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pigma pens here too!! Most scrapbooking shops carry them too like Michaels etc .
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Originally Posted by bebe
Right on Dodie pigma pens are the best!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by nor'easter
Pigma pens use pigment based ink instead of dye based ink. They don't bleed through thin paper or fabric and are archival. Here's the maker website: http://www.sakuraofamerica.com/Pen-Archival
I did not see them on the Office Depot website, but you can get them at Joann's, at most quilting shops (local and online), and at art supply stores. I get mine from Dick Blick for the variety of colors and sizes he carries. http://www.dickblick.com/zz207/02/. |
Our quilting group has been doing friendship quilts. We do a rail fence with muslin for the sigs. I iron the muslin on freezer paper and then put it on sandpaper and the writing is still scratchy and looks like your a very old person!!
What are we doing wrong? Of course some peoples writing it turns out fine. they seem to have the nack. suggestions please. Have a great day. simple quilter |
I print out my label on paper using the fonts, spacing and wording I want. Then I lay my muslin on top of the paper and put the two together in an 8" embroidery hoop to tighten it up. Then I plop the hoop over a 7½" round marble trivet that I have that gives the fabric a solid backing. After that, I just trace what I printed. Works for me. I have found that the slower I go, the better, and the thicker (at least 05) Pigma pens work better. I think the nibs of the finer ones get hung up on the fabric threads and skip.
I learned early on that I wasn't cut out to do them freehand! Maybe you could try signing your name with a Sharpie on a piece of paper and then tracing that onto the muslin? |
don't use sharpies on anything that you want to preserve for many years. they are full of acid and will literally eat a hole thru your fabric or paper as they age. use only a pen that says "acid free" or "archivally" safe.
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