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Thursday, August 5, 2010

Writing on fabric

In case you've ever wondered the same thing, I did a little experiment this week and thought I'd share the results... I've always wondered which pens can mark on fabric and stay through the wash/dry cycles. Some fabric pens request heat-setting (which is really boring and can be time consuming). These tests were all done with no heat-setting. The Bic Mark-it pen bled even before i put it int the wash, but all the others looked great. I was especially wondering about the Sharpie writing pen, but it might actually look the best of all.

Anyhow, I'm glad I did this. My faith and fetish with Sharpie products still stands.

Know of others that mark well on fabric that gets washed and dried? Leave it in the comments.

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2 comments:

  1. MelissaAugust 11, 2010 at 11:04 PM

    The Pigma Micron pens are supposed to write well on fabric. Alison asked for our signatures to be written in a Pigma pen, too. She heat sets them, so I don't know how they would survive your test. :)
    I'm very happy to know that the Sharpie Pen did so well! I love how it writes on paper, and now this is just one more reason to love all things Sharpie. :)

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2011 at 5:44 AM

    Thank you...that is very helpful!

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