I've tried a couple of different fabric marking pencils/pens and I've never really been happy with any of them. The pencil was so hard that I felt like I had to practically dig a grove in the fabric to see it. My "disappearing" ink pen would sometimes disappear before I was done quilting. When Valentine's Day rolled around I asked my husband if he would mind skipping the flowers and getting me a nice fabric pen and pencil instead. I just have to say that I'm in love! Yes, I love my husband for being a good sport, but I also love that the pen and pencil actually really work! You can get them
here. I can't believe how much easier it is to use these. I put them to work right away with the 3 Basic Blocks from February. I quilted one block each day until I was caught up.
I'm proud of myself for not using my walking foot.
Circles and I have a very tentative relationship, but we're trying to work through it.
I love how playing with the quilting design really changes the look of something so simple as a 9-patch.
Whoa! Yeah, the quilting changes it up - I didn't even see them as the same pieced block until I read your comment about the look and scrolled up to double-check. Pretty wild. :) I really like that pencil, too! I need to get some refills for it, because I only have pink leads right now, which don't always show up great on middle colors.
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