have no idea..but wondering what kind of chalk it was so none of us will ever use it!
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another case of pre-washing and testing was needed.
i know the whole pre-wash/don't prewash topic is on-going and futile; but there are times when you should ALWAYS pre-wash. and one of those times is ...
when ever you plan to use an (additive)
if you plan on marking, fusing, starching, dyeing, painting ect, ect...you should pre-wash your fabrics that way what ever technique you are using is not going to be adversely affected by any chemicals or oils in the fabric. and you should always test any (marking-tool) on each fabric being used, if you use 50 different fabrics in a quilt but only check your chalk on 2 of them you have no idea if it is going to come out of the other 48. some of the dyes in chalk are harder to remove than others and when they (react) with the chemicals in the fabrics you never know what is going to happen
i know the whole pre-wash/don't prewash topic is on-going and futile; but there are times when you should ALWAYS pre-wash. and one of those times is ...
when ever you plan to use an (additive)
if you plan on marking, fusing, starching, dyeing, painting ect, ect...you should pre-wash your fabrics that way what ever technique you are using is not going to be adversely affected by any chemicals or oils in the fabric. and you should always test any (marking-tool) on each fabric being used, if you use 50 different fabrics in a quilt but only check your chalk on 2 of them you have no idea if it is going to come out of the other 48. some of the dyes in chalk are harder to remove than others and when they (react) with the chemicals in the fabrics you never know what is going to happen
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I just ordered chalk form Joanns yesterday since it was free shipping. I better check the brand.
Sorry you are having this problem. Did you try Arm and Hammer Washing soda or 20 Mule Team Borox? Those get even the dirtiest diapers clean maybe it will remove the chalk.
Sorry you are having this problem. Did you try Arm and Hammer Washing soda or 20 Mule Team Borox? Those get even the dirtiest diapers clean maybe it will remove the chalk.
#9
I made a tablerunner for my sister for christmas. Almost done and iron spewed rusty brown on the light green/pink block. I made a paste with powered oxy - came out great.
It did it again all over the block when I was doing my final pressing. This time alot worse. It took 3 applications, but it all came off. I just rubbed it on with washcloth.
Hope one these ideas gets it out for you :D
It did it again all over the block when I was doing my final pressing. This time alot worse. It took 3 applications, but it all came off. I just rubbed it on with washcloth.
Hope one these ideas gets it out for you :D
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