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Quick Tips: Marking Suede Without Residue
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Learn how to mark non-traditional materials, such as suede, and other fabrics with a heavy nap, in a way that is visible and does not leave residue. Mary Beth Temple shows you how!
Traditional marking methods, such as air or water-removable markers are tested on cotton materials, and as such, may not reliably disappear as intended when used on other fabrics.
Instead of using chalk, or a marker, or another marking method which may not work on a napped fabric, Mary Beth uses a tool called a multi tool. It may also be called a bone folder, which is used in bookbinding.
Simply drag the tool’s pointed end along the fabric, and it makes a small indentation. Once you have sewn over the marked line, brush over the fabric and the indented line disappears.
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Hi, I'm Mary Beth Temple. And sometimes when I'm working with a non traditional material like suede or ultra suede or anything with a big heavy nap, I might need to mark the fabric, but I don't want to use a traditional marking pen that goes away with water or heat or air because those are tested on cotton, not on nontraditional materials. So, one of the ways that I like to mark things like suede is by using this tool, uh sometimes called a multi tool. If you're into book binding, it's called a bone folder. You can drag it along the area that you have to mark. You can see where you need to stitch or where you need to cut, but there is no residue. Once you have done your stitching or cutting, you just brush it off and it'll go right back the way it came. There's no residue to gunk up your machine and there's nothing unfortunate in your seam allowance.
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