One of the things I love about quilters is that they love to share new ideas with other quilters. As I was checking other quilting blogs yesterday, I came across Gail's blog http://quilt-knit-run-sew.blogspot.com/ . In her blog she mentioned about these inexpensive pens that you can mark fabric, then remove it with an iron. Really? I couldn't wait to go to our local office supply store and sure enough they had them. The pen is made by Pilot and is called Frixion Gel Pens and has an eraser on the end.
So I marked a piece of fabric.
And after lightly touching the fabric with an iron, its gone. Years ago I used to work in a bank, and many times I came home with ink on my blouses. How, I don't know, but I used hairspray to remove it. If I had this pen back then, I think of all the hairspray I would have saved. Thanks Gail.
I will end today with a block of the month I just finished. Its a pattern from Bunny Hill called Autumn House. It was my first real experience with so much applique. I love it now that it is finished, but it was a real learning curve. I love Bunny Hill patterns.
Quilt show tomorrow, so I need to wrap this up and get some sleep. There might be major shopping tomorrow
1 comment:
I love that you got a Frixion pen. I think it's going to change the water on the beans in my quilt room. Already I find I use my pens every day on fabric. I'm just starting to mark a large handstitching project that I would not have done before because of the marking with pencils problem... Erasing it... Enjoy and thanks for linking me.
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