Thread: Marking problem

I like Tartan's suggestion.. tho I have never done that it sounds like its worth a try. I may try that myself sometime. I personally don't enjoy the pounce chalk, but it will mark on that dark fabric. I have a hard time keeping the pounce chalk from wiping off while I sew. I would advise against the blue pounce... I like the idea of using soap, I may try that as well.

I tried marking my quilt borders with every quilting marker that I had. Nothing worked. So, out of frustration, I grabbed colored pencils left over from the kids' backpacks. I first made sure that the color would come out, but the colors worked fine for me and I can see what I am quilting.

I use either a plain old #2 mechanical pencil on light fabrics or a Bohin mechanical pencil with white lead for dark fabrics. So far have no issues with being able to see either of these on the respective fabrics and have not had issues with them washing out. You could also try plain old white chalk as well. Saw on another thread where someone used that by sharpening with a makeup pencil sharpener.

Thanks for all the suggestions.

I'll try the soap since I have that at the house. I'll also try using tissue paper since I have that.

I'm hand quilting the entire quilt so I don't know how the paper will hold up but it's worth a try. I tried using Press n Seal last night but the design didn't show up on that either.

I tried the regular pencil but it doesn't show up on the dark fabric.

This has proven to be a bigger challenge than quilting. LOL

I believe the suggestions for using paper are meant for machine quilting, not hand quilting.