stillwaters

Another caution that I've heard, but not experienced personally, is that the Frixion pen marks will not disappear from hand dyed fabric. Otherwise they are MAGIC!

Val in IN

I only use one mark ( a chaco liner or painter's tape) going each way to do cross hatching. After I draw, or tape, the first line and sew on it, I attach the quilting guide to my machine foot and let it ride on the previously sewn line. Keep doing this till all the lines going one way are sewn and repeat the process for the cross lines. That way I only have 2 lines to remove.

mpeters1200

I use Pigma pens for all my labels. I love them. They come in various sizes, but I use what looks like a fine tip marker size. I got the wrong size once and the tip was so tiny and sharp it tore the fabric.

I use Bohn pencils for marking both when piecing and when quilting. It comes in white, gray and yellow. I've now seen the "lead" sticks in pink and green. I only use the white, gray and yellow. I just don't trust the other colors. I made my husband a 25 block sampler and couldn't afford the Bohn pencils so I bought a chalk pencil with multiple colors at Joanns. The white was awesome as was the blue, but every other color set in my top. The orange faded when washed, then bled on the entire block. Good thing it was for my bed and not a show or a gift for someone outside the house. I only use the Bohn now. The chalk was kind of thick and had to be sharpened a lot. Love the BOHN stuff.

I will be using painter's tape on some upcome projects. It's great to ensure you are stitching a straight line.

cpfrog

OMG! who knew??? so the markings are there for life, only incognito ?? THANKS for the icy car trunk example... never would have thought of something like that.

Is this board great for helpful hints and suggestions, or what?

SharonTheriault

For diagonal, I use 1/4 masking tape. Everything else I use Crayola Washable Markers with the fine tip. Washes out completely.

penski

ditto here

Mary L Booth

I just marked a black and white lone star. I did a lot of marking on the white with a black friction pen. It irons out. I tested it first, and yes every mark ironed off. I like the quilt pounce on the black.
Mary in Tx

Mary L Booth

I just marked a black and white lone star. I did a lot of marking on the white with a black friction pen. It irons out. I tested it first, and yes every mark ironed off. I like the quilt pounce on the black.
Mary in Tx

watson's mom

There was a thread on here yesterday about the Frixion Pen. The writer said it worked fine, when she ironed over it , it disappeared. As a test, she put it in the freezer to cool it off for a few minutes and the marks came right back. She tried washing it out and doing the same test over again and the Frixion Pen marks came right back. Others wrote to say the same thing, it shows through. I have never used it but never will just in case this thread was accurate.

Just did a search. To see this thread go to 'Search' and write in Frixion pens. When the page comes up. Look for 'Kat29803. This is what I read yesterday and I won't be taking a chance with this pen on my quilts.

IBQLTN

OK I've seen pilot frixion pens and pilot Pilot frixion erasable pens ... are the one in the same or are we talking about 2 different pens? The quilting blog ones look different than the Amazon erasable ones.