yikers, it's now 48hours and it just rubbed completely off with a damp finger, DH is about to go out and hopefully get me crayola washable pens, though if this isn't drying, I doubt they will either, so I'll have to resort to some kind of tracing paper. It's frustrating, the press and seal worked so well on the dark areas.
Anne
With all the various pens that you have tried - you could have bought a ream of tracing paper and pencils - made just a single tracing of your motif - needlepunched the required number of copies and have the quilting done - saved a lot of time in the long run. ;))) Another benefit of needlepunching your design is that you get a test run of the free-motion quilting path - if it isn't comfortable for you
- try another way around the design. Cost of tracing paper or tissue paper is minimal when compared to the pen/ink costs and time spent in tracing separate motifs on pressn'seal
- sorry, but I have other ways to spend my time. The last time that I actually used my method was for the inner borders of the Navan Church quilt when each side was different in both theme and width. I took the tracing paper, cut a strip to length and width, folded in equal measurements - drew the motif on one segment - needlepunched it through all thicknesses - opened up the paper folds - covered with pressn'seal to hold it in place - quilted - the job was done in a matter of hours. The top border of the quilt has 4 scrolls held by doves at either end
- I wrote 'faith', 'hope', 'love' and 'peace' in the scrolls. The left side border has wheat sheaves down the length of it; the right side border (the widest) has stylized pomegranites and the bottom strip (the narrowest) has a line of fishes. I only had to draw out one motif for each border - the copies were made when I needlepunched the paper and I had border designs that covered the full area that I wanted. jennellh
Anne,
If you send me your snail mail address I'll send you a stabilo marker for you to try.
Lizzy
If you use the crayola washable marker, it doesn't matter if it rubs off on the thread: the colour will wash away when you wash the quilt.
OTOH, your basic ballpoint pen will probably work too....unlike the felt-type pens, the ink usually dries very quickly. OR, use a mechanical pencil. I've used all the above on quilts I've machine quilted, with no problem at all.
Possibly, but I already had all but crayola washables, though as DH got them, I don't know how much they cost, and I did ask him to look for tracing paper at the same time, but the store he was at didn't have any.
Cheers Anne
I realise that, but if the design is all smudged by the time you get it to the machine you can't follow it!
Cheers Anne
I had trouble with black pens of any kind rubbing off on the thread while machine quilting. I have used Sharpie pastel colour pens with good success. They work on most light colours and some dark. I audition them before tracing. BUT, I always keep some golden paper handy for those colours of fabric that just won't work.
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