I have had several inquires about the pen I used to sign my Priscilla Turner quilt block.
Not ever having signed a block before I wasn't sure which pen I should use so I did a Google search to see if I could get any information. I did find several sites with recommendations about which pen to use. This site seemed to have the most information so I wrote down the names of the pens she recommend and went on a pen search.
I was not able to locate any of the ones she recommended so I decided to do a test for myself of the pens I was able to locate.
All of these pens claim to be permanent. I used pre washed Kona snow as my test fabric. After writing on the fabric I heat set the names with a dry iron and then washed the sample with Dawn dishwashing liquid. I then ironed it dry.
As you can see the Pigment Pro gave me the best results so this is the pen I used to sign my blocks. In the sample it looks like I went over the writing twice with the pigment Pro but the first pen was out of ink so I traced over it. I would recommend you do a test of the pen you might use to see what results you get. We don't want our signatures to fade with time. I wonder what type pen Rachel used to sign her blocks back in 1852 because the signatures still looks great.
Not ever having signed a block before I wasn't sure which pen I should use so I did a Google search to see if I could get any information. I did find several sites with recommendations about which pen to use. This site seemed to have the most information so I wrote down the names of the pens she recommend and went on a pen search.
I was not able to locate any of the ones she recommended so I decided to do a test for myself of the pens I was able to locate.
All of these pens claim to be permanent. I used pre washed Kona snow as my test fabric. After writing on the fabric I heat set the names with a dry iron and then washed the sample with Dawn dishwashing liquid. I then ironed it dry.
As you can see the Pigment Pro gave me the best results so this is the pen I used to sign my blocks. In the sample it looks like I went over the writing twice with the pigment Pro but the first pen was out of ink so I traced over it. I would recommend you do a test of the pen you might use to see what results you get. We don't want our signatures to fade with time. I wonder what type pen Rachel used to sign her blocks back in 1852 because the signatures still looks great.
