Gridding

Lakeland

Amazon has a smaller roll of 4# red fishing line; I bought some and tried it but ran out of patience.  The 4# went through the eye of the needle with no problem, I think my problem was counting those tiny little squares.

Slige

very nice knowledge

RishSt

I grid only big projects, just using fine washable crayola markers (stole few from my kids :D, it's cheaper then special fabric pen/pencils and you don't need to run around looking for it, or to order) If to use light colours and not make very thick line, it comes off very easy when I wash my work after it's done.

Terry51

Thank you for this helpful tips

Meeshee

Great ideas!!

chereylove

i never tried gridding

Pinkelicious

I grid with a pen : Pilot Frixion - the ink disappears when you iron the finished project. Its a heat sensitive ink.

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2015-1-7 23:28
I have a friend that uses fishing line instead of the thread. She tells me it's easy to use and can' ...

I haven't tried the fishing line.  I use regular thread because I find it easier to snip the gridlines out of the way of my stitching as I do the work.  I don't pull out the whole thread - just the thread which is in the way of the stitching.

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2015-1-7 18:20
I use red fishing line. So easy to see it. I bought it online. The light green fishing line was OK b ...

Didn't even consider fishing line at first since I didn't think it would be very visible.  Now that you mention it can be bought in red (which I will be able to see easily) I'm going that route.

bcbunny

i have tried a washable pen but am scared it wont come out, I have tried fishing line and i found on some fabric it was hard to see. Now I use a black rayon quilting thread, it comes in black and it is similar to fishing line but finer and easier to work with... it is cheap and i can get it at my local fabric store.