Sewline pens!

[Wolfrott]

Alright, so I've trialed Sewline's fabric pens and pencil on needle felted wool. That is, wool roving that has been felted already, not the pre-felted floofy wool!

I was hoping to use the pens to outline difficult patterns that required symmetry, then I could erase them once I filled in the pattern with needle felting. The plan was for patterns like tiger stripes, where you need to be really careful with keeping the 'white space' between the patterns to be consistent and not touching each other. It's impossible sometimes to gauge or measure it by the naked eye.

It sadly didn't work because the wool surface isn't 'smooth' like paper or regular fabric. The wool didn't pick up the pen ink or lead.

What I had tried were these ones; they do work brilliantly however for their intended purpose on fabric!

www.sewline.com.au/product/duo-marker-eraser/
www.sewline.com.au/product/trio-colors/

[halay]

Yes, these pencils unfortunatelly don't work on felt. Perhaps other girls from this forum will have some better ideas.

[MTRuth]

Could you do basting threads that could be removed at the end?

[Teri Berry]

I have used the fabric pens with the ink that disappears with water to draw out a pattern on commercial prefelt with some success. I think they were made by hemline.

[Pandagirl]

My thoughts were along the same lines as Ruth. I frequently use thread to mark spots in felt.

[Wolfrott]

Nov 17, 2015 20:57:50 GMT Teri Berry said:

I have used the fabric pens with the ink that disappears with water to draw out a pattern on commercial prefelt with some success. I think they were made by hemline.

Which models did you use?

[Teri Berry]

I have 2 types (both work)- an EZ international pen that has made in China on the barrel and a Hemline water erasable pen - medium tip.

They are both removed with water (wet felting). I think I found both of them on Amazon.

[Wolfrott]

Cool, thank you :)