Frixion Pens
 

Has any one had the problem of the marks from the frixion pens not coming out completely? Is there anything that can be done to remove it? Thank you in advance.

Try this on a sample
* lady in our local group covers her mistakes with permanent markers. She has eyesight problems so makes mistakes with seams and quilting and this is how she covers those mistakes.
* last month went to a Zentangle course. Drew outside shape and pattern with black thread then using permanent marker to fill in shapes. Washed this picture and no runs just bad sewing,

I use Frixion pens all the time. According to Sharon Schamber, who apparently also uses these pens, the "bleached" lines that appear on some fabrics is the gel in the ink and washes out completely. I haven't had any problem with them and I won't give them up! :)

wash the quilt when finished - things will be fine.

we were discussing this at quilting bee yesterday... a couple of the gals are dead set against using them on dark fabrics. i haven't had any problems at all... i advised them to wash the quilt and there are no more 'bleached' lines

I think Frixion pens are questionable because of the ink gel reacting with whatever chemicals there are in or on the fabric. I know quilters who think they are wonderful-even Sharon Schambler. I know of one person who shipped a quilt for a contest. The marks came back because the quilt was in the cargo section of a FEDEX airplane. Not a happy event. I like to use children's washable markers on my quilts. They always wash away when I wash the quilt and they never come back.

Have not had trouble with Frixion pens. Only used them for marking appliqué lines.
I used an orange Crayola washable marker on a cream quilt one time, to mark quilting lines. 5 years, YES, 5 years later, I decided to wash it before I went to all the trouble of quilting. The marker washed out and I had to remark it to quilt. That was 4 years ago and I do not have any residual marker on the quilt.

I use the washable markers to mark blocks and rows. They always wash out even if I iron over them.
I am going to use permanent markers on the backs of my quilts when the thread bunches up of lighter top thread shows up on a dark backing. I have read they will cover them.

I use them and I haven't had any problems so far. The whitish lines on dark fabrics disappear, no big concern for me as the quilts I make are to be used and washed not put in closet for my future greats to sell on Ebay. LOL

It's posts like these that have me scared to death to use any kind of marking device. This is why I do all my quilting freehand. Each motif, feather, curl etc. has its own personality. I use tiger tape if I need to section something off or if I really want feather spines to be sort of similar, I draw on tissue, quilt thru it, then tear it away.

Huh? I've picked up a ball point pen and marked lines on white Kona because it was handy. Didn't scare me one bit. The lines may still be there under the quilting stitch. The quilt won Viewer's Choice at a quilt show, my first entry to any quilt show. I think that was the beginning of who cares about quilt rules for me. LOL

OnebyOne, glad to hear of your success with ballpoint. I have used fine ballpoint also with no problem, water misted and ironed during row construction of where HST marked in pen, no problem. Then....one time I must have grabbed a different pen and discovered that the ink bled the minute I spritzed. It was black and it wouldn't come out, no matter what. I have switched to Frixion for marking during construction, and I don't use anything but fine white chalk or paper tape for marking the quilt top.

I did a little experiment about cold bringing back the color - put red markings on pieces of yellow fabric, 'erased', stuck some in fridge, freezer, and the red did not reappear overnight while in the cold. Maybe if I had left it in there for a week or so, it would be different.

I have not used them yet but another LAQ I know of had problems. She did all the things you were supposed to, to remove the marks (on a white fabric) by applying heat. They came back (the quilt was in in unheated area in winter). She washed the quilt, twice, and there were still residual marks. The marks were hardly noticeable and if she had not pointed them them out to me I would not have seen them but they were there and once seen could not be unseen. She said she will never use them again. I have had great luck with the blue water soluble and purple air erase. I have also had good luck with crayola washable markers but I would never use them on a clients quilt, only my own.

I can't use them on fabric, I make lines so fast the heat erases them immediately. Going slow enough for the ink to stay drives me crazy. Plus Harriet Hargrave pointed out we don't know what these chemicals do to fabrics long-term. You might be creating weak lines all over your quilt. I kind of doubt it, but that plus my "friction" problem made me retire my Frixion pen to my desk at work. It doesn't self-erase from writing on paper, at least. It's fun to amaze people with it, so it wasn't a total waste of money, LOL.

I use old fashioned tailor's chalk to mark my quilts. Works great, tried and true.

I have a bottle of industrial ink/color remover. The plant where they make the dyes/inks has to have a remover for the workers or they would be multicolored forever. The local dye company gave me some. I've only used it to remove ink accidents from shirt pockets so far. I'm sure it will work for quilt fabric too. The manager told me it was non toxic for skin.

I don't use them because I have read previous posts from quilters who have had an occasional problem.

I've been using Crayola washable markers and so far, no problems.

I have used the Frixion pens and also have found a faint line, but that line washes out. I prefer using the washable markers and have never had any trouble with them washing out, even after ironing them. I think the only color I haven't used is the yellow as it doesn't show as well on anything colored or printed.

I'm sold on the washable kids' markers. They're there to stay and wash right out, no problems at all. I've switched to Pentel gel roller for fabric and/or Permawriter II for writing permanently like for labels sometimes. Frixon pens fade a lot over time, too.

I have found that the Crayola "Ultra Clean" washable markers come right out. The washable markers that they had before did not always come out for me. On dark fabrics I like to use slivers of soap or a ceramic marker for fine lines.

Ball point pen can always be removed by spritzing it with hairspray before washing it. Gel pen ink is another animal.

I LOVE these pens and use them all the time. Have never had any problems.

Seems that some have had problems, so why even go there. The company even says not made for fabric. There are too many solutions to go poke a problem.

I love those pens! Just wash your quilt and you'll be happy!

Wait a second, are you saying that the cat picture above was made with a permanent black marker that is covering up mistakes?????? If so, then an entire new world has opened up for me. That cat picture is beautiful! Every time I try to use permanent markers on fabric they run - the Sharpee markers.

I use them a lot and have never had any problems.

I use them a lot & never had a problem....yet anyways. I love them

Won't give 'em up
 

I love the thin line you get with these pens! The only problem I ever had was with either the red or the orange, which did not iron out immediately. They probably would disappear with washing -- can't remember what project it was...

the one I used left a faint white line???/ don't think it will ever come out