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"Polly Esther" wrote:

Well, I'll be dipped. I finally have in my hot little hands something that
will mark the dots. Recently, someone here (bless your heart) suggested the
mechanical pencil with yellow lead from the office supply department - mine
is from Wal-Mart. I had tried every method sold as a quilter's tool and none
of them worked for me. Not on dark, medium or busy cotton prints. Not when
trying to make a dot through Mylar or Templar or whatever it is that I use.
Well...tried to use.
I can't explain it. Who cares? I don't even know what their "real"
purpose might be. But ! the mechanical pencil, as unlikely as it sounds, is
a keeper. Don't even think about taking it away from me, the 'gators have
been alerted. Polly



Glad you are happy with them. I take the full set everytime I teach
handquilting, applique or hand piecing and my students fall in love.
Class always ends with a side trip to the office supply store for their
own pencils. I've written the company asking about marketing them to
quilt shops but am ignored. Other queries to them gets me messages, so
I dunno the problem. Oh well, their loss.

I just got a pack of yellow mechanical pencil leads from Keepsake
quilting in the mail yesterday. They are marketed by Clover. I did a
quick test on black batik and it marked very nicely and didn't pull at
the fabric. So...maybe another marking option out there. I haven't
tested them on lots of fabrics or tossed anything in the wash yet. It
did erase from the batik just fine though.

marcella