Originally Posted by
justflyingin
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.
I have a pillow gifted to me by a friend almost 30 years ago with very nice embroidery on it. It has never been washed, and is really rarely used. But the thread embroidered on it is disintegrating. I can still see the pattern, but some of lines are missing. I don't know where those molecules went, LOL but they are gone.