I was brave. I told myself these ink marks will come out with hair spray. Yes, I really badly wanted to mark my quilt with an ink pen for precise quilting! It soaked for 2 days in ammonia, scrubbed with tooth brushes endlessly and sprayed with the cheapest grade of hair spray (that works the best) and still there are INK PEN MARKS ON MY QUILT!!! yikes. :oops: I've scrubbed with everything and think I have actually set the ink in for good. :? :oops: I'll wash it 100 times and it'll be gone! ;) :cry:

oh man! why an ink pen? back in the day, didn't they use pencils? i use chalk or a disappearing pen.
washable crayloa markers have been used with great success.
so sorry this happened to your quilt... :cry:

How sad, your quilt is to cute. I have no ideas of how to get it out.:-(

If it wasn't marked "permanent" there is a product in the drug store that takes ink out of mens fine linen shirts. It works really well. Its in the area where you find "Goop" and those products.

see if any of these will help.
http://home.howstuffworks.com/how-to...nk-stains2.htm

Have you tried GooGone? Can't hurt, try just a little on the ink.

Rub rubbing alcohol. So sorry about the boo-boo.

I used the chalk on a purse pattern and it would not come out,no matter what I did. That was a lesson learned for me,so I know how you must feel. So sorry about your quilt. It is still very pretty.

If it won't come out, quilt over it with black or dark blue thread.....Bummer!! :|

Hairspray should have worked. Thanks for sharing your experience with us. You may have helped others from doing the same thing. I think the quilt is beautiful and will be wonderful conversation piece.

I can't stand what they have on the market! None of it is for fine lines like I love. Do they make water soluble pens? If so, they probably are not fine line enough for me. I've always gotten the ink out before with hair spray.

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I am soooo sorry!

ok, I'll try that. Thanks!

Try something called De-Sol-it. I purchase it at Wal-Mart and it took red ink out of my black & white quilt. It has also taken motor oil out of my husbands shirt that had been washed and dried several times.

oh, thank you, sewgulll! I'll try that. I'll try mayo, lemonade, murphy's oil soap, etc.

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Hope you can get it out with all the suggestions. Let us know which one works.

Ink pens work best for me on wrong side of dark pieces. I used some on the quilt I am quilting and finishing up now. Some of the ink got on some of the white, I intend on using hair spray and shout.
Dittter has a good idea, use dark thread to quilt over it.

Thank you for that link, watterstide! They listed hair spray first and then the rubbing alcohol that sewgull suggested. I'll try that next!! Knew that the vinegar would eat at the fabrics so stayed away from that. It'll work with the rubb.alco.

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No, but GooGone is good stuff! It's oil based and removes labels great but don't know about on fabs. will try anyway. Thanks!

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sure will! There's always something to try that'll work!! :-D

Oh, I like that idea w/the dark thread over it. that'll work too!! Thanks so much, Jingleberry. I was heartsick.

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Good reminder - thank you for showing us - I am sorry that you are having trouble removing the ink -

no matter what you use always test a small corner to make sure, sometimes what came out just fine on this project would not come out of that one...always test before using anything; i had one of those blue disappear with water pens that disappeared just fine from the quilt top but stained the back...
since you are quilting with a dark thread it kind of blends in ok...but so sorry this happened.

I have use it on fabric and It work wonderful. It also took out of ink a shirt.

There are fine line water soluable and air soluable pens. They are purple (air soluable) and blue (water soluable)--just like the regular ones just fine point. They are no wider than a regular pen.

just a thought but won't mayo and oil soap leave grease marks on your fabric?

Maybe practice on scraps?

I used ink pen on one of my quilts one time and I used dawn dish soap and a lil scrub brush and let it soak for a lil while and then washed it in the washer and it all came out :o)

Oh dear! So sorry!
My DH had an ink pen leak in his pocket one time and my grandma told me to soak it in milk. It took it out and saved the shirt. Might be worth a try.

Hope you find something that works for you!!!

Soooorry. I'm with Ditter, quilt over it if it won't come out. That quilt is too nice to give up. Good luck.

Bummers. Gosh, what a lesson for all of us. Keep us posted on what finally worked.

Tide has a product that took sharpie marks out of my sisters table runner it is not the mark out pen but a new product for stains It might work

What a shame. Hope you find something to get it all out.

Don't throw in the towel just yet...try some of the suggestions on the following site.....keep us posted. You are not the first quilter to do this and unfortunately you won't be the last....
http://www.doityourself.com/stry/ballpointink

So sorry about the ink. If you can't get it out, I think Ditter has a great idea to quilt over it in dark thread and make it look intentional!!

Yikes! I use pens to trace on the back of fabric (like if I'm using a template), and today I used one to make tiny little dots to mark so my quilted triangles would be even - but I made just a dot where each point should be and kept them on the other quilted threads so it wouldn't show up.

So sorry about the ink not coming out - it's such a lovely quilt. Hopefully some of the suggestions offered here will work!

You can make templates for quilting out of freezer paper.....draw the shape, cut and iron (shiny side down) sew just off the paper, peel and iron again.....NO PENCIL MARKS REQIURED.....look this technique up online for further info.....we learn from all our boo boo's....

I can just imagine how sick you were when you discovered what had happened! Sure hope one of the suggestions here works for you! What a bummer!

Maybe if you try the sheet that take out fading of colors.
Alcohol has always helped me.
I am sorry too!...

Ok, it's safe for fabs! Thank you for letting me know that! I'll have lots of things to try for sure!

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