{"id":14996,"date":"2012-09-26T06:22:22","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T13:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=14996"},"modified":"2016-06-28T16:10:59","modified_gmt":"2016-06-28T23:10:59","slug":"other-marking-techniques","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/other-marking-techniques\/","title":{"rendered":"Other Marking Techniques"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks ago I wrote a <a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/saral-transfer-paper\/\" target=\"_blank\">blog post<\/a> about Saral Transfer Paper. Frances mentioned it on her <a href=\"http:\/\/theoffkilterquilt.wordpress.com\/2012\/08\/27\/episode-96-potholders-etc\/\" target=\"_blank\">podcast (Episode 96)<\/a>, but still seemed unsure, so I thought I would write about the other tools I use for quilting (sewing 3 layers together not making an entire quilt).<\/p>\n<p>I am liking the Saral Transfer Paper as I work on the whole cloth quilt. It does come off easily, so I have to darken the lines a bit as I move through the quilting process, but that is ok with me.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think it is possible, at least I have not found a way to mark and entire quilt and keep the markings on through the entire quilting process. If I want special designs, I will draw them on one block at a time with one of the 3 methods that work for me. Yes, this can be a bit annoying, but it is good excuse for me to stop, take a rest and stretch.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15059\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15059\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/PICT2245sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15059\" title=\"Marking Implements\" src=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/PICT2245sm-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"Marking Implements\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/PICT2245sm-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/PICT2245sm.jpg 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15059\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marking Implements<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I use other tools for marking.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/images.dharmatrading.com\/images\/eng\/products\/250\/nmp-101.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Nonce pencil<\/a> (white)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joann.com\/roxanne-quilter-s-choice-marking-pencils-4-pkg-2ea-white-silver\/zprd_10029403a\/\" target=\"_blank\">a silver pencil from Roxanne<\/a>&#8216;s<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sewline-product.com\/Sewline_Fabric_Pencil\" target=\"_blank\">Sewline pencil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/webstore.quiltropolis.net\/stores_app\/images\/images_516\/chakoner.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Chalkoner<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I am not much of a quilter. I send most of my quilts out, but every now and then I get a wild hair (as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hiptobeasquarepodcast.com\" target=\"_blank\">Pam<\/a> says) every once in a while and quilt a quilt. The Nonce pencil is a little hard and flaky. It is easier to use on a hard surface (e.g. NOT fabric), but that doesn&#8217;t really work for me. I use it with stencils. It works on most colors except for the very light ones.<\/p>\n<p>The Roxanne pencil is much softer and works for a lot of colors from light to dark. I use this for lighter fabrics. Sometimes it doesn&#8217;t show up on the mid-range colors.<\/p>\n<p>I have been using the Sewline pencils, primarily, to darken the Saral lines that have faded a bit. I could use this tool for marking a whole quilt as well, but I would need a stencil or a good idea in my mind and confidence. This works for me.<\/p>\n<p>The Chalkoner is also good for darkening up lines right before you quilt them.<\/p>\n<p>I mostly do not wash my quilts, so washing out paper or whatever isn&#8217;t an option. It also makes my head hurt to think about the damage to my washer. I have enough handwork and don&#8217;t want to use tweezers enough, so I would avoid sewing over paper.<\/p>\n<p>I have always been afraid of the blue washaway pens, so I haven&#8217;t tried them. I haven&#8217;t tried the Dritz paper and I am allergic to everything so try and minimize chemically smells in my house. I don&#8217;t use Pounce either, because I want to avoid particles floating around the air. I am concerned about the Glad Press &amp; Seal method, but I don&#8217;t know anything about it, so will have to reserve judgment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks ago I wrote a blog post about Saral Transfer Paper. Frances mentioned it on her podcast (Episode 96), but still seemed unsure, so I thought I would write about the other tools I use for quilting (sewing 3 layers together not making an entire quilt). I am liking the Saral Transfer Paper &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/other-marking-techniques\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Other Marking Techniques&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[401],"tags":[323,322,345],"class_list":["post-14996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-401","tag-hand-quilting","tag-machine-quilting","tag-tools"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14996\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}