Are you ready to tangle on T-shirts, canvas bags, visors, caps, aprons, sneakers, shoes — whatever your imagination can dream up on fabric?

TIPS: If you iron a piece of freezer paper on the under side of the T-shirt it will stabilize the fabric and make it a lot easier to handle.

Pentel Gel Rollers for Fabric

These are the fabric pens to have. And Sandy Bartholomew, author of Totally Tangled, recommends them. A reviewer writes: “The tip is about as fine as you can get through any brush, but still lays down a beautifully even line. This is most highly recommended. If you’re painting shirts or onesies without using this or other fabric pen to lay down your lines, you’re working too hard.”

Pentel Gel Rollers have permanent, acid-free and water-proof gel ink for fabrics, and a 1.0mm bold tip. The ink is water-based pigment that withstands repeated washings.

1-Pack

• Black > Gel Roller for Fabric, Bold 1.0 mm Tip, Permanent, Black Ink, 1 Pack
• Red > Gel Roller for Fabric, Bold 1.0 mm Tip, Permanent, Red Ink, 1 Pack
• Blue > Gel Roller for Fabric, Bold 1.0 mm Tip, Permanent, Blue Ink, 1 Pack

6-Pack

• Black > Pentel Gel Roller Fabric Pens 1.0mm Black, 6 Item(s)/Order

Sharpie Permanent Markers

If you’re thinking about using Sharpie Permanent Markers, here’s what Sharpie says: “We do not recommend the Sharpie for letter writing as it is solvent base ink and will soak through paper. We also do not recommend the Sharpie for use on cloth as it may fade or bleed in the wash. Also, over time a yellow halo may appear around the marking.”

Update: Sharpie now has markers specifically created for use on fabric – Stained by Sharpie Brush Tip Fabric Markers

Zentangle recommends Sakura IDenti®-pen Dual Tip Marker

At the October 2011 CZT seminar in Providence, the Sakura IDenti-Pen permanent dual-point marker was the pen used to tangle on Zentangle® t-shirts and everyone loved them.

For drawing your strings and shading your tangles try Fabrico’s Dual Tip Fabric Marker, Zentangle® recommends Light Gray.

Find all these great Fabric Pens on Amazon

Visit more TIPS & TOOLS pages

There’s lots more information coming in this section – just visit the drop-down links under TIPS & TOOLS at the top of the page. Visit often. And be sure to add your tips and recommendations in the comments if there are products you use that others would benefit by knowing about them. Or you can email me [linda AT tanglepatterns DOT com] and I’ll update the pages with your suggestions.

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