Chalk on white fabric
#31
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Join Date: Aug 2014
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I have found that the washable crayola crayons come out but it has to be on something you will wash after completed. I make a lot of totes/bags so do not use it on those. I have used Chaco and like it but always on washable stuff.
I did have trouble removing the blue chalk on white but after washing again it came out.
I did have trouble removing the blue chalk on white but after washing again it came out.
#32
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: San Antonio, TX
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Crayola makes washable chalk. I have used white chalk when I was FMQ'ing with black thread on black fabric. I always wash my quilts afterwards and never had a problem. It is a bit dusty but makes it easier to see. My suggestion is to try it on a similar color before you start work on your quilt.
#35
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Location: Illinois/Wisconsin
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I'm about to quilt the background of a white baby quilt and want to mark the pattern so I can machine quilt it. I can't use white chalk and don't trust Mark-B-Gone and disappearing ink on white fabric.
I've heard of people having trouble getting colored chalk off fabric but it seems like my only option. Who's used colored chalk on white and did you have any problems?
I've heard of people having trouble getting colored chalk off fabric but it seems like my only option. Who's used colored chalk on white and did you have any problems?
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#38
So Jarty, what did you decided to use for marking? Just wondering. I have used colored chalk that did not wash out as others have mentioned, but one time I soaked a baby quilt that was marked w/the colored chalk and it did come out. I still will not use the colored chalk again. I think I am going to try either regular chalk, or the washable markers, I do have a friend that has used them many times w/success. I like the cinnamon for marking stencils idea...would smell good too!!!
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