I only got one building done this week and started into a second building. The finished building is the pretty fairly large purple building that is made from a purple Cherrywood fabric with light purple fossil fern windows. The second building is a very large building with lots of windows and details. There are a few marks in white on it so you can see is where I will be quilting next. I’ve been using the Roxanne white water soluble pencil to mark the darker buildings. I just discovered yesterday that I can use packing tape to remove a lot of the marks. It pulls them right off.
My class was in the OLLI newsletter this week. I got one more student, but one dropped so I am still at 5/6. I’ve heard from 3 students with the photos they are working with. I’m still waiting to hear from the other 2. The class is getting close with only a bit more than a week to go before it starts. I hope they are not waiting until the day the class starts because I have to print their enlarged photo for them. That would be impossible the day of the class. So I hope I hear from them soon. I hope they are looking forward to taking the class as much as I’m looking forward to teaching it.
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Chris
That's a great tip for removing the marking. I've not had good luck removing this pencil which was such a disappointment because I have liked all her other products a lot. Using tape makes sense.
ReplyDeleteI’ve never had trouble with her white pencils, but have had trouble removing the silver one. I will use the tape to get most of the marks off and then will use water to get the rest off. Hopefully it won’t be a problem. I’ll have to get out a toothbrush if needed. I think I’ll focus on that before I soak the quilt and let is sit flat to dry. The tape technique was found by accident. I was using an eraser to get some marks off that I was not happy with and I used to tape to get rid of eraser crumbs. Happy accident!
ReplyDeleteI'm always hesitant to use this pencil, I had to cut off the bottom of a black quilt cause I couldn't get the white marks removed. Off to a quilter's estate sale, it's going to be HUGE.
ReplyDeleteI've not tried the silver one yet, but I used the white on something that I was not going to wash afterwards, so the marks had to come off some other way. First I tried just brushing or rubbing them off. Then I did dampen the marks and tried rubbing them off with a piece of fabric (a trick I don't remember where I saw it) and also tried a toothbrush. It just wouldn't budge. The only thing I could think of was that I'd pressed too hard when marking. Hard for me to believe there's no wax in them as advertised. I've used the chalk markers with the roller like a tracing wheel and seldom have had trouble brushing that away. Was glad to hear Laceflower also had problems removing this, that it wasn't just me. Hoping you continue with your good luck using it.
ReplyDeleteYou guys had me really worried, but the tape has removed all the white marks I made with the pencil. I figure if a mark doesn’t go away I can do some hand stitching in that spot. Also hand stitching to cover up anything I’m not happy with!
ReplyDeleteSo glad to hear you have been able to remove your marks, and so glad to get the tip about the tape. I know if in your shoes, our comments would have worried me too!
ReplyDeleteI hope those two stragglers have finally sent you their photos. If not, are you able to contact them to do so? Might be an idea. Meanwhile, your patient, hard work is paying off with that cityscape -- it's marvellous!
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