Help! Help! Help!
03-05-2012, 03:13 PM
#32
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: S. W. Indiana
Posts: 7,484
Originally Posted by kbishburg
I just made my first free motion quilt but I sketched a rough design on the white cloth with a Fons and Porter washable graphite pen. Then I washed it but the graphite is not coming out. My life is ruined. This was a gift for a dear friend and I had hand embroidered flowers using silk ribbon. I'll post a picture if I don't shoot myself first. is there anything I can do!
Call Fons and Porter company and ask them
03-05-2012, 03:14 PM
#33
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: S. W. Indiana
Posts: 7,484
Originally Posted by kbishburg
Thanks for all the help and support. I guess I had my first quilting crisis - had to happen. I also raise orchids and the saying is you aren't an orchid hobbyist until you have killed 100 orchids!
I will run out and get some oxyclean for next time. What an ordeal! I scrubbed it threes times - finally with bleach and it lightened but you can still see the marks so I'll just have to embroider some vines on it. Can't subject it to any more washing or I'll destroy the silk ribbon. For picture, see posting above "Washable graphite pencil...Update"
I will run out and get some oxyclean for next time. What an ordeal! I scrubbed it threes times - finally with bleach and it lightened but you can still see the marks so I'll just have to embroider some vines on it. Can't subject it to any more washing or I'll destroy the silk ribbon. For picture, see posting above "Washable graphite pencil...Update"
Beautiful work!
03-05-2012, 09:50 PM
#36
Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Oregon,USA
Posts: 190
Try this 6 TBS rubbing alcohol, 2 TBS water, 2 or 3 drops of clear dish washing soap. Put a little on the tip of a wash cloth and rub the pencil mark if it doesn't come right off try it with a little brush (I use an old toothbrush)
03-06-2012, 04:41 AM
#38
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Texas, USA
Posts: 225
Originally Posted by pinkberrykay
I did a test...
marked fabric
ironed~ink gone
put in freezer~ink returned
washed fabric~ink gone
dried fabric~ink gone
put in freezer~ink DID NOT RETURN
let thaw~re-ironed
the ink was gone after I washed the fabric.
marked fabric
ironed~ink gone
put in freezer~ink returned
washed fabric~ink gone
dried fabric~ink gone
put in freezer~ink DID NOT RETURN
let thaw~re-ironed
the ink was gone after I washed the fabric.
The following BLOG entry, discusses one case in which FriXion ink would NOT come out.
As others have said, always test first so that there are no surprises.
