Using Soap as a Marking Pen
Leah RybakDescription
Have you ever ran out of tailor chalk or lost your tailor chalk in the middle of a sewing project? If so, Leah Rybak shows you how using a bar of soap as a marking pen is a great and simple alternative! See an awesome example for using this technique and learn how to efficiently break your bar of soap into marking pieces.
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Have you ever run out of tailor's chalk or lost it in the middle of a project? Just in case you have, we have a great alternative for you. Basically, all it is is your regular bar of soap. And what you can do is break it into pieces. Or say your kids are washing their hands and they drop it and it shatters all over the floor, you can use those little pieces to mark your fabric just like you would fabric marking chalk. And basically, all I did was sharpen this so it has a nice little edge, to kind of use as the point to mark my fabric. And we'll show you a great example. So here's our chalk over here. We'll mark it on this fabric. Nice straight line for ya. And you'll see, beautiful line for your fabric. The chalk washes out, as well. But what's awesome is that if you use the soap, I'll show you, we're going to go right here. And as you can see, pull it away, nice, great line that you can see, the soap works just as efficiently as the chalk. And you can find it in your bathroom, in your kitchen sink, any piece of broken soap that you may have lying around the house. I hope you enjoy this tip and that next time you run out a tailor's chalk, you use the soap instead.
I've used soap also, the last thin sliver of a bar that no one wants to use anymore! :) I have had a concern about leaving soap in a fabric too long, so generalyl try to stick with using soap when I know the fabric will soon be washed. Has anyone had negative outcomes with using soap as a marking device?
Actually, you would want to use caution when marking fabric with anything, even when a pencil or tailors wax says it is for marking fabric. Some kinds should not be used on dryclean only, fabrics and even on washable fabrics. Some times dry cleanables have to be cleaned afterwards, my former employer ended up having to dry clean an item after someone used soap. Some times after washables are pressed, they will show marks and need to be cleaned. So check on a seam allowance or selvage first before you use a marking implement so you can avoid dry cleaning expense.
good idea.
Fragrant Tip (-:
Cool!