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Re: Marking a dark quilt 11 Jul 2014 13:22 #119645

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I use Golden Threads paper a lot. I found that if you tape it to a piece of printer paper you can use it in an ink jet printer. I use this technique for some very complex quilting designs and quilt through it. Sometimes when the quilting is very close it takes some patience to get all the paper pieces out from under the thread, but I found tweezers and packing tape helps with that a lot. I quilted the area under the stairs with this method:

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Re: Marking a dark quilt 11 Jul 2014 11:11 #119637

NanaPie OFFLINE Posts: 702 Thank you received: 219	Me too, Susan! Good idea!
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Re: Marking a dark quilt 11 Jul 2014 08:48 #119624

suehenyon OFFLINE Posts: 1796 Thank you received: 51	Thanks, Margo! a great video and I had to respond so this stays under my posts and I don't lose it
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Re: Marking a dark quilt 11 Jul 2014 07:46 #119622

loise98 OFFLINE Posts: 2932 Thank you received: 267	Great tutorial! Thanks Margo!
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Re: Marking a dark quilt 11 Jul 2014 06:47 #119621

Margo OFFLINE Posts: 6522 Thank you received: 129	Golden Threads video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHXoitox02E
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Re: Marking a dark quilt 10 Jul 2014 21:46 #119608

ritzy OFFLINE Posts: 2963 Thank you received: 82	Oh Rosemary, that reminds me--one time I use a sliver of "Zest" soap(it is an aqua green color) to mark a quilt. That might work too!
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Re: Marking a dark quilt 10 Jul 2014 16:41 #119594

Lorna1021 OFFLINE Posts: 952 Thank you received: 105	For one quilt I designed a circle with 4 dragonflies flying around it. I did trace that on regular tissue paper, pinned that to the quilt and then quilted it. It worked quite well. Another time I used sticky, reusable shelf lining paper. Cut out the shape I wanted and then stuck it to the quilt and hand quilted around it or marked around it and machine quilted.
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Re: Marking a dark quilt 08 Jul 2014 15:46 #119500

PosyP OFFLINE Posts: 4106 Thank you received: 361	Reetzbobeetz wrote: Have you tried the ultimate marking pencil from Hancy? They do the Full Line stencils. I have used them and I think they are great. It is like a waxy/chalky crayon and it comes off with the iron. That reminds me how about old fashioned white soap?
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Re: Marking a dark quilt 08 Jul 2014 14:48 #119498

Reetzbobeetz OFFLINE Posts: 4193 Thank you received: 209	Have you tried the ultimate marking pencil from Hancy? They do the Full Line stencils. I have used them and I think they are great. It is like a waxy/chalky crayon and it comes off with the iron.
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Re: Marking a dark quilt 08 Jul 2014 14:18 #119495

Sharons440 OFFLINE Posts: 65 Thank you received: 2	I'm not familiar with Golden Threads anything actually. But I did discard the freezer paper idea for reason mentioned. I'm going to try using just plain wrapping tissue and see what happens. Will try on a sample sandwich. I expect it won't hold up, but worth a try. It's a log cabin style scrappy so if nothing else I will just leave the dark parts with ditch stitching.
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Re: Marking a dark quilt 08 Jul 2014 12:44 #119493

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loise98 wrote:

Sharons440 wrote:

Lots of good ideas. I'm glad you mentioned about the white Clover white pens Nancy. I had wondered how come I would get the blue/white double pack and the white pens never worked!! haha. Now I know. I have tried all the marking ideas above except the Crayola option. I even used my white Generals charcoal pencil. That one is usually my go to choice for marking. It didn't even work. Too many colors I suppose. I do like (and had never thought of) tracing the design onto freezer paper then just stitching through it, since it would adhere well. Tissue paper work probably work better. Either way it will have to be put on after I pin the sandwich.

Thanks Ladies!!!! Excited now to get started! Blast this daytime job!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL

I don't think Rosemary meant that you should sew through the freezer paper. I think she meant you can make a template of the shape and iron it on the quilt top and sew around it. Then you can remove it and move it to the next spot. Only works with some shapes. Correct me if I am wrong with this interpretation.

Yes this is what I meant. another alternative for stencils to stitch around if using a walking foot is sandpaper, that works really well. I documented my experiences of that method in the Laura Nownes sampler quilt thread. Hang on a mo & I will go and find the link....
[url]forum/the-classrooms-discussions-and-questions/5636-laura-nownes[/url] it is about 4/5 posts down for how I used sandpaper templates.

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Re: Marking a dark quilt 07 Jul 2014 17:31 #119481

idaho OFFLINE Posts: 2531 Thank you received: 183	Paper of any kind can be a PIA to remove unless the design is very simple...same with Press and Seal....Now...Slovy might be a possibility ..$$$$...Really a marker of some kind or some color of chalk.....might be the best...short of changing the fabric.
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Re: Marking a dark quilt 07 Jul 2014 16:32 #119477

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Sharons440 wrote:

Lots of good ideas. I'm glad you mentioned about the white Clover white pens Nancy. I had wondered how come I would get the blue/white double pack and the white pens never worked!! haha. Now I know. I have tried all the marking ideas above except the Crayola option. I even used my white Generals charcoal pencil. That one is usually my go to choice for marking. It didn't even work. Too many colors I suppose. I do like (and had never thought of) tracing the design onto freezer paper then just stitching through it, since it would adhere well. Tissue paper work probably work better. Either way it will have to be put on after I pin the sandwich.

Thanks Ladies!!!! Excited now to get started! Blast this daytime job!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL

I don't think Rosemary meant that you should sew through the freezer paper. I think she meant you can make a template of the shape and iron it on the quilt top and sew around it. Then you can remove it and move it to the next spot. Only works with some shapes. Correct me if I am wrong with this interpretation.

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Re: Marking a dark quilt 07 Jul 2014 15:35 #119473

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I've had a bear of a time getting freezer paper specks out of the quilting when I've used it. And it also puts a lot of pressure on your quilting stitches and can loosen them. For me, I didn't like it and won't use it again. As Carrie said, Golden Threads paper is much easier to pull out. However, if you're doing a very intricate design the Golden Threads paper is more likely to rip while you are stitching. It still worked for me, but it is a bit of a pain. I have some cheaper rolls of yellow tracing papaer from an art supplier that I want to compare to Golden Threads, but I haven't tried that yet so don't know if that will work.

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