I've been doing some searching on marking quilt patterns. I keep seeing people say that they use regular chalk to mark their patterns. This probably sounds stupid, but....How do you do this? Do you sharpen it or something? A regular piece of chalk is too big to accurately mark things.
I also see people say to use soap. Do you just use a sharp point to do it? Does it hurt the quilt?
I've been using the quilters markers, but I'm doing a big hand quilt job with intricate patterns, and they are so expensive, I'd like to find a cheaper way.