maryb119

I prefer a shalk pencil or a water soluable marker. I NEVER use pencil. It is too hard to get off.

Esqmommy

Someone else posted in the past that they use a bar of soap. Imagine it's chiseled pretty well to get a point or a sharp side.

Olivia's Grammy

I use soap for some things. By the time we are though bathing with it, it has sharp edges.

Ninnie

I had a piece that I marked with pencil, and it didn't wash out.

Barb_MO

I use either white soap or Dial (gold). The Dial will show up faintly on white fabric.
After we have used a bar of soap and it is getting pretty little, I use it at the sink and use it every time I wash my hands. Doesn't take long for it to have a nice edge. I have several little bars in my sewing cabinet drawer.

katier825

Invest in a mechanical chalk pencil. Less than $12 and worth every penny! I marked the entire border of a quilt without a single breakage! Another plus, I had very little remarking to do after much handling! They come in several colors. I have the white and green and have used them on many different colors.

Lisa_wanna_b_quilter

Those white erasers that engineers use in their electric erasers are great! Pentel also has them for the "Click" eraser at most office supply areas.

Oklahoma Suzie

I agree.

vicki reno

I would use something made for marking fabric---special markers or a chalk pencil. I almost ruined a quilt I was working on because I used a regular pencil.

Quilt Mom

Thanks for the hint. I hadn't thought of using soap to mark a quilt.