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From: Sancin
Date: 04-01-2005, 07:03 PM (1 of 13)
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Hi everyone. I am in a bit of a hurry to finish a baby quilt before the child starts school and thus do not want to have to trace a design onto fabric or pattern paper! I wonder if anyone has used cornstarch (or any other household product) to transfer quilting designs to a flannel quilt (through dotted paper). Would it stay on while quilting (machine)? I do have some chacoliner refill chalk, but it seems rather expensive and would use several packages. I seem to recall cornstarch was used 'in the good old days'. How does one get it out after quilting (machine)? I would think vaccuming may work. Thanks for any assistance  Sancin *~*~*~* Nancy*~*~*~* " I try to take one day at a time - but sometimes several days attack me at once."
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User: Sancin
Member since: 02-13-2005 Total posts: 895 
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From: oklahomanana
Date: 04-01-2005, 07:42 PM (2 of 13)
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Sande, I have not personally used cornstarch but I have quilted my patterns with freezer paper before and traced the pattern on top of the paper side of Fp then ironed it to my fabric and quilted right on top, and I like it bc it does not move! use small stitches so the fp will pull off. One of the best gifts to give a child/grandchild is your listening ear.
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User: oklahomanana
Member since: 09-07-2004 Total posts: 406 
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From: Sancin
Date: 04-03-2005, 04:36 AM (3 of 13)
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Thanks oklahomanana I have done it that way as well, but I really don't want to have to draw anything as I already have a stencil. I don't want to draw through the stencil either as my hands are sore using a pencil these days. Sancin *~*~*~* Nancy*~*~*~* " I try to take one day at a time - but sometimes several days attack me at once."
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User: Sancin
Member since: 02-13-2005 Total posts: 895
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From: Skye
Date: 04-03-2005, 07:14 PM (4 of 13)
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I have used dry slivers of soap - works well on darker fabrics. I have also used Faber Castell pencils purchased at my local quilt shop - soft lead actually I use these more in y dress making to mark notches, darts etc and they wash out well. I dont think they are the ones that you buy for colouring on paper. I got desparate before Xmas when nothing would show on a busy fabric and tried the corn starch and it worked but the pattern disappeared with the handling while machine quilting so I ended up tracing on to my expensive water soluable stabliser and going for it - that worked well. I have heard that a Glad product peel 'n'seal is good- cant get it in my part of the world but I would love to have a go with that. Good luck let is know what works for you Skye |
User: Skye
Member since: 09-28-2000 Total posts: 233 |
From: CodyGramma
Date: 04-23-2005, 10:51 AM (5 of 13)
| I have never tried this personally but I have heard that the Glad Press and Seal works really well for this...you press it onto your quilt top and draw the design on it and stitch over it and then rip the press and seal off after the quilting is done. |
User: CodyGramma
Member since: 04-22-2005 Total posts: 133 
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From: HeyJudee
Date: 04-23-2005, 01:36 PM (6 of 13)
Recently, I tried Glad Press & Seal when I was trying to learn (and practicing) free motion quilting. Here are a couple of my experiences.  I pressed it to my practice piece and marked it with a Sharpie marker. I let it dry for about 10 minutes. Then I quilted in pink thread. Well the ink was not totally dry and the black ink was absorbed by the thread. So if you mark with a felt marker...make sure that the ink is really dry before quilting. Another thing I found is that when I was trying to do loops, vines, leaves, etc. and I sometimes had to go back over my stitching and I wasn't exactly on the same line or if I was making small loops, I would have the plastic between the stitching lines and loops...which is time-consumming to remove afterwards. So if you do use Press & Seal, make sure that the design is large enough that you won't have small areas to try to remove that plastic. TTFN from
Judy |
User: HeyJudee
Member since: 01-25-2005 Total posts: 1366 
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From: LeapFrog Libby
Date: 04-24-2005, 06:22 PM (7 of 13)
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Several months ago, when that press n seal first came out, someone cautioned us not to stitch thru it.. I forgot what damage they said. But I remember the warning..
Sew With Love
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User: LeapFrog Libby
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From: plrlegal
Date: 04-25-2005, 04:48 PM (8 of 13)
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Libby I was told that the needle punches pieces of the Press n Seal down through the quilt and into the bobbin areas and can really screw up your bobbin. I took a free motion quilting class from Michelle Watts who does primarily southwest designs on Saturday and she had us use a mechanical lead pencil with a #2 HB lead in it to trace our patterns. She said that's all she uses to mark her quilt designs and she has yet to have a quilt top that the pencil didn't wash out of. However, she did caution us to trace lightly and she also said she uses tissue paper (as in for gift boxes, etc.) She says it is probably the most inexpensive and is easy to tear away without leaving a lot of stuff you have to struggle to get out of the stitches. There were 2 kinds of paper she recommended to us for tracing quilt designs (tissue paper and freezer paper). Patsy Patsy
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User: plrlegal
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From: LeapFrog Libby
Date: 04-26-2005, 12:40 PM (9 of 13)
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My Grandmother and her quilt circle all used plain old blackboard chalk to mark their designs as they were quilting.. They had strings tied on the chalk and attached to the quilt frame in her 'parlor'.. I copied my Mom and hid underneath it to hear the latest gossip..LOL..
Sew With Love
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User: LeapFrog Libby
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From: oklahomanana
Date: 04-26-2005, 07:32 PM (10 of 13)
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Patsy, I know I will probably go DUH when you answer this but what is HB lead? Heavy Black is the only thing that comes to mind. Libby I was told that the needle punches pieces of the Press n Seal down through the quilt and into the bobbin areas and can really screw up your bobbin. I took a free motion quilting class from Michelle Watts who does primarily southwest designs on Saturday and she had us use a mechanical lead pencil with a #2 HB lead in it to trace our patterns. She said that's all she uses to mark her quilt designs and she has yet to have a quilt top that the pencil didn't wash out of. However, she did caution us to trace lightly and she also said she uses tissue paper (as in for gift boxes, etc.) She says it is probably the most inexpensive and is easy to tear away without leaving a lot of stuff you have to struggle to get out of the stitches. There were 2 kinds of paper she recommended to us for tracing quilt designs (tissue paper and freezer paper). Patsy One of the best gifts to give a child/grandchild is your listening ear.
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User: oklahomanana
Member since: 09-07-2004 Total posts: 406
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From: HeyJudee
Date: 04-26-2005, 08:17 PM (11 of 13)
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Patsy, I know I will probably go DUH when you answer this but what is HB lead? Heavy Black is the only thing that comes to mind. HB is referring to the hardness of the lead in the pencil. 2B and 4B pencils have very soft lead and are generally used by artists. 2H pencils have very hard lead and won't wear down easily but require more pressure to write with them. I believe that HB and 2HB pencils are the type of pencils used most often. TTFN from
Judy |
User: HeyJudee
Member since: 01-25-2005 Total posts: 1366
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From: oklahomanana
Date: 04-26-2005, 08:20 PM (12 of 13)
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Thanks Judee!
One of the best gifts to give a child/grandchild is your listening ear.
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User: oklahomanana
Member since: 09-07-2004 Total posts: 406
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From: joannequilts
Date: 04-27-2005, 05:24 AM (13 of 13)
| When using stencils you can use a Pounce and to remove the excess just go over it with your steam iron and it disappears. |
User: joannequilts
Member since: 12-22-2000 Total posts: 3070 
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