Originally Posted by
Holice
Have you ever considered that when using the disappearing ink marker that even tho the color disappears there is chemical still in the fabric.
Originally Posted by
Holice
Are u not concerned about the chemical remaining in the fabric....This might also be true of the chalk pounce type that is removed by steam.
Yes, I am concerned by the thought of leaving chemicals in the fabric, but I wash all of my quilts after they are finished so that the chemicals (and the dog and cat hair) are gone. So far, washing has removed all sign of the "disappearers", but on several occasions has NOT washed all trace of the darker colored chalks from the chalk sets with a multitude of skinny chalk refills and a fat red holder. Somethiing about the iron-off pens worries me - I feel like I read somewhere that the left-in-but-invisible lines had ended up eating very real lines through the fabric over time...
My dilemma is what to use on fabric like the background fabric in this quilt. If you look very closely you'll see (under the stitching lines) that the chalk lines didn't fully wash out. And this was washed twice (because the lines didn't come out the first time, either. *snort*) On this kind of patterned, medium-value fabric, light colored markers (white chalk, yellow fabric marking pencil) don't show up well, both colors of the disappearing markers don't show up well (the purple does sort of, if you
really lay it on), but the dark or brilliant chalks do show up (the bright yellow and orange, the dark blue and the hot pink), except that then they don't wash out!
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Anyway, it sounds like I need to try washable Crayolas, and that everyone else has similar issues with their markers too! I thank everyone for reporting their favorite methods.
Alison