Thread: Marking a Black Quilt Top
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Old 03-24-2013, 05:20 AM
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Originally Posted by DeneK View Post
I love, LOVE, LOVE this idea (tho I must admit I haven't tried it yet). Was watching a Quilt Show video today and Ricky Tims was showing his machine quilting tips. Actually he shared this at the quilt seminar in Atlanta too. He drew his design on a stabilizer - affixed to the back of the quilt top -- then used water soluable thread in both top and bobbin. Stitched from the back over the drawn design, removed the stabilizer, made the quilt sandwich, and the design was right there on top to stitch over. When the quilt was finished, just soak in water and all the water soluable thread is gone.
This is really an interesting idea, but it sounds kind of expensive (stabilizer and water soluble thread). Maybe on a small piece ....

White chalk works great for me. I did a king-sized quit that had lots of black as the background, and white chalk did the trick for me.
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