What Can I do with these???
12-20-2009, 01:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Maksi
If you color them with crayola crayons, can you wash it after finishing?
It looks marvelous, you do a nice job!
It looks marvelous, you do a nice job!
I did the coloring and then I heat set it with my iron. Then I waited about 5 minutes and put it in a sink of cool water with some soap and gently swirled it around. Then I rinsed it off and all the color was still on it. So I think that what I will do is just do this fabric the same way I did the test fabric. Oh and I will write the instructions for cleaning on the back of it.
12-20-2009, 07:08 AM
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I sold a baby quilt that was outline embroidery. Several weeks later the lady brought it back to show what she had done to it.
She said she had colored in the outlines with crayons. the used paper towels on top the pressed with a dry iron. the heat from the iron will melt the wax part of the crayon and leave the color in the fabric.
I haven't done this, but the colored quilt block really pop after being colored.
She said she had colored in the outlines with crayons. the used paper towels on top the pressed with a dry iron. the heat from the iron will melt the wax part of the crayon and leave the color in the fabric.
I haven't done this, but the colored quilt block really pop after being colored.
12-20-2009, 02:12 PM
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Hey,
That looks great! I first saw this technique at a little quilt show in Maine. The woman makes lots of charity quilts with Crayolas and even had used some glitter ones. She had some from relatives' children there and they had been washed many times with only a little fading. I use them with my schoolkids for little keepsake wallhangings (which I figure won't be washed much anyway).
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That looks great! I first saw this technique at a little quilt show in Maine. The woman makes lots of charity quilts with Crayolas and even had used some glitter ones. She had some from relatives' children there and they had been washed many times with only a little fading. I use them with my schoolkids for little keepsake wallhangings (which I figure won't be washed much anyway).
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12-20-2009, 10:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Barb_MO
I sold a baby quilt that was outline embroidery. Several weeks later the lady brought it back to show what she had done to it.
She said she had colored in the outlines with crayons. the used paper towels on top the pressed with a dry iron. the heat from the iron will melt the wax part of the crayon and leave the color in the fabric.
I haven't done this, but the colored quilt block really pop after being colored.
She said she had colored in the outlines with crayons. the used paper towels on top the pressed with a dry iron. the heat from the iron will melt the wax part of the crayon and leave the color in the fabric.
I haven't done this, but the colored quilt block really pop after being colored.
12-22-2009, 12:40 AM
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Hey sweetheart! How are you??? :) I havent seen you in so long, mostly i have trouble keeping up with the forum, so glad to see you :) Anyways, your project looks wonderful! Guess what Henry, i tried fabric colouring with crayons on a scrap of fabric a few weeks ago, just to see how it would work. What i did, was i ironed a piece of freezer paper to the back of the fabric, to make the fabric stay still while you colour. I did several test places on my fabric, and what i found out was this. If you colour lightly, the colour will fade a lot when you wash it, but the areas that i coloured really hard, just faded a tiny bit. So colour firmer than you want it to look when it's finished. I then heat set it, then i took it to the sink and poured straight bleach and hot water on it, and the one that was coloured firm remained brilliant! So you dont even have to worry bout washing in cold water, so long as you colour it very firm...that's looking gorgeous Henry :)
PS, oh yes and dont forget, when you heat set it, put some paper towel over the fabric, and the towel will absorb the wax :)
PS, oh yes and dont forget, when you heat set it, put some paper towel over the fabric, and the towel will absorb the wax :)
12-22-2009, 02:46 AM
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Originally Posted by amma
WOW!!! It is looking great!!! I bet you are having a lot of fun with this :D:D:D
Make sure you keep ironing until no more wax comes off on your paper towels :wink:
Make sure you keep ironing until no more wax comes off on your paper towels :wink:
12-22-2009, 02:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Barb M
Hey sweetheart! How are you??? :) I havent seen you in so long, mostly i have trouble keeping up with the forum, so glad to see you :) Anyways, your project looks wonderful! Guess what Henry, i tried fabric colouring with crayons on a scrap of fabric a few weeks ago, just to see how it would work. What i did, was i ironed a piece of freezer paper to the back of the fabric, to make the fabric stay still while you colour. I did several test places on my fabric, and what i found out was this. If you colour lightly, the colour will fade a lot when you wash it, but the areas that i coloured really hard, just faded a tiny bit. So colour firmer than you want it to look when it's finished. I then heat set it, then i took it to the sink and poured straight bleach and hot water on it, and the one that was coloured firm remained brilliant! So you dont even have to worry bout washing in cold water, so long as you colour it very firm...that's looking gorgeous Henry :)
PS, oh yes and dont forget, when you heat set it, put some paper towel over the fabric, and the towel will absorb the wax :)
PS, oh yes and dont forget, when you heat set it, put some paper towel over the fabric, and the towel will absorb the wax :)
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