Marking Fabric

[Eileen K.]

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[Jo H.]

Okay, I went out looking for the washable markers and wasn't able to find anything that actually said "Washable." I did find one that said "Erasable."

Do you think that is the same thing?

JoJo

[Lynn K.]

Mine say "Washable!"

[Lynn K.]

I get mine at Walmart. Look in the school supply aisle...elementary school. Look for the "Crayola" brand. Look for "WASHABLE"--not erasable. You'll find them. Honest!
Sherry in S MS, where my last baby will graduate high school this year. Wow. :shock:

[Lynn K.]

Crayola WASHABLE markers - you can find them in the school supply aisle. The ones I bought my son actually have the word "washable" surrounded by bubbles - and yes they do actually wash off almost anything. I have not tried them on a quilt, but I used them when I made a "Patrick Star" costume for one of my girls a couple of years ago and it washed right out.

[Margo C.]

Check this web site to see what to look for!

http://www.crayola.com/products/spla...able/index.cfm

[Margo C.]

Margo

nice site,thank you

[Margo C.]

Thanx Margo! S'pose they know how involved they are in quilting? Maybe we shouldn't tell them...the price might go up!
Sherry in S MS, where it's the first day of spring! Woo Hoo! 8)

[Margo C.]

I use my scanner to copy and my PC to size quilting designs just right and print them onto regular printer paper. Next, for med/dark colored fabrics, I rub soap heavily all over the wrong side of the paper ensuring that the quilt design is completely covered. For light colored fabrics I use a silver quilter's marking pencil instead. Then I use my tracing wheel to trace the design onto the quilt. One advantage is that the little dots made by the tracing wheel are evenly spaced and will help a handquilter evenly space the quilt stitiches.

Hi,

I dind't understand why the soap and rubbing at the back of your traced design.

Rcently I got this tracing wheel, but did't have a clue what this is for. Apart from hand quilting stitches even spaced up, is there any other purpose?

thanks
x

[Margo C.]

Valerie, the tracing wheel was originally designed to transfer markings from dressmaking patterns to the fabric. We would slip a piece of colored dressmaker's carbon paper between the pattern and the fabric and roll the tracing wheel over the marks on the pattern to transfer them to the fabric. That was back when we sewed things like darts and tucks. :roll: (Personally, I'm OVER that, and don't sew clothing any more!)
What Nancy was doing was creating her own "carbon" paper with the soap on the back of the printer paper pattern.
I like your idea of using it to mark perfectly spaced hand quilting marks!

[Jo H.]

Check this web site to see what to look for!

http://www.crayola.com/products/spla...able/index.cfm

I purchased these this past weekend and marked a small top and used it to practice free motion stitching. I tried the green, purple, and red markers. I wasn't able to get all of the marker off of the practice quilt top. I completely submerged the top in the sink and left it for about an hour. I even tried scrubbing it afterwards but alias there were still marks.

What could I have done wrong? It was fun using them and they really are saturated with coloring so it was very easy to see the lines while quilting.

JoJo

[Jo H.]

I always wash my quilts when they're finished (except for the altered image quilts). I wash them in cold water with regular detergent and fabric softener. The marks have always come out without any problem. So far anyway!

[Margo C.]

Check this web site to see what to look for!

http://www.crayola.com/products/spla...able/index.cfm

I purchased these this past weekend and marked a small top and used it to practice free motion stitching. I tried the green, purple, and red markers. I wasn't able to get all of the marker off of the practice quilt top. I completely submerged the top in the sink and left it for about an hour. I even tried scrubbing it afterwards but alias there were still marks.

What could I have done wrong? It was fun using them and they really are saturated with coloring so it was very easy to see the lines while quilting.

JoJo

JoJo, I'm so sorry you had trouble getting the marks out. They've always come out completely for me. Did you use the washable MARKERS or the washable CRAYONS? I've always used the WASHABLE MARKERS with good results. Is there a chance that you may have heat set the markers with a hot iron? Or left them in a hot car long enough to set the marks???
If your practice piece is something that you don't mind more experiments on, you might try washing it in Oxi-Clean. Please let us know if you are able to get the marks out, and how you did it!

[Jo H.]

The box says Washable Markers. There are 8 of what they call Classic Colors. I also got the "fine line" ones which are smaller like a pencil.

I made up the sandwich on Saturday and stitched and then washed and didn't get anywhere near an iron. I will try it again when we get back from vacation and just throw the whole piece into the washer. I may have been trying to be too gentle.

P.S. Hey, do you mark before making the quilt sandwich or after? I did it after and maybe that was my error.... ops:

JoJo