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I want to stress that I am not trying to tell anyone what to use on their own quilt. That is for each individual to decide. I just wanted to give a head's up about potential problems. Linda
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The chemical never leaves the fabric, even after washing. I tested this out myself, marking fabric with several different colors of the Frixion pens. I ironed and the marks disappeared. I then put the fabric in the freezer and the marks came back. I scrubbed the marks with soap and a brush, but they never completely went away. Several nationally known
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I use painter's tape a lot to mark any line that is straight, especially any grids. I have also cut my design out of sticky-backed shelf paper and stuck it to my quilt top to quilt around. I like to use a General's Sketch n Wash pencil (which makes a dark gray mark or they have a white pencil, too) or any chalk pencil. Of course, with a chalk
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May I offer a word of caution regarding the Frixion pens? The heat makes the marks disappear, but it does not remove the chemicals from the fabric. This is evidenced when you put the marked fabric somewhere very cold and the marks show back up. After putting all that work into your quilt, you probably don't want the fabric to disentigrate on the
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Judy, are you holding it up to the light? I have to tell you that I can see through a lot of my $10 a yard quilt shop fabric when I hold it up to the light. Does the fabric feel flimsy? Have you pre-washed it? When you pre-wash, it washes the sizing out and then you get a really good idea how thick or thin it is :) In my earlier years of quilting I
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Judy, are you sure the fabric is really that bad? I'm just wondering since you didn't notice it until your friend said something. I think I would just go with what you have. Adding interfacing may just make the quilt stiff and you don't want that for a baby quilt 0 you want snuggly and drapey. When you get your blocks sewn together and layered
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That sounds pretty, Beatrix. Was it a 2 block quilt, like a star block with an alternating plain square? Or are you saying that there were blue and cream stars on a yellow background? Trying to picture this :) I probably won't get to see this movie until it's out on video. Linda
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I love scrappy and do it a lot. I use actual scraps, though I do usually separate them into usable groups. I either separate them into piles of lights and darks. Or I put all my red scraps together, all my blue scraps together, etc. Then I have controlled scrappy. Linda
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Thanks for the welcome, Gini :) I think you and I were both talking about the same thing - that she needed a thinner thread for piecing :)
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On most thread spools, that info is on the label or on the edge of the end of the spool. Most quilting thread is around 28 wt. Something thinner (and less wiry) will work better for piecing. The thinner the thread the higher the number. I prefer 50 wt.