LOL...it's not the quilt's fault!!!! pull it out and try again....

My the horror stories - I did the same thing - marked the quilt with an air fade pen and sure enough, it faded - well before I was ready to quilt it!!! After many bad words, I did the same thing mentioned here - mark and quilt as you go. It s a lot easier......

I've got the opposite problem. I have yellow fabric that I marked with blue chalk and it won't come out, even after 3 washings. Anyone have an idea how to get this out? Its right in the middle of the quilt!

I am so sorry--It has happened to me too.
I just continued with what I thought the pattern was as I stared at the template pattern--give it a try. When I finished my improvisation, it looked pretty good.
Best to you.

I wanted to mark it because I'm hand quilting it and I like to just have a line to follow. For me, quilting is something I can do while thinking about something else, watching a movie or such, and I don't want to be thinking about how I'm going to quilt it the whole time. Also, I thought that if I used a pattern, the quilting would look more consistent then if I just winged it!

Well... Technically I could use the stencil again, but I think I would pull all my hair out if I tried! Since it's meandering- and since I connected some of the lines at the edges of the pattern- it would be almost impossible to line the stencil up with the marks that remain on the quilt. However, I am just going to re-mark with a new pattern that (hopefully!) makes sense with the marks that are still showing, a bit at a time as I go along. Still bummed though because the way I did it originally, the line really was one long continuous line. Now it's not. I'm sure no one else will ever notice... but I will know! : )

I probably have 10 or 15 different marking pens and pencils for marking quilts for quilting. I don't like any of them. Some just won't write. Some come off, some won't come off. I even tried the spray on kind that you spray thru a stencil. It was really expensive and it took a lot to make it show and then it flaked off. This is one of the reasons I hate FMQ.If some one could invent a decent pencil I would pay a lot for one.

Thank you, I think I'll give that a try!

Have you tried using PressN'Seal? You mark your design on it, then it will stick to your top & you just peel it off once you are done quilting your quilt. Works good, unless your stitching line are close together & cross over each other alot. I have done several this way & love using it. It peels off later like your skin peels after a sunburn... Might be worth a try!...

Okay, I see now you are hand quilting this, so this might not be a good option. I like your idea of marking as you go though, that might work better for you, good luck!