i am marking a border on my current quilt and needing to erase some pencil marks....THIS WORKED GREAT!!!!

sorry if others have already mentioned this - i just found this out!!!

Well... that is an interesting way to use them :D:D:D It didn't bleach out any of the surrounding fabric?

Becca what did you use to get it out...???????

i hand quilt and i always mark my quilts w/ just a #2 pencil...The lead markings actually eventually just wear off.

I got the idea from a quilt group that had the Mr Clean Magic Erasers sitting on the quilts - and i asked what they were for. The ladies told me they use them to erase pencil marks....

So - i had to try it tonite....W/ the quilt laying on a hard surface, you just rub the Magic Eraser over the markings and VOILA......pencil marks are gone!! I didn't even have to rub real hard!

They are great to clean the sole of your iron too.

that's good to know erstan...i was ironing a dust ruffle that i was making and got mess on my fabric!! :oops:

Thanks for the tip! I will try it!

I LOVE my erasers!! So many uses for one little sponge!!

stupid question.....did you wet the eraser or just use it dry?

thats not a stupid question! i want to know too!
i love those little erasers!

Just an FYI, there are some nasty chemicals in those, and they might not react well with the fabrics once it is washed.

there are no harmful chemicals in the erasers..

http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/eraser.asp

but i would be curious to see what happens to the fabric after it is washed..

i use it dry....

i will also admit that the quilt top i'm working on now probably won't be washed....it'll lay on a bed and be treasured by by aunt and her kids as it gets passed down thru the generations.

Thanks for the tip. I will try it and see how it works for me.

Thanks, I would not have thought to use the Magic Eraser.

Wow, another use for them. They are the greatest.

That's great. I'll have to remember that one. I always use magic erasers to clean my walls(i have an artistic 3 yr old), scrub the floors, and anything else I can use it for.

I have tried everything to get pencil out, Magic Eraser is on the top of my shopping list now...LOL Thanks for the heads up..

Me too -- and often had to give up getting those tacky pencil marks out :oops: :oops: :oops:

Does anyone know if the magic erasers will work on other types of pencils as well??

Thanks for the tip!

Thank you for the tip.
I will try it!

i would take a scrap fabric and try it. Hopefully, someone will go & experiment!! As i said earlier - i generally use just a regular lead pencil

wish I had seen this yesterday. I do heirloom sewing and always use a number 2 pencil for my marks.....used it on my quilt and I spent 2 days trying to wash that bugger out.

Thanks loads for that tip. Could have used it earler too. I was cutting bias strips and inadvertantly marked the top side and not the back, then realized I had marked it wrong and then could not use the piece because I could not get the marks out.

They certainly are! I tried so many things before this... salt, vinegar, paper bags... the magic eraser was the only one that worked, and it worked without any real effort on my part.

I have also used the magic eraser on my cutting mat to get the fleece off of it. I used it dry.

I'm going to have to experiment with this! Thanks!!

Me too. I have a baby quilt top sitting in a box because part way through quilting it, I realized the pencil marks would NOT wash out off one of the fabrics. I'll be buying a Magic Eraser today and giving it a try!

Wow, this is great news. Thanks for the tip!