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    Old 10-05-2012, 09:40 AM
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    I use the old fashioned way, soap slivers, if I am marking my lines. Just mark a few at a time.
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    Old 10-05-2012, 10:24 AM
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    [QUOTE=Buckeye Rose;5563968]I have used the frixxion pen in black for quite a few quilted items with no issues on light colored fabrics. But need to find a similar pen that marks in white for dark fabrics.... does anyone know if the frixxion pens comes in white?[/QUOTE

    That is a most excellent question.....anyone know that answer ?????
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    Old 10-05-2012, 10:31 AM
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    Originally Posted by Buckeye Rose
    I have used the frixxion pen in black for quite a few quilted items with no issues on light colored fabrics. But need to find a similar pen that marks in white for dark fabrics.... does anyone know if the frixxion pens comes in white?
    Clover makes a fine line white pen. The marks take a few seconds to develop but once they do, they don't rub off. They can be removed by ironing or washing, and they do not return again. I use this to mark dark fabrics all the time and never had a problem with them.

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    Old 10-05-2012, 10:49 AM
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    I haven't quilted anything yet but I have used soap slivers and crayons before and they worked. I have never tried tailors chalk, would it work? Or is that the chalk everyine is refering to?
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    Old 10-05-2012, 12:25 PM
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    you can use a pounce pad just rub it on your stencil and Iron away the marks
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    Old 10-05-2012, 05:27 PM
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    Old 10-05-2012, 07:44 PM
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    I also use the pens and love, love them. They have ironed out on all of my fabric.
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    Old 10-06-2012, 03:19 AM
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    Originally Posted by Ladibug
    I haven't quilted anything yet but I have used soap slivers and crayons before and they worked. I have never tried tailors chalk, would it work? Or is that the chalk everyine is refering to?
    I use chalk which comes in a container shaped like a marker, and which has a tiny wheel at the marking end. The wheel rolls as you move the "pen", and the chalk makes a fine line, which brushes off easily. I think this also comes in a holder which is triangular shaped. I think tailor's chalk would work just fine, but I don't have any.

    I also use the chalk called the "Ultimate Pounce Powder", in the pounce made for it. I use white and blacklight powder (which is white and looks fluorescent green under a blacklight) in the pounce with stencils. It also comes in blue, which I quit using once I had trouble getting the blue marks out. That's when I switched to using blacklight powder instead of blue for light colored fabrics.
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    Old 10-06-2012, 04:50 AM
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    Just wash it and the Frixon pen will wash off.
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