Question - New Idea? for a Quilt Marker - Good or Bad?
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The gel pen marks washed out of the scraps I tested them on, but I would not use them to mark a top for quilting. I am using them to mark in the seam allowance for purpose of matching my pieces on the curve and also to mark the seam lines on the wrong side of the fabric. If I sew accurately the marks shouldn't show anyway!
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Originally Posted by fabuchicki
I am doing a piece that requires precise ... well, ok, I guess that's a stupid way to begin because all quilt making has to be precise. I'm new to machine quilting and I have to be able to see the lines I'm sewing clearly because I'm doing curved piecing. I looked at my box of marking pencils and came up cold. I have tried a bunch and have been unimpressed. Before I started quilting I did lots of other art so I have charcoal pencils (white and black) and pastel pencils so I started using one of those. But then I got nervous. I guess I could do a laundry test but meanwhile, has anyone ever tried using these kinds of pencils? because they DO make a clear precise line ... Also, what's your fave marking method?
~Tiffany
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