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    Old 02-27-2011, 06:50 AM
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    Lisa, while I was reading this post before I saw your post I was thinking the same thing with the sharpie. It's amazing what we have out there to fix mistakes.

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    Old 02-27-2011, 02:40 PM
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    Originally Posted by Lisa_wanna_b_quilter
    I had the same problem on some black borders I did. No amount of playing with tension could ever get it right for me, but I just couldn't face using the same color thread front and back.

    Promise not to laugh and I'll tell you what I did to "fix it." Promise?........

    I got the tension issues to the best point I could, but the little with dots still showed on the front but the black quit showing on the back. I quilted it to the best of my limited abilities and then.....................got out my fine tipped sharpie marker and colored the thread dots on the front black. Several washings later you still can't tell, so in my book it worked.

    Just promise not to tell the quilt police on me.
    Yeah!! I'm glad to hear someone else did this. I won't tell!
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    Old 02-27-2011, 08:00 PM
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    Pigma pens are wonderful for putting a tiny dot on a stitch. I have "fudged" hundreds of times. They work well for "fixing" embroidery outlines/stitches.
    I have an assortment of tip sizes and colors. A girl has got to have the right tools!!
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    Old 02-27-2011, 09:23 PM
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    I used the permnant pen. WOrks great.
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