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Welcome to the Handi Quilter 

Education Webinar 

April 12, 2012 

Marking the Quilt 

While you’re waiting for the Webinar to begin, make 

sure your computer speakers are on, 

so you will be able to hear us.

Your presenter today is 

Cheryl Duncan 

Handi Quilter Studio Educator 

Assisting her is 

Vicki Hoth 

Handi Quilter 

Education Coordinator

Quilting Makes the Quilt 

Piecing and appliqué, 

color and design, all of 

these items are important 

to the look and feel of a 

quilt, but quilting adds 

another dimension that 

can’t be duplicated in any 

other way.

Quilting 

Makes the 

Quilt 

Quilting designs add 

another layer of design 

to the quilt.


Methods for quilting- 

1. Make it up as you go, with no marks.


2. Follow a marked 

design by using 

some type of 

pattern such as 

stencils, or 

templates.


Example : Pam Clarke’s “Quilting Inside the Lines” 

Use seam lines or marked 

lines such as line stencils 

as “targets” or registration 

lines for loops and arcs to 

create simple to complex 

designs that are evenly 

spaced.


Example : Golden Threads’ “Dot-to-Dot” 

1. Dots divide the stitching path into the basic shapes. 

2. Dots create a focus point for your eyes to move towards. 

3. Dots help identify recurring shapes. 

4. Dots can serve as a place to stop, 

rest, breathe, stretch, 

change direction, 

adjust the placement of your 

hands and check your progress.

Drawing quilting 

designs on tracing 

paper such as 

Golden Threads 

Quilting Paper 

allows you to see 

how they will look 

on your quilt top. 

Quilting Makes the Quilt


Use a dot stamper such as one of these from Golden Threads 

to attach the paper to the quilt while quilting.


Quilters Preview Paper 

from Handi Quilter will 

allow you to see 

through the plastic as 

you draw your designs 

and then create a 

stencil or template for 

marking your quilt.

Getting the Design onto the Fabric 

Place fabric over printed design and trace directly on fabric

Following a Marked Design 

1. Books


2. Pattern Packs from Golden Threads


3. Magazines


Quilting designs within magazines


4. Coloring books


5. Dover Publications (copyright free) Doverbooks.co.uk


6. Commercial Stencils from Golden Threads


7. Pantographs from Golden Threads


8. Handi Quilter Groovy Boards


9. Digital Sources


10. More Digital Sources


A light box is helpful when marking quilting 

designs directly on fabric.


Light box alternatives 

1. Glass coffee table with light 

underneath 

Place light under table



2. iPad with white screen



3. Plastic tub turned 

Upside down with light 

in it.



4. Patio door or window


Marking Tools 

Mechanical Pencils 

Comes in 0.9mm 

white and colored 

pencil lead 

Caution: Always test 

marking pencil on the 

fabric you are using to 

be sure marks will 

completely disappear



Washout Pencil Set 

Comes in a set of red, 

white, and blue 

Mark fabrics lightly 


marking pen on the 




Getting the Marking off the Fabric 


Washout Pencils 

Wash with cold water 

Do not iron over marks 

before removing marks 

with water. 

Can also use fabric eraser 

such as 

Generals Top Graphic A-1



Replaceable chalk 

Comes in several colors 

Similar to a tracing 

wheel 






Getting the Marking off the Fabric 


Chaco Liner Pen 

Replaceable chalk 

Comes in several colors 

Similar to a tracing 

wheel 

Wash out with cool 

water. 

Lint Brush 

Ironing will make 

markings permanent. 

H2O



Air Erasable Pens 

Usually disappears within 24 hours 

depending on the humidity in the air. 

Comes in Pink and purple 

Clover Brands comes with an eraser 

to remove if you mark incorrectly. 








Chalk Cartridge Set 

Collection of nine chalk 

colors 








Silver Marking Pencil 

Strong non-smearing silver lead 








Washable Wonder Marker 

Comes in blue, 

regular point and fine point 








Chalkboard chalk 

Can sharpen to a point with 

pencil sharpener 








Quilt Pounce 

Comes in white and blue 

Can purchase refills 

Great for marking Stencils on 

fabric 






Getting the Marks off the Fabric 


Hancy Quilt Pounce 

Bohin Mechanical Pencils 

Dritz Chalk Cartridge Set 

Chalkboard Chalk 

Use a lint brush to remove 

markings. 

Sew Clean will also take 

markings out.



