I also use old clothing patterns to transfer quilting patterns onto. I can quilt through these and then just tear them off.

Also, If you look closely at the bottom of the Urban elementz.com page they have some free patterns you can either print off or down load digitally.

Joann's, Hobby Lobby and Hancock has some of the plastic patterns. Hancocks are especially reasonable in price, I think. I even got some that were on clearance last week for .40 cents. great deal.

i have bought some nice stencils from quilt in a day and from patchworkplus

Try this site. i use their products all the time and like them. The Ideas they have can get you started and then move into creating your own patterns. Take a look!

http://www.goldenthreads.com/

Once in a while I can find them at a LQS but normally I stock up on them when the quilt show is here in NPN, Va

I go every year to intern quiltshow in Houston then I stock up , well I still have stuff to sew from 11 years ago and patterns to make

I have got some at Jo Ann's, Hancock's and the LQS.

The Clover white marking pen is great for dark fabrics and the blue wash out markers also work great for the light fabrics. Always do a test, though.

I also use Crayola Washable markers with the fine point. Again, test first...don't ask me why! It was the brown on the yellow fabric I think.

I use the fine line purple erasing markers, they disappear after 24 hours completely. I mark as I go with these.

The blue wash away markers work great on everything but pink. They some times hang on there...

The blue Chaco chalk sometimes has an issue, but I haven't had a problem with the white chaco

Wow, great site, what a selection. I've even used cookies cutters to trace around for a small design.

JoAnns have a few have Hobby Lobby

i like my frixion pens they work great on stencils and simply iron off. yes they come back if you put them in the freezer but if its that cold you will appreciate the warmth of the quilt and not even notice the marking.

I use the "Stecil Company" too. www.quiltingstencils.com

If your blue soluble marker does not wash out, try the following:
¼teaspoonbakingsoda
¼cuphotwater
Pour over marked area and the blue disappears forever.

I hope this helps witht he problems with the blue pen not coming out. This is what I was told to do by one of the women from The Baltimore Album Society when I took her class.

The Stencil Company. They have a website. I used to keep hundreds on hand when I had a brick and mortar shop....

But if you soak them in "hot water" they don't come back. There was a thread on here that mentioned though that the use of starch affects how well it goes away.

I agree that they have great stencils but they are too large for the at home quilters. I sent them a message and ask for them to please consider making a category for the quilters with stencils small enough for us to work with. Thanks for the site though; I really like it.

This is really nice and they are starting a section just for quilters; that will be nice.

I don't know if it's only for the free stuff but when I clicked on a design for free it gave me an option of downloading to either digital or pantos paper; when I clicked on pantos paper it showed the design so maybe they just changed how they are doing it. I would try other designs to see if it is still there just not as obvious.

I contacted the company asking about thier formats and the paper pantos and here is the email I got back from them. I have to admit I was really impressed about the fast response time I got to both emails that I sent; less than an hour and this is on Sunday. Here is the email:the part about my info being incorrect is the part about they no longer carry paper pantos.

Hi Judy,

We carrying the major formats for quilting machines ... embroidery formats have to be set-up differently digitally and I haven't crossed that bridge yet. Hopefully we will next year.

And your information is incorrect ... The previous user must have us confused with Intelligent Quilting. We still carry (and will always carry) paper pantos.

Patricia

http://createforless.com I've gotten some from here too. Great choices.

www.jdstencils.com

is a good site for stencils too. I've bought from them.

The Stencil Company. they are on line, just search for it by name.

I use a lot of stuff--------cookie cuters, free color pages on line. I found this amazing chalk that doesn't even scratch off when you try. It is however water whatever---- If you go to your local LQS they should have stencils. I do a lot of free hand stuff too, color books. anything I can find.

Hancock Fabrics have some , as do Hobby Lobby and Michal's. I also just found some at the local thrift store.

On the web you can buy from Golden Threads www.goldenthreads.com

What is this chalk called and where can you get it?

I buy them at quilt shops or Hancocks. Sometimes I make my own.

wow that's the first post I've been able to make since they changed the board.

can some one tell me how to post a picture I took one of the chalk I use.