Right, I'm totally looking into getting one of those chalk pencils, though I suspect this will require patience in New Zealand :D
I do use the thin pieces of tailor's chalk now, but actually I just used to buy standard classroom chalk, and it a) marked more easily and b) wasn't that much less precise, one you got your eye in. I find the binding on the tailor's stuff still means you have to press quite hard, and for thin fabrics, that just means it pulls the fabric out of shape and marks somewhere random anyway... Depending on the fabric, if it's just a small construction mark on the wrong side, I'll use some cheap old felt-tip pens someone gave me years ago - they only make faint, pale marks, but I'll remember what they were for use right then, and it doesn't even matter if they don't wash out.
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Date: 2024-01-11 09:00 pm (UTC)I do use the thin pieces of tailor's chalk now, but actually I just used to buy standard classroom chalk, and it a) marked more easily and b) wasn't that much less precise, one you got your eye in. I find the binding on the tailor's stuff still means you have to press quite hard, and for thin fabrics, that just means it pulls the fabric out of shape and marks somewhere random anyway... Depending on the fabric, if it's just a small construction mark on the wrong side, I'll use some cheap old felt-tip pens someone gave me years ago - they only make faint, pale marks, but I'll remember what they were for use right then, and it doesn't even matter if they don't wash out.