barbm Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 My SIL is making a photo quilt for her parents' 50th anniversary. I will quilt it before she takes it to a family gathering in May, where she plans on having family members write personal notes on the muslin backing. Question here is: what pens should she get? Will she need to heat set those pens? If so, how do we go about that with an already quilted quilt? The batting will be Hobbs 80/20. Any suggestions from the experts out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBQLTN2 Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 Barb I have made lots of these quilts to be signed and when I give the quilt I usually give the pigma pens to go with it. tie a ribbon and pin to the quilt so they know to only use these pens. They should be heat set once the signatures are all finished, and definately before washing. It is not a problem to write on it once it is quilted. Just have them place it on a hard surface. Works great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dar Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 Barb, I too have used the Pigma pens with good success for writing on quilts after they were quilted. I would suggest a #3 or #5 tip to make it easier to write smoothly. The fine tip #1 tends to drag and catch more on the fabric when there is batting and backing underneath your surface. I've also used the fabric pens which work well too, especially if you have smaller children or people who like to draw instead of write words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbm Posted April 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 Jeanne (and Darlene), Thanks! I thought Pigma pens might be best, but I didn't want to risk ruining her quilt. How do you heat set - with an iron? And how hot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sspingler Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 Pigma Pens but remember you do have to heat set them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBQLTN2 Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 I just used a regular iron on cotton setting. doesn't have to be scorched to death just a usual pressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 Hi Barb, Sakura makes Identi-pens which are permanent without heat setting. They run about $2 each and have dual ends. One is like a ball-point and one is a felt-tip. Several colors are available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramona-quilter Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 Barb - I just did a signature quilt and the Pigma Pens by Micron worked really well for us. I would recommend that you use the #8 point which is .50 - it is the largest point. The finer points are hard to use, especially for folks not acquainted with writing on fabric. It is easy to puncture the fabric with the fine points plus they tend to catch on the fabric. The #8 alleviates that. And I'm sure that you are probably going to use cotton batt since it will be touched by an iron. I was just in a class with a lady who used Rainbows to make a purse and of course, she had to press it to make the necessary creases. She was surprised and so was I, that the Rainbows thread melted away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy2018 Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 It might be obvious to some but..... put something about not writing out to the very edge. My best friend had the idea to have everyone at her daughter's wedding sign a block, many, many were almost unusable, writing all the way to the edge. It took very creative sewing to get them to show on the finished quilt (we fused some to a larger block, and recut) not the best way to go. Another friend cut the middle out of sticky name tag stickers, stuck them on the fabric, then they were signed in the middle, she removed the sticky, and voila... perfect sewing seams! Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 Great idea, Pat. My sis did something similar for a signature panel for the back of a quilt. She traced "signing areas" with a purple air-soluble pen and instructed to sign only inside the lines. Worked great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Darlington Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 I prefer the #8 Pigma pens, too, but the #5s are OK, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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