Press n' Seal and Crayola Markers

I realise that it is possible to buy quilting stencils, but it is so much more fun to make your own. To that end, I have found the box of Press 'n' Seal - thanks Judie in Penfield, NY!!! - and taken out my box of Crayola markers, and well..... I do have blue pen all over my arms and hands now. What was I waiting for? I drew out the design on graph paper with pencil, and when I was happy, laid the press 'n' seal over it. Then I traced the design with the blue pen. I like the way you can reposition the Press 'n' Seal so that I only had to draw a little bit of vine and leaves and then I could trace that section again and again for consistency. Now to put the Press 'n' Seal onto the borders and quilt. I'm so glad I'll be able to do something more interesting than a grid. The blue leafy vine on my arm washed off well, should work when I was the quilt too!

-- Jo in Scotland

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Johanna Gibson
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I wish you would have posted that last week!!! I would have tried it on the quilt I'm working on, oh well, maybe next time. I had forgotten all about that technique.

Reply to
Bonnie NJ

Jo,

One of the tips that was shared with me about Press N Seal is to use a larger stitch while quilting. I used a smaller stitch, thinking that would make it easier to rip the Press N Seal out, but the smaller stitch makes it much harder! Like tweezers hard. Have fun - it is a great tool!

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Pauline

Johanna Gibson wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

Jo, Could you provide a link to this conversation and/or method? I'm still unclear how this works and what a Press and Seal is, and this sounds like an exciting technique I'd like to try. Is the Press and Seal a food thingie sealer? I've got one! Or are you referring to something else? (If I sound dumb, please be gentle with me! In addition to my new job training this week I also am fighting off some sort of cold or flu and my head is all cottony.) Thank you!

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Terri

If you are using the Crayola washable markers, I don't think you have to be concerned about the marker getting on your quilt and not washing out. I have used the markers a lot to mark directly on a quilt and it has always washed out nicely.

Julia > I realise that it is possible to buy quilting stencils, but it is so

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Julia in MN

ditto...although I had a few moments of sheer terror as I watched my heavily quilted Cross and Crown quilt go through the first wash cycle in my new front load washer: for a few minutes it turned a ghastly peppermint green shade! That quilt has had a number of adventures:

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"Press and Seal" is a plastic food wrap product available at the grocery store with Saran Wrap etc. Hint: don't buy the "freezer" type...it's blue. The regular type is clear. Both will work, but if you miss picking out a little bit of the clear, it's not going to be noticable, whereas the blue is. OTOH, both kinds are very easy to remove once you've quilted over, and any remnants do wash out very quickly.

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KI Graham

Glad to hear you are enjoying your press n seal, I have my blue coaster next to my keyboard at all times!!!

Judie in Penfield NY

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JLL

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