I bought some a couple of weeks ago and love them also. We have a stationary store in the village and the lady ordered them for me. Can't get them in white though .

I got mine at staples. frixion pens. mine came in a 3 fer, black blue and red.

I have several of these pens. Have used them on dark and light fabrics with no problems at all. I love them! Paid $1.79 each at a quilt shop in the Atlanta area.

Personally , I think it very strange that when asked about suitability for quilting purposes, Pilot does NOT recommend Frixion pens for use on fabric. As a northern quilter who sleeps under two down comforters plus a wool quilt for almost half of every year, I'll stick with my Sewline pencil.

They are called Frixion pens and they are wonderful.

I have used these pens on several quilts and find that they work very well. I have had no problem removing them with a hot iron. I think this is the best marking tool I have ever used and I have used many.

I like the washable Crayola markers and crayons. They wash out and never return. Works great.

You can buy them by mail from Sam's Club and other office supply companies. There was a fairly long discussion on the Board about them a few weeks ago. Someone did a great job of testing them and wrote a good piece on the value of them. I use them and like them. When I ordered them from Sam's they were less then $2.00 incuding postage.

staples has them for 3$ for a pack ofd three

staples has them for 3$ for a pack ofd three

you just run an iron over the marks and they disapear.

I searched all of the craft and sewing stores for these pens and finally found them at Staples. It does not erase completely off from fabric for me by using the eraser on the pen, but will not try ironing it off. Thanks for the hint as I have been afraid to use it.

I love them!!! I'm usually a straight #2 pencil user, but my current quilt has a blue shade that pencil wont work. I'll be washing the quilt when i finish, but i will have to tell the person receiving the quilt that if the lines do show up, to take an iron to it.

I haven't saw the green yet; it's pretty. You can get them at Office Max, 3 for $7. Yes, they iron off but if you get them cold the design comes back. You can soak them in Hot water and it will come out permanently though. There are threads on here about the Frixon pens and I know one research topic shows that starch does affect it going away permanently.

I bought a set of 3 at Staples.

I was at a quuilt class where some ladies where talking about it, my instructor grabbed one of my finished, cream colored blocks and put a big black X on it. Before I could react, she pressed it with a hot iron and voila--it was gone! I have heard that the marking may come back with extreme cold??

Sorry living in a cold climate I do not trust them. I would have demanded my money back and walked out. I have tested all ways and I can still see the marks. Washed unwashed or not but it gets cold and if I am taking a quilt in a cold car I do not want marks on it. I will stick to my disappearing marker.

Everyone keeps citing "extreme cold" is what brings the marks back. Truth is, Pilot says temps of around 15ºF is all it has to be and in these parts, that's nowhere near "extreme". Some quilters claim they even came back at refrigerator temps...and that's a balmy 40-45º.

It does not have to be extreme cold just cold 40* will bring them back I can just see a kid doing his homework with it and the teacher puts it in a hot car during the early days of school, gets home to grade and the paper is blank. How do you explain that you have to put it in the freezer to read it?!! LOL

I have read pros and cons---but to me if I want to try something I'll do it---no biggie---it is only fabric.

We use these pens quite a bit at work, especially when trying to figure out difficult translations, a process that may call for a lot of revision. The pens are the same price as regular pens in Japanese stationers and come in a lot of colors. So I was curious when I saw that they were recommended by some for marking fabric.

I went to Pilot's Japanese website where there is a quite extensive history of their development of this "disappearing" ink and an explanation of how it works. <http://www.pilot.co.jp/frixion/info/index.html>

Basically, the colors of the ink are contained in microcapsules that are linked together in a configuration that makes them reflect certain wavelengths and thus makes then visible to the eye. When heated to a certain temperature (in this case, 65C or 149F), the bonds between the microcapsules change and the microcapsules no longer reflect visible light at the same frequency so the color seems to disappear. It is not actually gone but hidden. A return to color can be achieved by cooling the ink sufficiently (to -20C or 4F). Pilot calls it "metamorphic ink."

Nowhere in all the explanations on these pages did I find a recommendation for using this ink on fabric. Neither did I find an assurance that the ink would wash out. So, I would advise caution if using one on fabric. Perhaps some experimentation is advised before commitment.

I am glad you mentioned it. I have never heard of it, and I have learned a lot from reading this thread.

One of their selling points is that students can take notes in their textbooks, then in June iron the pages and sell them for a higher price. Imagine buying a 'clean' used textbook, driving to class up in Marquette and discovering you paid premium for a text full of someone else's scribbles! :shock:

Just saw the ad for them in my newest Quilting Mag. Use them with caution.

Got mine earlier this year and love it!!!!!

For those of us who live in Florida (and if the quilt is staying here) there would seam to be little risk.

They worked great for use with the iron. I used it for binding just in case it comes back you can't see it. However I should test it with water to see if it comes back. I was going to try to use it for embroidery . However I am going to do more test first.