Petalpatsy

I did once get a little rip in a quilt from leaving in a needle that I then clamped in the frame. I appliqued a butterfly over it, like broderie perse in my case. I had leftover from a butterfly print I'd used elsewhere in the quilt, so I cut one out and needle turned it right over the tear. Just the one butterfly. It was viewed by everyone later as a charming and whimsical little accent, the last extra mile, so to speak. The mother said, "Oh look! A little butterfly!" And then she turned and looked at me with such a huge smile on her face. She doesn't know. It always makes me feel a little guilty, but why spoil it for her?

You could do like someone suggested and applique a heart frame over the mark, white applique on white background would still be subtle, and seem like an extra whimsical little accent. It would be like an Easter egg for people who look closely.

GrannieAnnie

I'm going to have to apologize but I had to laugh over the disappearing ink.

charlottequilts

That's perfectly ok. I'm sure my kids will be retelling it for years.

Really, no one was more surprised than me. I actually didn't know there was such a thing. The marker had come with my new Viking machine and I was wrapping presents on the ironing board and just sort of picked it up. I guess they work.

Charlotte

Mitch's mom

91% isopropyl alcohol. It should not remove the color from your other fabrics but it will dissolve the pen. You will have to use enough alcohol to blot the marker off the fabric but it will remove it completely.

You have to use 91% alcohol, the standard 70% won't work. You can find it at any pharmacy or Walmart and Walgreen's

Test your other fabrics for color loss first for peace of mind.

tessagin

Try a little alcohol on a Q-Tip and just dab at it. Maybe lightly roll the Q-Tip with a twist. Don't scrub it you might smear/spread it.. If that doesn't work maybe stitch over it with a strand of white embroidery floss or double the thread you used to stitch it. I would try the Q-Tip with the alcohol first.

kuntryquilter

Try alcohol. It works on skin.

Lavada

Good luck sorry this happened to you but your quilt is beautiful

lclang

Might try a swatch with permanent pen and use hair spray to see if that would take it out. I have used it to remove regular ink from shirt pockets.

quilttiger

So sorry about the mishap! But the suggested solutions are helpful. I have used hairspray on ball point ink stains and it works. Consider the product called Sew Clean, available online and in some quilt stores. I had one thing happen to me and it is worth passing on. I had just FMQ'd a small wall hanging with a landscape which included some white fabric pieces. The backing was all purple. Well I used white thread on the white fabric for FMQ. There were a few white stitches that showed on the back. I used a purple (unfortunately permanent) marker to cover up the white thread. Guess what. The purple ink actually migrated to the front through the thread, and there were purple dots on the front! This was solved by cutting up cotton lace trim with flower motifs and putting little flowers on the white! Lesson learned!

damaquilts

Same thing happened to me . I haven't tried it since.