SHARPIES on tshirts?

Or rather, onesies.

We were going to make a bunch of our own for baby three,
and i was looking into fabric markers, but even the good ones, have bad reviews,
i was reading that sharpies work just as well (we'd be using fine point) and that it takes a long time for them to fade.
(granted these wouldn't even be getting really dirty, they'd be on a newborn)

But then i remembered the "bake sharpie on ceramic" stuff, and that came off even with handwashing, so i don't know what to believe.

Sooo...anyone know anything about this?
Or suggestion on fabric pens?

I think sharpie will bleed, won't it?

sharpies wash out of clothes after a few washings i use sharpies for work .. and am for ever getting marker on clothes .

Quoting ~*Icat*~:" I think sharpie will bleed, won't it?"

i was reading about it and it was saying if you dry the clothing first, then do it, it won't. i don't know if i believe it though.

I have shirts from middle school that I wrote on with sharpies and the writing is still there. Wash the shirt first then do it

I *think* I remember hearing something about using hairspray to stop the sharpie from fading or something?
Idk, I'm pretty curious about this too though.

well from my experience with my son writing all over our clothes with sharpies..they don't fade quickly...I'd say as quick as tiedye ink does.

It should stay. Don't u remember the days when everyone signed everyone's shirts?!?! It's diff than using it on ceramic. The glazed stuff doesn't absorb the color. Fabric absorbs color.

But one cool thing we did once at a training was used black sharpie them
Put rubbbing alcohol on it and it turned rainbow ish.

For my graduation we all got shirts and sharpies and people signed them. Ive washed mine over 10 times and its barely faded at all.

Quoting ☮[The Mrs.].™:" I have shirts from middle school that I wrote on with sharpies and the writing is still there. Wash the shirt first then do it"

yeah, that's what i read. and then pop it in the dryer when you're done to set it.

*Icat-- that's what i meant, to dry immediately after, not before  

Quoting .Sam.:" I *think* I remember hearing something about using hairspray to stop the sharpie from fading or something? Idk, I'm pretty curious about this too though."

right? cos it'd be a SUPER inexpensive way to do awesome things  

Quoting BrookeT:" For my graduation we all got shirts and sharpies and people signed them. Ive washed mine over 10 times and its barely faded at all."

suhweeet!

Don't forget newborns spit up, pee a lot and have diaper explosions... they are little stainers. Lol.

Quoting lolajessup:" It should stay. Don't u remember the days when everyone signed everyone's shirts?!?! It's diff than using ... [snip!] ... But one cool thing we did once at a training was used black sharpie them Put rubbbing alcohol on it and it turned rainbow ish."

oh that sounds cool!
i also like the dark cloth and then using a bleach pen on it idea  

<blockquote><b>Quoting KNZ.:</b>" yeah, that's what i read. and then pop it in the dryer when you're done to set it. *Icat-- that's what i meant, to dry immediately after, not before  "</blockquote>




Yup. My writing has been on my shirts for the last ten years lol