ScubaK

I was trying out a quilting design on a quilt on the frame...
I layed down Press and Seal...then took a Sharpie marker and was making my design...
Yup! You guessed it...I went past the end about 1/2" and am now trying to get the marker out of fabric...
What to do? Does anyone have any helps?
Thanks...I am just sick over this..
Kirsten

lynnie

OMG, just by your headline i knew what you did, my heart goes out to you. can you applique over it?

patski

Will the Tide pen stain remover work? or a q tip with hair spray?

rhilkey

Try rubbing alcohol.

Prism99

Here are the Sharpie website's tips on removing marks from fabric:
http://www.sharpie.com/enus/pages/faq.aspx#Q13

Since alcohol is mentioned as a solvent for the permanent ink, I'd probably start with that first -- testing on a scrap of the fabric, not on the actual quilt! If you have the extra fabric, I would use the same Sharpie marker on a test scrap, let it dry, then try to remove.

Tartan

What colour is the fabric it went onto? If it is a highly coloured fabric be careful you don't remove colour from the fabric trying to remove the ink. If you have scraps of the background fabric I would mark it with the sharpie and try different things.
Sharpie is difficult as it is meant to be permanent. I have had good luck removing REGULAR ink from fabric with hairspray. Some people have had good results with either a tide spot remover or a magic eraser but I don't know what will work with sharpie.

ScubaK

I have tried Goo Gone and some household stain remover that is suppose to remove wine and such...I was blotting it with hairspray and that was working good...most say rubbing alcohol...which I do not have on hand...
Tomorrow if it is still bad, I may replace the 3 1/2" square...
The bad thing is that this is a customer quilt for a 92 year old woman, I quilt her quilts for experience and sometimes her piecing in not the best....or her seam secure...
I could rip out the square and replace it with another, I suppose....I am just sick about it though...
Kirsten

ScubaK

Oh Tartan...it is just a very thin cream colored fabric...
Perhaps I will post pictures in the morning.
K

masufa

I just tried this and it worked for me Hand Sanitizer, put some on the mark and rub with a wash cloth it might take a few times but it worked for me.

GrannieAnnie

Nail polish remover will remove black felt tip marker from a wall. Wonder what it would do to fabric? I'd try it on a scrap,first.