How do you mark your quilting lines?
A purple marking pen that disappears in the air after an hour or so is my favorite "go to" marking tool. But it doesn't show up well on dark fabrics and I needed to mark 4 dark red triangles in this Simple Whatknots project. I had a couple of white tools - a pen and a pencil. The pen is a Bohin brand called Iron Marker. The marks it makes wipe off easily with a damp cloth. But it was just about empty, so I had to pull out the white pencil to finish. The pencil marks also just brush off with a damp cloth.
Do I have a preference between these tools? Not really, but I will probably buy another of these pens because they are a bit neater than the pencil.
2 comments:
I have the disappearing ink marker somewhere, but I rarely use it. Sounds like you have a selection of markers. It's nice to have a choice of marking tools.
I try to use those chalk pencils...though sometimes they remove a bit too easily! lol! I'm still terrified of the "disappearing ink" pens....as I've heard many stories of the color staining, returning, etc. Plus, I generally keep my quilting (straight line) simple...so I rarely mark quilting lines.
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