I just bought Crayola Washable Markers in FINE LINE at Target. They work exactly like the original ones, but have a very fine tip.
The box of 8 was $2.04. What a deal!

Ken

quiltcreations wrote:
Think of the soap on the back of the design like carbon paper, but the soap will wash out. Using the tracing wheel transfers the design to your quilt with tiny evenly spaced dots, and minimizes the amount of soap transferred to the quilt. The soap also stays put, unlike chalk or disappearing ink, until you are ready to remove it. Be careful not to press too hard or stretch your quilt while using this technique. I hope this answers you question.

Ditto to what Margo said!!! It's like getting eight or ten pens for the price of ONE!!!

LadyRags wrote:
Anna, I love using the Crayola Washable Markers just the way they are, and I especially love the cost when compared to the blue washable markers sold in quilt shops. I'm afraid that if we let Crayola know how we are using them, and they market special markers for the quilters the price would go up like gasoline has!!!

:shock:

Maybe we should contact the CRAYOLA COMPANY and let them know how quilters use their product. May be then they will make a line of markers just for quilters with a finer line.

Wouldn't that be great.

quiltcreations wrote:




Tracing wheels were once used in clothing construction with tracing paper to mark seam lines of you clothing. You would slip the paper to the wrong side of the fabric then trace the seam lines on the pattern using the wheel.... Your lines would then tell you where to sew.

I bet you are absolutely correct. I can't wait to redo it when I get back.

I really did enjoy playing with the markers. Made me feel like a kid again.

JoJo

Margo wrote:

I mark BEFORE I make the sandwich. Maybe there is excess marker chemicals in your batting??? When I finish quilting and binding my quilts, I just fill my washing machine with nothing but COLD water then submerge the quilt and let it soak for about 15 minutes, the I set the washer to the spin cycle to get all of that water out, and refill the washer with fresh WARM water and detergent. Sometimes I just use my regular Tide (which some people say is BAD!) but if it's a special quilt I will use Orvus Paste. I get that from the local farmer's co-op. It comes in a 7 pound jug and is used for washing animals. Think: 4-H show animals like cows and horses and dogs. It's made to rinse out easily. It's REALLY concentrated so it only takes about a tablespoon for a large washer full of water so the jug will last a loooooong time!

The box says Washable Markers. There are 8 of what they call Classic Colors. I also got the "fine line" ones which are smaller like a pencil.

I made up the sandwich on Saturday and stitched and then washed and didn't get anywhere near an iron. I will try it again when we get back from vacation and just throw the whole piece into the washer. I may have been trying to be too gentle.

P.S. Hey, do you mark before making the quilt sandwich or after? I did it after and maybe that was my error....

JoJo

ladyquilter wrote:
JoJo, I'm so sorry you had trouble getting the marks out. They've always come out completely for me. Did you use the washable MARKERS or the washable CRAYONS? I've always used the WASHABLE MARKERS with good results. Is there a chance that you may have heat set the markers with a hot iron? Or left them in a hot car long enough to set the marks???
If your practice piece is something that you don't mind more experiments on, you might try washing it in Oxi-Clean. Please let us know if you are able to get the marks out, and how you did it!

I always wash my quilts when they're finished (except for the altered image quilts). I wash them in cold water with regular detergent and fabric softener. The marks have always come out without any problem. So far anyway!

Margo wrote:
I purchased these this past weekend and marked a small top and used it to practice free motion stitching. I tried the green, purple, and red markers. I wasn't able to get all of the marker off of the practice quilt top. I completely submerged the top in the sink and left it for about an hour. I even tried scrubbing it afterwards but alias there were still marks.

What could I have done wrong? It was fun using them and they really are saturated with coloring so it was very easy to see the lines while quilting.

JoJo

Valerie, the tracing wheel was originally designed to transfer markings from dressmaking patterns to the fabric. We would slip a piece of colored dressmaker's carbon paper between the pattern and the fabric and roll the tracing wheel over the marks on the pattern to transfer them to the fabric. That was back when we sewed things like darts and tucks. (Personally, I'm OVER that, and don't sew clothing any more!)
What Nancy was doing was creating her own "carbon" paper with the soap on the back of the printer paper pattern.
I like your idea of using it to mark perfectly spaced hand quilting marks!

NancyinSTL wrote:
Hi,

I dind't understand why the soap and rubbing at the back of your traced design.

Rcently I got this tracing wheel, but did't have a clue what this is for. Apart from hand quilting stitches even spaced up, is there any other purpose?

thanks
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