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Making Markers Permanent

I am going to make a wallhanging for my sister using a pre-printed fabric that requires "painting" (blockpartystudios.com). I have borrowed fabric markers from my SIL, but she doesn't have the colour assortment I want. However, with all the kids' school supplies now in abundance in the stores, there are marker sets available (all kinds) in a wide range of colours.

My question is this: Can I heat-set regular markers (not the kind labelled "washable"). All the info I've found here is about removing marker marks - I actually want to make them not removable!

Another consideration: This project is for a wall-hanging, so it's not likely that it will be washed very often (or ever), so do I really need to worry about heat-setting?

Thanks for the help. Megan >^..^<

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Megan
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I'll bet you can heat-set them and make them permanent - especially for a WH that may never be washed. But, I would heat set just in case. Some little thug may accidentally spray it with spaghetti sauce or something. You never know. Trust me. Do conduct an experiment. They might fade or run. Fading could be okay. Running probably wouldn't. Polly

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Polly Esther

Sounds like we live in similar situations. LOL

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LN (remove NOSPAM)

Heat setting may prevent fading.

I'd test them out on a piece of the same fabric you'll be working on. Write on the fabric with each marker something like this:

With the red Sharpie write out "red Sharpie with iron on it for 30 secs." and with the skinny, blue Crayola write out "skinny blue Crayola with iron on for 30 secs.", etc. and repeat the writings stating a longer iron heat-set time. After writing it all out proceed to heat set the colors that are in the two lists (one list for one time and the other list for another time). After doing that wash and dry as it is likely to be done once the wall hanging is made.

I hope this has helped and not confused you.

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Medium Gnome

Hi Lisa,

Is the information sheet something you can email? If so, I'm interested. If it's a paper copy, if you remember the source, I can probably get one there. This sounds like a lot of fun.

Mary in TN

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Mary in TN

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Sherry Starr

If you go to this site-

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she has areview of fabric pens that sound pretty good to me- don't know the price, butshe tested them for washability and it sounds like they faired pretty well.SueS

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Shstringfellow

Lisa, I would be very interested in the info sheet about the Fabricmate pens.

TIA, Donna

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Donna in Idaho

Take my advice and shell out for a proper Pigma permanent pen designed to be permanent on fabric. I used a pen which was permanent, and heat set it, and it was only when I was painting a signature with fabric paint and a drop of blue paint fell on a yellow fabric that I discovered... as I ran the block under cold water to get the paint drop off before it dried.... that that pen hadn't been permanent after all. Even though it had been heat set. If you work with the proper tools and spend the proper amount of time on a thing, the results speak for themselves. I quickly found a UK source of Pigma pens and went over all the signatures with that pen. I didn't want to send dodgy blocks to anyone!

-- Jo in Scotland

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Johanna Gibson

One more thing: I'm doing My Sister My Friend for my sister. I've also done two of the Divine Felines - one for myself, one for a friend for Christmas, and I've also done the Friendship one, also for a friend who is retiring. I really love these designs - if you haven't seen them, check them out at blockpartystudios.com. I was able to purchase the printed fabric separately, and then finished off using my own "creations".

Megan >^..^<

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Megan

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