Thank you ckcowl and countryone77. A customer showed me an antique applique top where the placement lines had been marked with a red ironon pencil and had asked if I knew any thing that would remove them; as after the applique was completed it did not cover the markings. I offered to find the recipe that I had about removing pencil marks to see if it would help. We agreed that the top should not be washed until it was quilted and bound and even then probably just a gently soaking. I do appreciate your help.