Dritz Soapstone Marking Pencil 

Ideal for marking dark fabrics 

Marks rub off when no longer 

needed 

Safe for most fabrics



White Marking Pen 

Great for dark fabrics 








Frixion Ball Erasable 

Gel Pen 

Comes in blue, black, 

green and red 

Comes with an eraser 

or can be ironed off

Getting the Marks off the Fabric 


Clover White Marking 

Pen 

Hancy Quilt Pounce 

Iron off 

Frixion Ball Erasable 

Gel Pen 

Use Iron to remove 

markings

Methods for Applying Design to Fabric 

Glad Press’n Seal® 

Use children's washable 

markers to trace design on 

Press’n Seal®


Glad Press’n Seal® 

Place the Press’n Seal® 

Directly on quilt. 

Follow the design with your 

quilting machine. 

Use a shorter stitch length for 

easier removal of Press’n Seal®. 

To remove plastic from quilt 

gently tug fabric on the bias.


Plastic Template Shapes 

Choose your 

design and trace 

around with your 

desired method of 

marking.


By creating your own 

templates 

from cardstock, 

paper or template plastic, 

you can make it any size 

or shape to fit your quilt. 

Draw it on with your 

favorite marking tool.


Simflex Expanding Gauge 

Remember when we 

used to do garment 

sewing and needed equal 

spacing between 

buttonholes? 

This is a great tool for 

quilters too!


Simflex Expanding Gauge 

Stretch out any width and 

get equal spacing to mark 

designs on quilt.


Adding Machine Tape 

Cut tape to desired wide of 

quilt. 

Fold in half, again, and 

again till you have the 

desired spacing. 

Mark fold lines or cut for 

shaped border. 

If cut properly you can 

create a curvy spine for 

feathers, flowers or vines.


Golden Threads Quilting Paper 

Trace quilting pattern onto 

Golden Threads Quilting 

Paper using a wash-away 

marking pen. 

Dot Stamper from Golden 

Threads is a great tool to 

attach paper to quilt while 

quilting.



Layer up to 15 pieces of 

paper with the traced copy 

on top and secure corners 

by pinning or stapling.



Machine stitch through the 

stack with a large 

unthreaded needle.



Pin paper patterns to 

project with bumpy side up 

and quilt following the 

design. 

Or you can use the Golden 

Threads Dot Stamper. 

To remove paper after 

quilting, gently tug fabric on 

the bias.



Position your paper stencil 

that you created on your 

fabric with the bumpy side 

up. Using a quilt pounce 

box rub over the bumps. 

The chalk will transfer to 

your fabric marking your 

stitching path for quilting.


Netting (the netting that you would use for butterfly nets) 

Place the netting on the 

design that you wish to 

stitch on your quilt. 

With a permanent marker 

draw the design onto the 

netting.



If you are using light colored 

fabric, use a washable 

marker or a disappearing 

ink marker and draw 

through the net onto the 

area on your quilt. 

Quilt the design on your 

quilt.



If you are using dark colored 

fabric, use an iron off white 

marker, white mechanical 

pencil, or chalk cartridge 

pencil and draw through 

the net onto the area on 

your quilt. 

Quilt the design on your 

quilt.


Cookie Cutters 

Who would have thought 

that cookie cutters and 

pounce chalk would be a 

fantastic way to apply a 

design to your quilt. 

Quilters are so innovative, 

aren't we?



With a damp sponge 

moisten a cookie cutter. 

Dip in chalk or body talc and 

place on your quilt.



With a damp sponge 

moisten a cookie cutter. 

Dip in chalk or body talc and 

place on your quilt.


Proportional Scale 

What if you have a 5 inch 

border and the design that 

you wish to place in the 

border is the wrong size?


Proportional Scale 

The Proportional Scale from Golden Threads 

will help you to resize your design to the 

correct size without any guesswork. 

It takes the math out of resizing. 

To find the percent of enlargement or 

reduction, line up present size on inner scale 

under the new size on outer scale. 

Percentage will appear in the window 

opening. 

Resize on copy machine or scanner.


Stencils 

This group of 

stencils will help 

you define areas 

for quilting


Stencils


Stencils 

This group of 

stencils from 

Golden Threads 

offer lots of 

design options 

for your quilting 

pleasure.


Stencils


Quilting Rulers and Templates 

Handi Quilter Rulers and 

Templates help in getting the 

design on your quilt accurately 

whether you mark it on…..


Quilting Rulers and Templates 

Or use the ruler as your guide 

while quilting.

Would you like to learn more? 

Come to Handi Quilter University in the HQ 

Studio in Salt Lake City, Utah. 

Go to HandiQuilter.com/retreats to see the 

schedule and to register.

Thanks for joining us today. 

The next HQ Educational Webinar will 

be May 10 at 11:00 a.m. 

Topic: Sweet Sixteen 

See you then.

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