I'm experimenting with transfer paper, the kind I used for marking darts in sewing class. (Am I dating myself?) I recently bought some and marked all three colors (yellow, red and blue) on a piece of fabric, then washed it. They all came out. It works like the old carbon paper, you trace over it. I've tried just about everything for marking on dark fabrics and, like you, it rubs off before I'm finished quilting.