Help! I've ruined a customer quilt with marker!
 

Have a customer quilt that had a 15" empty block (light gray) in center and decided to follow the animal theme and quilt some there. Have a quilt pattern but could not easily see through the fabric even when I used the window as a light table. So used a Crayola UltraClean Marker in green to mark. Got finished quilting and sprayed with water as always (I've used the green one several times before with no problem) and it won't come out!

I soaked the quilt for about 45 min and it's not fading even. Saw another thread that poster had soaked with Color Catchers. Have DH picking them up now, but I can use Any other ideas, please!

Of course this is a customer that always waits until the last minute to get a quilt she needs to me, so I'm needing to fix or call her and tell her I've ruined her quilt and... Very soon! Help!

This is a link to their site with that question. http://www.crayola.com/support/stain...ng-or-fabrics/

I mistakenly marked with a white board dry erase marker and got it out with Murphy’s Oil Sosp. Nothing else had worked. I used it full strength then spritzed with water and rubbed with a soft cloth once color was out I rinsed that spot more thoroughly with cool clear water. Good luck. I might add that it was done on my avatar which has since won a couple of awards.

I would be tempted to try hydrogen peroxide in a Q-tip. Use very sparingly to see if it works.

I would be tempted to try hydrogen peroxide on a Q-tip. Use very sparingly to see if it works.

Oh, I can imagine how bad you must feel. If I were your customer, I'd understand and try to make you feel better about it. Before you do any of our suggestions, I think you should let her know and tell her that you are trying to fix it.

I would try a powdered oxygen bleach mixed with hydrogen peroxide. I used this with terrible old wine stains on white fabric Purificators (Church napkins used for Communion). It worked after I prayed a lot.

You might want to check Meyert's post on this subject.

https://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f...s-t252899.html

I would try Dawn. Hydrogen peroxide can be quite damaging to fabric, so that would be a last resort for me.

I just recently did a crayola quilt--you color with crayons and iron to set. In an area I pressed too long and left a scorch thru the paper towel. I used a paste of oxyclean & water on the scorch, let it sit, and rinsed. The scorch was removed and so was some of the 'set crayon' that I had to re-color. if the crayon was removed....give a try.

I'm so sorry for you. I have one other option - I just recently had to do this on one of my quilts. I was using my embroidery machine to do a design on a square and the machine jammed and messed up my embroidery. The stitching is so small and tight that there was no way I could unstitch it. I tried! I ended up cutting out the square (thankfully, mine was at the edge), redoing the square and sewing it back in. Yes, it was a HUGE pain in the behind to do this, but once it was all finished, the only place you could tell that it had been taken apart was in the back because you could see the joining of the square.

Good luck

Please let us know how you make out. It's surprising because I've heard nothing but positives about the washable markers. Good luck!

Sorry to hear this happened to you. Be careful with the hydrogen peroxide - it may lighten or remove the fabric dye from the square - if you plan on using it try testing on an inconspicuous place.

believe it or not - instant hand sanitizer removes most ink. rub it on - let it stand a few seconds and rinse it out - of course try it in an inconspicuous spot first - I have never had it mark a fabric or remove color but there is always a first.

That's a great hint! I had a blood draw this a.m. and nurse said ''wait, don't get blood on your sleeve''. I said, I'll just spit on it and it'll come out. She had never heard that blood and saliva have the same DNA, ergo, saliva removes your own blood. Taught her something!

Don't know if this would work but hairspray removes ink from fabric.

Some ink is alcohol soluble. Can you put some of the marker on another fabric and try solvents?

Soak it in oxy-clean for about an hour and then launder.

I use the regular Crayola Washable Markers, every color. Never had any problems getting them to wash out. I use cold water and cold water Tide.

I'm thinking alcohol for ink but try on scrap fabric first use the same marker

Update! Doing a happy dance! After trying the q-tip with blue Dawn, then q-tip with Spray & Wash and soaking while I went out for pizza, I came home and found that some of the green had basically disappeared. Of course I wasn't able to remember which I'd used on that spot! So I got out more q-tips and mixed the Dawn & Spray & Wash together and applied to the marks, soaked again for about 2 hrs. Only problem was I went ahead and let the washer spin, so since no binding on it, the extra batting around the edges after quilting was in tatters.

Called the customer this morning and explained the problem that had occurred and that was fine now but that I definitely had "washed" the quilt and would not be charging (its was crib quilt so not a huge loss & my reputation more important). she was very ok with it (I've done many crib quilts for her) and actually was glad that I had washed it and no bleeding of the red! since I'd never had this happen before, I asked her if she had starched it and she said yes--so lesson learned--not to use Crayola UltraClean with starched fabric! (or maybe at all!!)

Congratulations! And what a relief!

Oh! That is wonderful news.
I am so glad you found a solution to this problem.

Great news!

I have found that Spray and Wash works on a lot of stains. Great stuff!

What good news!!! Thanks for letting us know.

Dina

Wow! I was horrified for you when I read your post. I had to skip through the answers to see if you solved the problem. So glad it worked out! Whew!

So glad for your happy ending. Thank you for the update!

what a relief!

has anyone considered doing some experments/tests with washed, unwashed, starch, and/or sizing - also with different fibers to see if the starch made the difference?

It's good to know you had success!

also Awesome all purpose concentrated cleaner work great also.

Thanks for the update - Glad to hear that you were able to get it out! :)

happy conclusion! I was more worried about the washing, some people don't like to wash before gifting as they feel it makes the gift look used. I'm so happy for you and her! And the baby where ever ;)

No thanks, I decline the honor, but you go right ahead with it. I make enough whoopses by accident, don't need to do them deliberately.

Thank you for posting the update on how you solved the problem. So often we read of a problem, but seldom learn how it was taken care of.

Nooooo
 

I don’t know one thing about quilting but I made an account just to tell you absolutely never ever ever ever ever use dawn or ANY dish soap on fabrics!!! Soak in oxygen bleach. You can use some many safe options for your fabrics but dish soap is not one of them. I know this is old but this dish soap thing is big time miss information. Look up the laundry guy he’s great!

Awesome makes me deep cough if I use it. I can go to my friends homes and start coughing if they used Awesome. No other cleaner does that to me. A good cheap cleaner and I can't use it.

I had a quilt with the same problem,, just on one block so I have oxi clean in a can with a funny spout on top to clean upholstery. I dab some of that on and left all night and then rewashed and it was gone. Hope this helps.

Don't know the laundry guy but I think he's a bit misinformed. I've used Dawn on fabrics many times and it has never damaged anything. It made to use on bare hands. If its doesn't harm skin, I seriously doubt it would harm fabrics other than perhaps overly fragile antique fabric.

Wait - you fully admit you don't know "one thing" about quilting, and yet you feel free to admonish us experienced quilters for using a product many of us have used for years with no ill effects? AND you tell us to use oxygen bleach - news flash, bleach isn't safe for fabrics either! Let me guess - YOU are this mysterious "laundry guy" that you're lauding, and yet you give us absolutely no information, which means we have to google it and therefore you get more hits on your website?

Yeah. Not buying it.

Does seem a little odd, doesn't it?

I've seen ads for "The Laundry Guy" (if the tv is on when I'm sewing, I often turn to the ID channel), and thought it was ridiculous. Seriously? A program about somebody who uses an orbital buffer to get things out of laundry? It amazed me that there is a tv program about somebody's laundry tips.