I am planning to make a signature quilt for my high school 50 yr class reunion. My question is this - my quilt will be finished and everyone will sign it at the reunion. Then it will be auctioned off. I understand it is recommened that the signatures be
"heat set". How does one do that after the quilt is done? I know to use the pigma pens and will make sure there are several there at the reunion. I have some time to make this, but won't have the opportunity to have the blocks signed before they are put into the quilt, so do appreciate your ideas on this. |
oh i just place the iron over the signatures and let the heat "set" the ink.
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Originally Posted by nativetexan
oh i just place the iron over the signatures and let the heat "set" the ink.
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Glad you asked this question. I knew of the heat setting and how, but was not sure of the pens to use! I have only used permanent fine point markers.
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Originally Posted by CoriAmD
Originally Posted by nativetexan
oh i just place the iron over the signatures and let the heat "set" the ink.
If from away, you could provide them with written directions & make it a DIY. |
I agree, DIY instructions to press the siggys.
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Thanks all
I will do the DIY instructions. Question - do you place a pressing cloth over the signature or put the iron directly on the ink. Also, what temp on the iron and would you use steam? What are the washing/drying instructions of this quilt after all the signatures are set? I am in Mich and the reunion will be held in PA. so I would rather not mess with bringing it home and then sending it to whomever ends up with it. |
Try to encourage the ladies who sign, to include their maiden name, along with their current name.
Dry iron ... and not steam! Add the laundering instructions to a label on the back of the quilt. And of course, a label explaining the significance of the quilt and who made it, your location and any other relevant details. Also, leave a spot on the label for the purchaser's name, so you can personalize on-site right after the auction. While it may be a hassle, I'd take my iron and know that the heat setting has been done properly. |
Seems to me you could use a hair dryer to heat set the ink on a finished quilt more easily than an iron??? Or tell the recipient to toss it in the dryer for a few minutes before ever washing it? (No fun to tote an iron to a party!)
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I suggest instructing the winner to take it to a laundromat and drying it in a commercial dryer as soon as they get home. The commercial dryers get much hotter than home dryers.
We did this when our Girl Scout troop tie-dyed t-shirts. |
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