what to mark a quilt with

I like the Chaco liners, but you need to mark as you go. Another option might be a strip of masking tape or micropore tape, stitching carefully just next to the edge. Roberta in D

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And remember, before using masking tape on quilts (or anything precious) to "stick it" to your fingers a few times first to remove excess adhesive!! Otherwise, 10 years from now, you *could* end up with a nasty yellow mark where the tape was!! Let's call this one a BTDT ...

And actually I know this from doing "paste-up" and "mechanicals" for 20 years (though it never occurred to me that any residue would remain after washin') ... it's an old artist's trick to make it easier to remove the tape when you're done - and to prevent the paper from yellowing.

Hugs!!

-- Connie :)

The surest mark to remove, Kay, is no mark at all. If all you want is a plain straight line, why don't you simply stitch beside a nice edge of masking tape? I wouldn't leave it on the quilt very long, come anywhere near it with an iron or even let Mr. Sunshine smile through a window and warm the gummy on it - but for just a quick straight guide, that ought to do it. Another very simple choice is a sliver of soap. I keep a piece of plain old Ivory soap in the refrigerator for doing straight-line marking. The cold keeps a sharp edge on the soap just a little longer. Of course, you wouldn't want to use soap that contained deodorant, lotion, perfume or pink grapefruit. Polly

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Oh duh!! Tape!! How about the blue painter's tape? Even a post-it note that I can reposition as I go would probably do it. Anyone tried that? What is micropore tape?

I haven't tried the Chaco liners. Are they the ones that look like tubes of lipstick, with different colors?

It is a first aid tape made by 3M. It is clear with a bit of texture. I put small pieces on the back of my plastic rulers, because it gives a bit of "grip" to them. I don't know how well it would work for marking because it is clear; it might be hard to see.

Yes. I've never had any trouble with removing them, though I know some people have, especially the colored ones. Then now also come in a more pencil-like shape. I haven't tried those.

Julia in MN

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If you have darker colors in your quilt, you could use Taylor's Chalk. i keep a few on hand for that job. A simple wash out pencil is good too. amy in CNY

I like the Prisma peach colored pencil for marking. It shows up on most colors, both light and dark, and it has always washed out for me. I also use Crayola washable fine point markers. I have never had a problem with them not washing out. I do try to use a color reasonably close to what I am marking, so that tiny traces of color would be less noticeable; for example, I use a blue marker on a light blue or a red marker on a pink. They aren't too useful on dark fabric, however. I have also used the quarter inch masking tape that is sold with the quilting notions. And sometimes I use a plain old mechanical pencil, though I am more careful with those these days to mark lightly because pencil marks don't always wash out completely

Julia in MN

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Kay Ahr wrote:

DS (the art student) scoffs at paying the extra price for painter's tape. He just takes masking tape and sticks it to his jeans a couple times to take the stickiness off.

Thanks for the warning on the tape. I have seen yellowed Scotch tape fall off and leave marks on my classroom posters I've had for eons. The "magic" tape doesn't seem to do that. -- the one with the more cloudy appearance. I don't think Scotch tape would be a good idea for this anyway -- right?

My dad's entire family used to work at Proctor and Gamble when they first came to this country. I remember Ivorydale!

I probably have a few bars of ivory in my bathroom closet! I keep batteries in a special compartment in the fridge. I'll put the soap there too. Is it going to make my fridge interior smell like soap? (How do you spell "fridge"? I rhymed it with "ridge." One of my 4th graders asked me that too! Seems like it should come from refrigerator and just be spelled "frig," but that brings up other connotations!)

We're talking about bright blue 3M safe-release painter's tape, Kay. It's good stuff for just all sorts of quilty things. I'm not affiliated but hoooo-boy, I can be bought. Polly

I've got some of that stuff. I use it to tape my backings to the tile floor so I can baste my quilts.

Hi Kaye - I prefer to use a 'hera' marker for creasing in a guide line

- noth> Posted photos in RCTQ - Get it done in 2008.

Oooh, maybe I can use a 40% off coupon at JoAnn's to buy a Fons & Porter marking pencil. That sounds like what I am looking for -- no worries, easy to erase.

One bar of Ivory soap left! The Ivory is now ensconced in a candy cane paper towel inside a freezer bag and all in the refrigerator drawer. But I think I'd better put some kind of note to myself inside that freezer bag. School will get started and my May break will come around and I'll wonder what in tarnation is in there!

I don't know whether I have a hera marker in my regular sewing stuff. At first I couldn't even remember what it meant. . . Nope, but I do have a bamboo point turner from Ames. That was a discount store precursor to Wal-Mart in northern Virginia. Bradlee's. Zayre. What else was there back then?

Howdy!

I've been using masking tape for years. If you're concerned about the type of tape, residue, etc, try the "tiger tape", that 1/4" marking tape sold in quilt shops.

Good luck! R/Sandy

Don't know about price comparisons, but look for 3M micropore tape, used to attach gauze bandages and such. I've never had any residue problems with that. (Somebody years ago worked for 3M and was giving the stuff away!) Roberta in D

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Fridge comes from Frigidaire...a popular refrigerator brand !

Has anyone here used the soapstone pencil?.. I bought one years ago..with refills and have never used it . I did try it a bit on some fabric but didn't really give a good try out on anything big. Mary