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Old 01-27-2012, 08:11 AM
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I have dark green borders on my queen size quilt and marked a pattern on it with chalk pencil "" General " brand-and decided not to use it and machine quilted with a different pattern - proceeded to remove the chalk 1st by rubbing it ,than used water and will not come off - any suggestions for removing the chalk?
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Old 01-27-2012, 08:48 AM
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try some type of eraser: Pencil eraser, fabric eraser or Mr. Clean Magic Eraser.
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Old 01-27-2012, 09:02 AM
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well what does the pencil itself say on removing it? ck that first. you may need to soak the quilt in Oxy clean and rub the border markings too. i removed pencil that way. good luck.
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