fabric pens? best permanent ones?

[hannah]

I want to doodle on some fabric and not have it wash away Would spotlight stock anything good?

[emmapea]

I remember talking to Callum's Godmother about the ones she uses, good ones from the US... and I really want to get some still at some stage, but never quite sorted myself out enough for it! Cant remember the name of them though....

[Claude30]

Yes spotlight have them not a great range of colours $6.49 each, they are easy to use though.

Also when at The Warehouse on my way home I found Sharpie do a range of permanent fabric stain pens which where reduced to clear $5.97 for 4 (red, green, blue and black) I havent used them yet but they have a website sharpie.com that you can find out more about them. They have a brush like tip on them compared to a fetl like tip on the others.

[Dunners]

This thread is great timing! I'm keen to get my hands on some too after seeing this quilt http://pinterest.com/pin/88805423872081418/ and thought it would be great to capture the kids drawings on a quilt somehow.

[inkypinkyponky]

I bought a pack from a toyshop for a quilt project like the one above, then found another pack in the cupboard (whoops, I knew I needed to tidy up...) Don't need two packs so after I check that they're all working, does anyone want one of the packs?

[hannah]

yes please if theyre still available, let me know a price, thanks!

[inkypinkyponky]

So sorry, I forgot all about this! Do you still want them? They are these ones... http://www.uniqueboutique.co.nz/villa-c ... tails/1870

Can't remember using them, although the blue and purple are slightly fuzzy on the end so I must have. $5 plus postage sound okay?

[hannah]

yes please

[Dunners]

Just bumping this up again to see if anyone has any more feedback about the various pens mentioned here.

[Anthea]

setaskrib ones are good. and have nice tips (nice and fine, and i think a fat one at the other end too) i get them from gordon harris, and they won't fade/wash out.

I've used them for complex drawings, and for copyright claims too.

i get them form gordon harris, but I'm pretty sure you can get them from spotty too

[sjl]

These aren't pens but are still awesome for drawing with onto t-shirts/fabric etc - you do have to heat set though.
The plan is to copy one of of G's pictures each month then put them together into a quilt for his next birthday.

http://www.fishpond.co.nz/Lifestyle/Fab ... 2512009291

[Anthea]

These aren't pens but are still awesome for drawing with onto t-shirts/fabric etc - you do have to heat set though.
The plan is to copy one of of G's pictures each month then put them together into a quilt for his next birthday.

http://www.fishpond.co.nz/Lifestyle/Fab ... 2512009291

ooh those are good too.

OT but quilt sounds awesome! have you seen that series of canvases with the kids silhouettes changing each year? the woman painted a new one each birthday - very cool seeing the change with a few linked up!

[sjl]

that does sound cool, but don't think my art skills are quite up to that, - will have to have a looksie for it.
I was meaning copying one of the pictures that G has drawn - I think I should be able to copy the work of a three year old

[Anthea]

http://imtopsyturvy.com/silhouette-canvass-65-silhouette-art-of-my-kids/ those are the ones i had been thinking of i think

[Dunners]

Ooh, thanks for the pastels link. They could be a go-er, they seem reasonably priced. My most favourite teacher (currently James', formerly Emily's) has announced she is leaving Chc and I'm thinking of doing something crazy like a quilt in the link I poster earlier. Now I just need to hunt down her release teacher to see if we can work such a project into the class secretly...

I've seen another silhouettes tutorial on a blog somewhere. Now where?