Originally Posted by quilt1950
I've tried these, and liked them until I had to sharpen them. I tried several pencil sharpeners, and the lead always broke. How do you sharpen them?
With a hand held sharpener, turn the sharpener, not the pencil. Since I started doing this I rarely break the lead, unless the pencil has fallen on a hard floor - when that happens, the lead in the pencil can break.
I use Prismacolor artists colored pencils, in white and light blue. I stay away from yellow, red and other colors because they contain dyes that might stain the fabric. I also use a marker from Bohin that's similar to the Sewline, but I only have the white leads for it, and for fabrics that are dark enough, I like the Clover white pen. It irons off.
Janet