Writing On Quilt Squares

Squares are also the easiest quilting shapes to make so this is a great option for making your first quilt however you can also use fabric squares to make intricate designs on a quilt so you might also need them if you are a more advanced quilter.

Writing on quilt squares.

I ve done quite a few wedding quilts with guests signing blocks at the reception. For an extra fine point a gel point pen works great. 150pcs 4 x 4 10cm x 10cm cotton craft fabric bundle squares squares sheets patchwork pre cut quilt squares diy sewing quarters bundle quilting fabric bundles. Fabric squares are useful for making quilts with colorful grid like designs.

She recommends faber castell pitt pens. A quilt shop owner showed me her test sample on which she used several types of permanent pens. It does not bleed and it is permanent. Then i write directly on the fabric.

I do this by ironing freezer paper to the back of the fabric. In the sample it looks like i went over the writing twice with the. If your quilt is large enough you can print an entire poem on a printable fabric sheet and use the poem as the label. 4 1 out of 5 stars 207.

After writing on the fabric i heat set the names with a dry iron and then washed the sample with dawn dishwashing liquid. Another trick when writing put masking tape across the back of the fabric where you re going to write. Pens for signing quilt blocks. As you can see the pigment pro gave me the best results so this is the pen i used to sign my blocks.

In this method you sew squares on to the corners of the center square then trim. I then ironed it dry. I ve even used a light cloud fabric. This is also a traditional method of making a square in a square quilt block.

Free shipping on eligible orders. Any light colored fabric that will show up a black or blue ink will do fine. Before writing on the fabric you have to stabilize it. The quilt label shown below quotes the famous world war i poem in flanders fields in memory of a beloved father who died.

See more ideas about quilts quilt patterns quilt blocks. As mentioned before no white on white fabric. My favorite pen for writing on fabric is a pigma pen. Nancy answers a youtube viewer s question about the permanent marking pen used on a label for a quilt.

Some of shakespeare s sonnets are short enough to make beautiful quilt labels. She had washed and ironed it a few times and the gel was the only one that didn t blur or fade. The center square that you will cut is the same size as the unfinished square in a square block. I use fine point sharpie markers.

She also uses the pitt pens fine point and brush tip.