Originally Posted by Sannianni
I've seen the hard plastic stencils for quilts, they have the pattern punched out of the plastic. How do you mark your quilts with it?
I used a "quilt pencil" the other day to free hand a pattern, and I was NOT impressed with it. It really didn't want to mark the fabric. Had to push super hard. Then I tried chalk, that wasn't any better.
What do you guys use?
I use the blue wash-away fine tip pen to mark. I had a stencil just yesterday that I wanted to use for my border. It was very light and flimsy plastic, so I pinned it in place and THEN used my marking pen. Took a little longer as I had to keep pinning it and moving it, but I got what I wanted! Most stencils are a little more firm and in that case I just hold it, mark, and move on. I love the blue marking pen....just use my spray bottle when I'm done and it's gone!