Wednesday, September 15, 2010
For my sewing fiends!
You know who you are. For those of us who do any hand embroidery or other handwork trying to find a reliable marker that will always wash out has been a bit of a challenge. I wanted to share something that might help... Pilot Color Eno blue lead. I ordered it after reading this article. It makes a nice fine line and washes out easily. I know many of you have been happy with other products, but after a few major problems with some products not washing out or showing up years later, I swore off all but chalk markers. This has the added advantage of fading in the sunlight which might make it useful for those fabrics we choose not to laundry or laundry often. I've only tried the blue refill linked above and as always YMMV!
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When I buy pants at Cabella's, they always tell me that the marking on the hem is just soap and that it will wash out. I had never heard of anyone using soap as a fabric marker before that! Jean
I have heard of that! And it sounds clever. It's recommended that you save the small bits and then file them to a point and use to mark. I've never used though, my soap disappears before that! :)
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