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Originally Posted by Hinterland

I usually mark as I go along. I use chalk and colored pencils and most of the time my marks would be gone if I marked before I started.

Same here. I use the Fon's and Porter Mechanical pencil as well as chalk. Sometimes I use the air erasable pen too.

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Originally Posted by roselady

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Originally Posted by StitchinJoy

I mark before layering most of the time. I like General's grey or white chalk pencils. I also use painter's tape for marking straight lines.

They don't rub off by the time you get to the end of the quilt?

Not usually. It depends on how I keep it when hand quilting.

If I am using a quilt frame or a large standing hoop, the quilt doesn't get jostled very much in the quilting process, and the marks stay just fine.

If I use a small hand held hoop, and I need to move it all around the quilt, then the white chalk pencil tends to disappear. The grey seems to last until the piece is laundered.