The pattern marks that won't go away
#21
I've had the same problem with the Sew Line pencil where I've sewn over it. I can erase it just fine on the fabric by itself, but once I sew over it, I can't erase it, and from your picture it looks like that's exactly what's happening. Kind of defeats the purpose if you ask me.
#22
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Central NJ
Posts: 5,571
I don't have an experience with this marking product specifically but with other stubborn standard #2 pencil lines, I've taken liquid dish soap, thoroughly wet the area and then 'scrubbed' with an old toothbrush. Rinse and repeat as necessary.
Wishing you luck.
Wishing you luck.
#25
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: NW Kansas
Posts: 601
Try SewClean, it can be found at some Quilt Shops, I asked my local quilt shop if they could get and they ordered it for me, great stuff. You can tell your Quilt Shop that Checkers carry it. Checkers is a quilt store ordering house.
#28
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: NY
Posts: 10,590
Hmmm, hard to tell for sure by the picture but it looks to me like you may have had transfer of the marking tool to your thread and the coloring is embedded in the fibers of your thread. To tell for sure is to take out some of the quilting and see if the mark is still on the fabric or there is actually color residue from the pencil in your thread. I had that happen to me once and nothing got it out until I ripped out all the quilting. Then the marks were gone because they were in the thread, not the fabric and I requilted.
#29
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Spring Lake, Michigan
Posts: 978
I had dark mechanical pencil stains on a quilt (I thought that I couldn't see them if I did them lightly--Duh!). I was told to dab them with Lestoil (found at dollar store) and rub with a old toothbrush..It worked pretty well. If you Really look and know that they are there, you can still see some lines. Might be worth a try.
Otherwise, I would say that it was worth the few dollars that I spent.
Otherwise, I would say that it was worth the few dollars that I spent.
Last edited by QuiltnNan; 03-07-2018 at 04:28 AM. Reason: remove shouting/all caps
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