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Old 04-04-2012, 07:45 AM
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I use the Fons & Porter white ceramic pencil & love it. It makes a fine line & I've never had a problem with washing it out.
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Old 04-04-2012, 10:38 AM
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I've used the pink and yellow. I had a little trouble with the pink, but a little oxy and a 2nd washing and it came out fine. Thinking the next thing I might try is the heat removable pounce, anyone use that?
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Old 04-04-2012, 07:30 PM
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I use them all the time-love them.

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Old 04-04-2012, 09:14 PM
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I use my Sewline all the time with no problems either erasing it or wetting it with a small art brush to remove it. The only times I've heard of problems removing the markings has been with colors other than grey or white and since I don't see any need to use those, I don't. Grey or white works just fine on any color fabric I've ever used. I think they're great!
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Old 04-04-2012, 10:53 PM
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I've just tried a pink one, and most of the marks had gone before I reached the edge of the quilt, which was rather a mixed blessing!
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Old 04-05-2012, 03:09 AM
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I used the graphite one on a quilt top and the marks would NOT come out! I must have soaked and washed it a dozen times, using every cleaning chemical known to man and it just would not come out. Never again! I'm much more careful about testing on the exact fabric I'm going to use now.

I do really like the other colors when I need to mark a fine line, and so far, haven't had any problems removing them.
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Old 04-05-2012, 04:16 AM
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Originally Posted by LynnVT View Post
I met someone in a shop who told me that Porter & Fons have a mechanical pencil that works really well. I was looking for a light or white one to mark quilting that would come out easily. She was another customer, and the shop didn't sell it, so I'm still looking for it.
JoAnn's carries the Fons and Porter mechanical pencils and refills.
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Old 04-05-2012, 05:20 AM
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I love mine.
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Old 04-05-2012, 05:22 AM
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Use mine all the time and love it.
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Old 04-27-2012, 08:42 PM
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Default Sewline marker refill

Does anyone have the refill container? Does it tell the size, 5 or 7 many times? It seems as though you could put those in a regular mechanical pencil.
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