Originally Posted by
JoanneS
I've used many methods over the years. I was horrified to hear from one giftee that the Pigma pen label had faded to the point that they could no longer read it!
This is why I now use my embroidery machine to make labels. Love your idea about "blending in" labels, BTW.
I know, from a gift to me quilt, that those pens will fade in the wash. We had a 5th grade Awana girls' group make us a quilt with each girl writing a psalm on a square with that pen, and put their signature.
I used the quilt as normal and washed it from time to time. The ink started fading. I quit using the quilt....as I don't want to wash all the pigment right out.
When people post that they want to use these pens so that their quilt will be able to be recognized in 50-100 years, I only smile. We've had that quilt less than 20 years and if I used it a lot, there would be no pen marks at all left. People who make the labels for posterity should use thread and not ink if the quilt is to be used and not just a decoration.