Fabric paints?

How about a Sharpie? ;) :lol:

I think any kind of a marker that will hold up would be fine. I do think I'd try to practice on the exact fabric I want to mark on. It is my experience that markers move differently on different fabric and it would be good to get a feel of it.

I'm curious why the stem stitch is giving you trouble. It is a very easy stitch if you have good instructions. Here is a nice little video if you ever want to give it another try.

http://www.needlenthread.com/2006/10...rial-stem.html

What about using a very thin satin stitching?

I've used my stretch stitch for machine sashiko & think it's a great idea for the horse mouths. My stitch shows 3 vertical dotted lines on the select key, it goes forward, backward, forward for the one complete stitch.

Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. I've had great success with it.

It says right on the Sharpie package not to use on fabric.

Why don't you draw the line you want and sew a very fine satin stitch over it with your machine?

Thanks for all our ideas!! I'll check out my stitches tonight. Horses are almost done for the night and report cards are done...I have time!

I found a stitch that works!! I have two stitches with the single line, then triple line--but they weren't quite wide enough to show (so pretty and delicate though!), so I'm doing to use one that's even thicker. (D-50 on my machine) It should be about the same width as three strands of embroidery thread--which is what it called for.

Now to baste a practice grin.


(I took the afternoon off from work to catch up on fun stuff since I've put in at least 6 hours on school stuff at home lately! :| ;) )

Karla, permanent marking pens are a great idea! I use them all the time, especially on wall hangings or art quilts that won't be washed much or ever. Also my Baby Lock Ellegante has a stitch called Triple Stretch Stitch that I think looks just like a stem stitch. I use it a lot for stems and such.

I did it!!! :-D :-D :-D

The first one is mine (more errors). I did the gray horse's mouth in D50, but it seemed a tiny wide, so I switched to B 04 for the rest. I'm so pleased with how they look! :-D The black showed up well on the dark brown, too. Yay!

They look so much happier! :lol:

Now I need to get something that will trim threads right to the top.