What pen do i use to write on a quilt?
 

Im making quilts for my grandparents in laws. I will be taking a piece of fabric and having each of their children and grandchildren and great grandkids, write their names of this fabric. I want to then take it and sew it into the quilt. I know this is possible bit i do not know what brand to use. Which ones wont fade fast? Which ones don't blur? I rather not spend 12$ on a pen but if i have to i order to get the best i will.
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could i get there signatures and scan them into my computer and print them out onto the fabric? Like how they do it with pictures. Do i need special ink for this or computer program?


Please, all helpful information will be great.

Pigma pens or fabric markers

I have only used Pigma markers for doing any writing on a quilt. You best do some research on all the pit falls to avoid. Need to back you fabric (I used freezer paper) and people will tend to write into what are meant to be your seam allowance.

What do you mean by useing freezer paper?

Iron freezer paper to the back of the fabric to be written on. It is also good to explain that you need at least a half inch of space all around the edges of the piece of fabric. Use pigma markers and the freezer paper cuts down on the ink spread.

Don't bother to explain to people that you need at least 1/2 seam allowance. They won't listen anyway -- especially kids. After you iron your freezer paper onto the back, use masking tape to mark off the seam allowance. If you don't do something, you can just bet you will get back at least one square that someone has written to the edge.

I use a pigma pen... don't forget to iron over the writing to stop it from washing out....

So i iron on freezer paper. i put the wax side to the wrong side of fabric an iron on? Then use pen to write on right side of fabric. . I use the iron to set the ink. Do i remove paper when done? If so how?

Is there a book about this i should buy to read? Or a video i should watch?

The paper will just peel off. This works great. Have fun

I iron freezer paper to the fabric I want to write on for stability. I only use Pigma Pens which are acid free and archival quality. Other pens will bleed into fabric even if they say 'permanent marker'. Sharpies will not last over time.

When doing the freezer paper, I iron a large piece of paper onto the back of the fabric ( the shiny side of paper to the back of fabric) and then draw a grid of the size pieces you want to cut and add the seam allowance lines so when people sign it they stay inside the area and not get into the seam area.

I cut the fabric into pieces after it is signed and then peel the paper off as I sew them together into the quilt. The paper just peels off.

peace