Please recommend permanent fabric marker
#31
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Philomath,Ore
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Cindi, make sure you outline or somehow make sure that they can't write in the seam line! I did not do this for my daughters wedding, and I am going to loose some writing to the seam allowance!
#32
I use "Tulip" fabric markers for my labels. You press them after writing and then allow to sit for 24 hours. They are fine point, don't bleed, easy to use and last forever. Also they are not as expensive as Pigma, that is not to say that Pigma isn't a quality product because it is.
#34
I have several quilts that I have made with signatures these quilts are well loved and have been washed many times. The sharpies will totally disappear over time the pygma pens are still as nice as the day they were signed I plan on getting some of the Crayola brand fabric markers.
#36
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Orlando, FL
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I have always used Pigma pens for my labels. However, if the quilt gets washed a lot the ink does fade - eventually until it is illegible. I made my dad a quilt that he used at the nursing home and after 4 years of frequent washings, the label was so faint that I could barely read it. I re-wrote over it.
#39
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Cary, NC
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The test at Freckled Whimsey said something I couldn't believe until I checked it myself. The Pigma Micron company website says that the pens are NOT to be washed! Here's the quote - Fabric design* note - the inks on fabrics are for "decorative purposes only" - meaning do not launder.
Here's the link, it's near the bottom of the page. http://sakuraofamerica.com/pen-archival
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Here's the link, it's near the bottom of the page. http://sakuraofamerica.com/pen-archival
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