question about marking
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Depends. Once I marked an entire quilt before quilting (hand quilting). I used a white ceramic lead mechanical pencil. Many of my marks rubbed off from handling before I got to them. So consider your tool you are using for marking.
Now I quilt on a rack and I usually mark before loading but there are many times, if the design isn't to complex, that I will mark as I go. Also if I am using chalk, by the time get to the area it is sometimes too faint to see so I will go over the lines again with chalk before quilting so I can see them.
Now I quilt on a rack and I usually mark before loading but there are many times, if the design isn't to complex, that I will mark as I go. Also if I am using chalk, by the time get to the area it is sometimes too faint to see so I will go over the lines again with chalk before quilting so I can see them.
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Depends. Once I marked an entire quilt before quilting (hand quilting). I used a white ceramic lead mechanical pencil. Many of my marks rubbed off from handling before I got to them. So consider your tool you are using for marking.
Now I quilt on a rack and I usually mark before loading but there are many times, if the design isn't to complex, that I will mark as I go. Also if I am using chalk, by the time get to the area it is sometimes too faint to see so I will go over the lines again with chalk before quilting so I can see them.
Now I quilt on a rack and I usually mark before loading but there are many times, if the design isn't to complex, that I will mark as I go. Also if I am using chalk, by the time get to the area it is sometimes too faint to see so I will go over the lines again with chalk before quilting so I can see them.
#8
I use an air erasable marker so mark as I quilt. I have about 30 minutes time to see most of the marks. I glue baste and quilt on my domestic machine so don't have to worry about pins. I often will stitch in the ditch at some major points to stabilize it more and then draw my patterns for quilting and quilt away.
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