• Reviews around fabric (1.90 of 5)

    Pilot FriXion Ball Erasable Gel Pens Fine Point (.7) 3-pk Black Ink; Make Mistakes Disappear, No Need For White Out. Smooth Lines to the End of Page, America’s #1 Selling Pen Brand

    • I only gave this a 4 star, because I wish the orange and green would appear on darker fabrics
    • I was pretty skeptical about using an ink pen on my quilt top, so I tried all the colors on a piece of scrap fabric; I used an iron to provide the heat needed to erase the ink (instead of using the nub of the pen to erase with friction, which I was concerned would distort my fabrics) and it erased completely
    • I can't say this enough but these are the best fabric pens available
    • I have heard lines will reappear when fabric gets cold, but have not experienced this myself.
    • I've not had that issue with light colored fabric, so now I'm sticking to chalk on darker colored fabric.
    • The colors are visible on dark fabric (used red on a dark gray fabric).
    • Unfortunately: the markers don't show up on very dark/black fabrics.
    • The only drawback I have found thus far is that I sometimes use some pretty dark fabrics and these do not show up super-well on dark fabrics
    • I just wish they had one in white for when you are working with dark fabrics.
    • I use them for some of my garment making (depending on the fabric I'm using) and they work great (other than not being able to see them on dark fabrics).
    • So unless you are washing your dark item, don't use the pens on dark fabric
    • One word of caution, tho, test the darker fabrics before marking.
    • They erase off fabric with a light touch with a warm iron; no pressure or rubbing is required, which is important when you piece a quilt so you don't distort the fabric.
    • They erase off fabric with a light touch with a warm iron; no pressure or rubbing is required, which is important when you piece a quilt so you don't distort the fabric.
    • Once in awhile on a dark fabric, the slightest hint of a line still exists after pressing/ironing.
    • I then, put the fabric in the freezer to cool the fabric down, then like bad magic, the marks I drew came right back as if I never erased them to begin with
    • Light colors on the darker fabric are seen easily.
    • However, the dark colors did not show up on the dark fabric.
    • Had heard that the marks come back if the fabric gets cold
    • On dark colored fabrics, they leave a white line behind.
    • Wish they made a white pe for dark fabrics - like black.
    • I used these on dark fabric then ironed it away, but the color from the fabric was leached - it left a faint white mark where the ink vanished.
    • The light colored pens show up well on dark fabric
    • At first they seemed to work great, until i used them on a dark teal fabric
    • The only negative aspect is they don't mark well on very dark fabrics
    • When using on a dark solid fabric, I found after ironing, the fabric color is lightened where the ink was drawn.
    • Wish there was one to use on dark fabrics, but that is asking a lot.
    • FriXion pens are the BEST fabric marker I've ever used.
    • Horrible on dark fabric
    • Awesome fabric markers
    • When using on a dark solid fabric, I found after ironing, the fabric color is lightened where the ink was drawn.
    • Best fabric marker I have ever used
    • Be careful for using it for delicate fabrics
    • Got these pens after seeing them in a very expensive fabric store
    • There is one con, and that is that on darker fabrics, there is a faint faint white residue when you heat it - usually just the browns and black fabrics - but that all washes away
    • Would recommend as they are erasable and are great for taking notes in class.
    • The color is grey, so that bothers me a
    • Nice writing pens, but the ink runs out a little fast and isn't as solid of a line as I would like.
    • Your friends and associates will undoubtedly enjoy these pens as much as you do.
    • Ink does not flow as well as from the new pens.
    • They write beautifully and erase as if you never wrote anything down
    • The ink erases, but not as well as I'd hope to see
    • I was a bit skeptical b/c
    • b/c I think I'd love to use the colored set to organize the school year.