Besides the black markers, I have also used a Pigma Fabric/Scrapbooking pen on the P'n'Seal - used a color not that far off from the background color. Also, check out the Press'n'Seal FREEZER type - it's blue instead of clear and lighter colors show up better on it. (You can still see through it!) I'm a P'n'S addict especially : to center designs in a plain square (you can mark the square on it, or draw a big X to connect your corners to help position it. to use for laying a design out on the borders -- helps when you need to extend the design just a bit OR reduce it's length just a bit. Start in the corners and work toward the centers. ME-Judy
It's not my fault. My blood pressure prescription very clearly says: may cause confusion. And... Good Lord Almighty. Sherry. We're not putting the whole quilt on the light source - box, window or whatever. Just tracing the design on something and Then transferring it to the quilt top. Yes. Magic disappearing pens do re-appear. We are not rolling out eyeballs. Our mothers warned us about that. Just want to get you to where you need to be. And so we shall. No matter what it takes. As to the Craylola washables - stay away from: sunshine, irons and warm QI bellies. Polly
It looks like a spray paint can. You lay a stencil down on the quilt top, and spray it on. I assumed it might be a powdery substance. I *thought* it might be a neater method to get the same results as the Pounce. After reading Joanna's post, I'm pretty leery. Definitely something to test on scrap material first. Doesn't sound "powdery" at a all.
OMG! You're kidding! I told you I was self-taught. Honest, this is what I read in Alex Anderson's hand-quilting book. She suggests putting your quilt on a glasstop table, with a lamp underneath it. OR, hanging the quilt vertically in front of a patio glass window. I gave up pretty quick on that, and just assumed that Alex Anderson had about nine more hands that just don't show up in photos of her. I'm getting a really good laugh out of this. I think we take the same BP meds. :-)
DH didn't even ask when I took a quilt and held it against a window. I just stood there a while and considered whether it was possible to see through it well enough to trace a quilting pattern. Nevermind. We will just be glad we don't have to pay Alex's manicure bills, nine hands at least. I couldn't even tell if there was a black bear on the other side of the window. Polly
"Sherry" OMG! You're kidding! I told you I was self-taught. Honest, this is what I read in Alex Anderson's hand-quilting book. She suggests putting your quilt on a glasstop table, with a lamp underneath it. OR, hanging the quilt vertically in front of a patio glass window. I gave up pretty quick on that, and just assumed that Alex Anderson had about nine more hands that just don't show up in photos of her. I'm getting a really good laugh out of this. I think we take the same BP meds. :-)
Opaque prjectors can be a lot easier than a light table sometimes. For tracing onto dark fabric you just scan your pattern and make a negative image of it in your graphics program, then print it out in a size to fit the copy area of the projector. Use a full top pattern in the projector, and get it set right once, tape the quilt top up so the pattern is where you want it, then trace onto the top taking breaks however often you need to. The only fuss is making sure your room is dim enough for the projection to be clear. You can set up so that most of your tracing is done while sitting on the floor, then in a chair and you only have to stand and reach up to get the last foot or so on a large bed quilt.
They run from $40 to a whole flipping lot of money.
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I have this one:
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It works well enough, but I do wish I had spent another $50 at the time for a slightly better one. Muchly because I use it a heck of a lot more than I thought I would. I do everything from enlarging images of antique garment patterns, to transfering T-shirt designs, to marking quilts, to marking complex embellishments. It is worth its weight for marking large scale complicated designs on just about anything. Another inch in the copy area and a bit more precise focus would have been very good things indeed, and I may wind up getting one with those attributes in the not very distant future.
When I mark with P'n'Seal, I use Sharpie fine markers in pastel colours. This works for most light coloured backgrounds. Let it dry overnight, and so far, have never had it rub off on the thread. I did have a terrible experience with a Pigma on P'n'Seal! Rubbing alcohol and ivory soap became my best friends, and got 99% of the ink colour out, but I wouldn't want to try it again!
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