GOODANGEL

My mother, a quilter of 40 years, by hotel room soaps. They are small, easy handle and wash completely out.

klswift

I find I am going more and more for the ordinary school chalk. It is incredibly cheap, sharpens easy and brushes off.

kat13

I agree! I've tried them all!

Mariah

Haven't seen the Crayola Markers. Are they in Fabric Dept. or Stationary.

My Favorite is the Blue Pen--one end stays indefinitely; one end just stays a short time. Get them at Wal-Mart.
Mariah

kat13

I bought mine on Amazon, try to stay away from the back to school crowds now, haven't tried them yet tho

Wonnie

Can't say it's perfect but works for me.....fine line pencil for white and light fabrics, white chalk for dark fabrics.
I try to be very careful marking my quilting lines and then quilt right on top of them so, really, there's nothing to erase and it stays on the whole time it takes me to quilt my quilt.

meanmom

I don't think there is a perfect marking pen or pencil. I have tried a lot. I did a guild presentation on it. I did find that with several different methods I tried, blue seemed to be the hardest color to remove. I tried all colors of Crayola markers and a set of colored pencils I saw recommended. I used a bunch of different fabrics. On a few fabric the blue didn't come out. I tried ironing over them and not ironing.I used the blue water erase on a project that was heavily quilted. The marks were only there for 2 days. I had a terrible time getting them out. I have never tried the Hera markers. I sure wish there was something that worked for everything.

MadQuilter

And whatever you do - DON'T do what I did. Total novice move: I had to mark a high contrast quilt. So I marked the dark spots with pounce and the light spots with blue wash-away pen. When I was done I realized the folly of my plan. The pen sets with heat and the pounce needs to be ironed off. I ended up spritzing the blue areas and then ironing off the chalk. Never again! I was so worried about messing up.

Sewnoma

I keep one of those water-brush pens handy and TRY to remember to remove blue lines ASAP after quilting over them. I need to take frequent breaks to stretch my back and move around anyway, so that's a little "chore" I can do during those breaks; usually without even removing the quilt from the machine. Otherwise I'm so afraid I'm going to forget and iron the marks in while I'm doing the binding or something. I haven't done it yet, but I'm sure it's only a matter of time...

Faintly Artistic

Several times I've had the blue water soluble marker re-appear after washing. Thought it was gone, then it would show up again in spots days later.