Originally Posted by nativetexan
wash your fabric and don't use fabric softener.
then get Micron Pigma pens. i use .05 size. and i heat set the siggys just to be sure.
Ditto, I did the same.
My daughter's wedding quilt was also her guestbook. Instead of the guestbook table, we had a quilt table!
We set out fancy little satin baskets (flower girl baskets from some friends' weddings) with patches of fabric and Pigma pens. I drew squares on the patches with pencil lines surrounding the area for the writing. I cut them a full inch bigger than I planned to use.
Very few guests just signed their names. Most wrote blessings and wishes. Some wrote poems. Others drew hearts, flowers, even a bride and groom!
I put the patch from my son-in-law's brother on his side of the quilt. I put the patches from my daughter's best friends on her side of the quilt. Now as they sleep, their dear friends' words cover them.