Originally Posted by SparkMonkey
I've got a small assortment of the basic "colored pencil" style of dressmaking pencils, and I hate them. They don't mark the fabric unless I mash it hard, and then it makes a fat line and distorts the weave of the threads. They do wash out, but they're basically useless if they're not going to mark easily.
I love handquilting, and I'd like to incorporate more complex stitch patterns into my quilts (I'd prefer to draw them on, rather than stenciling). I would like to find a pencil or chalk or something that can mark in a fine line, is *not* air soluble, and will wash out (obviously). I don't trust the washable ink markers, but if you can reassure me that they'll wash out completely, I might give it a go.
Any ideas?
I use mark be gone (a blue water soluble) that comes out easily. However, I wouldn't trust it to sit there for years until I got around to that particular quilt. I would use it right before quilting and wash out right away.
And I use Sewline. I was so happy to see that one come out. Those white and silver quilters pencils were always breaking on me and never worked that well. And the light colored Sewline works great on dark fabric.
And now, thanks to all the information from you wonderful people I will try and have ordered from Amazon Pilot Frixion Erasable Fine point gel pens. Now I can see that they erase, but do they come out in the wash?