Go Back  Quiltingboard Forums >
  • Main
  • Marking problem >
  • Marking problem

  • Marking problem

    Thread Tools
     
    Old 12-29-2014, 07:17 AM
      #31  
    Super Member
     
    Join Date: Jun 2011
    Location: Illinois
    Posts: 9,018
    Default

    Let your used piece of hand soap set put for a few days...it will get hard...easier to handle. Once knew a man who worked for DIAL soap....told us to unwrap our hand soaps after purchase and store that way. The soap hardens and lasts longer. Cannot be sold that way - sanitary reasons. Have been doing that for years myself.....
    Geri B is offline  
    Old 12-29-2014, 07:54 AM
      #32  
    Super Member
     
    Join Date: Jun 2010
    Location: Michigan
    Posts: 1,664
    Default

    I use wash away interfacing and draw my quilting design on it then use either small safety pins or a little glue stick to secure it. When finished just throw in machine and it disappears. I am a hand quilter and have used this technique on a full size wedding quilt that had many colors and worked great. This is the only way I do my marking now regardless of size. The only thing to be away of is do not use any kind of a pen that has moisture in it as it will make the stabilizer disappear. I buy the stabilizer at Joanns when I have a 50% or more coupon or when it goes on sale at 50% off.
    judykay is offline  
    Old 12-29-2014, 08:21 AM
      #33  
    Super Member
     
    Join Date: Oct 2009
    Location: Maine-ly Florida
    Posts: 3,917
    Default

    Great tip! Do you draw your lines on it with a pencil?
    lots2do is offline  
    Old 12-29-2014, 08:59 AM
      #34  
    Super Member
     
    Join Date: Jun 2010
    Location: Michigan
    Posts: 1,664
    Default

    I usually use some kind of a pen as I am afraid the graphite in the pencil will stain the quilt. I know some people use pencil to mark but I guess I am just paranoid. You can use anything as long as there is not any moisture in it like the crayola marking pens, they have too much moisture and it will desolve the interfacing, I know the hard way.
    judykay is offline  
    Old 12-29-2014, 10:06 AM
      #35  
    dd
    Super Member
     
    dd's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Mar 2011
    Location: Maryland
    Posts: 1,773
    Default

    Originally Posted by judykay
    I use wash away interfacing and draw my quilting design on it then use either small safety pins or a little glue stick to secure it. When finished just throw in machine and it disappears. I am a hand quilter and have used this technique on a full size wedding quilt that had many colors and worked great. This is the only way I do my marking now regardless of size. The only thing to be away of is do not use any kind of a pen that has moisture in it as it will make the stabilizer disappear. I buy the stabilizer at Joanns when I have a 50% or more coupon or when it goes on sale at 50% off.
    Is this sold by the yard, on a bolt? Don't think I've seen it before.
    dd is offline  
    Old 12-29-2014, 01:12 PM
      #36  
    Super Member
     
    Join Date: Jun 2010
    Location: Michigan
    Posts: 1,664
    Default

    Both ways. It is on a bolt but can be purchased by the yard if you like, it is with all the interfacings and goes on sale quite often.
    judykay is offline  
    Old 12-29-2014, 01:54 PM
      #37  
    Power Poster
     
    Join Date: Jun 2011
    Location: Southern California
    Posts: 19,127
    Default

    Have you ever thought of marking the back of the quilt quilting it in reverse??? I have a few times especially because I prefer putting metallic thread in the bobbin.
    ManiacQuilter2 is offline  
    Old 12-29-2014, 02:52 PM
      #38  
    Senior Member
     
    Join Date: Apr 2011
    Location: Spring Lake, Michigan
    Posts: 978
    Default

    I tried marking my quilt borders with every quilting marker that I had. Nothing worked. So, out of frustration, I grabbed colored pencils left over from the kids' backpacks. I first made sure that the color would come out, but the colors worked fine for me and I can see what I am quilting.
    sailsablazin is offline  
    Old 12-29-2014, 08:21 PM
      #39  
    Power Poster
     
    Join Date: Dec 2008
    Location: Western Wisconsin
    Posts: 12,930
    Default

    Originally Posted by dd
    Is this sold by the yard, on a bolt? Don't think I've seen it before.
    Wash-away stabilizer is sold in a variety of ways -- yardage, precut paper sizes, etc. Here is a link to the different options available for it on Amazon:
    http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...solvy+washaway

    Sulky makes the Solvy brand of washaway stabilizer. Vilene I think is more common in the U.K. But any brand that is water soluble will work.
    Prism99 is offline  
    Old 12-30-2014, 05:57 AM
      #40  
    Junior Member
     
    nlpakk's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Apr 2011
    Location: Fingerlakes area, NYS
    Posts: 225
    Default

    Originally Posted by Tartan
    If you are machine quilting, you could make tissue paper patterns to stitch through. (There is a product called Golden Thread paper that you can stitch through also.) With tissue paper, cut several squares the size of your block, draw the pattern on one square, stack up your squares and pin the corners, stitch over the drawn pattern with the machine needle without thread, take the pins out of the squares and you will have several copies to pin on the sandwich and stitch the pattern. Carefully tear away the tissue when finished.
    I have used tissue paper the way Tartan suggested, it works great!
    nlpakk is offline  
    Related Topics
    Thread
    Thread Starter
    Forum
    Replies
    Last Post
    susie-susie-susie
    Main
    30
    03-31-2014 05:48 PM
    SlightlyOffQuilter
    Tutorials
    10
    02-24-2014 12:07 PM
    DeMaris
    Main
    13
    12-17-2011 11:27 AM
    NewsletterBot
    Main
    3
    09-11-2007 04:54 PM

    Posting Rules
    You may not post new threads
    You may not post replies
    You may not post attachments
    You may not edit your posts

    BB code is On
    Smilies are On
    [IMG] code is On
    HTML code is On
    Trackbacks are Off
    Pingbacks are Off
    Refbacks are Off



    FREE Quilting Newsletter