ProLongarmARTQUILTER

Can you use plain old crayons? seems myMIL's quilt pals did with designs from their kids color books.?

ScrapQuilter

Yes you can use Crayola Crayons........... they work very well.
Make sue the fabric you are using has been washed...... and color what ever you are doing a little darker then desired color as when you heat set it the color will be lighter.
I have had very good luck with the crayon quilting.
Scrap Quilter

Will be watching for your quilt..............

Lisa_wanna_b_quilter

I've got 10 year old sweatshirts from when my Girl Scout troop used heat set crayons. They've been washed many times. We have napkins for every holiday the kids designed with those crayons. They've also been washed many time. We've got socks, bandanas, hankies, head bands......


Ummmm, yeah, well you see, my daughter went through this stage where she wanted to use those crayons to put designs on EVERYTHING!!! They really do hold up pretty well.

wvdek

Never done this, but saw it at a show last month. The lady said to use only Crayola Crayons and her items were all done on cotton. She said the items have to be heat set after coloring, but her work was extrordinarily(sp) good.

dizzy

you can also put difrent things under what your coloring an get diffrent textures for your coloring quilts.like adia cloth,an plastic canvas,I even have a box of texture things for scrap booking I would use when I get
to do one.

BellaBoo

You can use oil/wax/chalk pastels, colored pencils, get pens, Sharpies, crayons, paint, anything that will mark fabric will work. To keep colors from running into each other apply fabric medium first. Next time you are in a store with great art supplies look at what is available these days. I found fabric color blending markers at Hobby Lobby.

dizzy

You can use the paint they have at Walmart they have a textile medium in the smaller bottles that you can mix with the paint an make your paints for fabric out of acrylic paints.An it works great>when I get this camora
charged i'll take picture of what i've done an show you.You can use coloring books to get pictures out of or get books that have iron ons in them an paint them in.I happen to have gotten three from my oldest sister an am doing pictures out of them.

dglvr

Good luck coloring. Looks like you had alot of great responses.
I've done a few coloring projects. I posted a couple of Roosters I did a month ago or so if you would like to see that I'll re-post it.
1 tip though. If you warm your fabric with your iron first just set the iron on for a second the crayon will glide on easier so you don't have to press at all. I found that out after doing my Roosters. I wish I had found that out sooner it sure helps. I'm now doing a B.O.M. using crayons.
Have fun. Would love to see your quilt

mar32428

I made a stick figure quilt for my GD when she was five. She's now 23 and still has the quilt. Yes, it's faded but it surely was loved.

I used plain old crayolas. Covered them with a press cloth to heat set and it worked fine. My DIL is Korean and they do believe in clean so that quilt was washed to death.

I used an off white muslin for the base. I washed the muslin to get any fabric finish out of it.

Have you tried crayolas over sandpaper. Quite unique.

lizzy

Thanks for the tip about warming your fabric first. I am just starting my first "crayon quilt ".

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