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Crayola - What am I doing wrong?

Old 09-08-2011, 04:12 PM
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I'm coming in late on this. I use regular crayons, but I have found that Crayola is the best. Others can be more waxy and will wash out.
I do put towels under but I put wax paper on top over the crayon coloring, put a pressing cloth over that and heat set with an iron. This was what I learned in a class.
This kind of heat setting of crayons will set it in fabrics, and wood. the fabric crayons will not heat set the same.
Give this a try. It will work. I promise. :)
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Old 09-10-2011, 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by VickyS
I've done the fabric crayons on pillowcases.. which are probably poly blend (didn't check the label) which turned out fine, and used to use regular crayola crayons to do some pretty leaves on muslin which also worked well.

Questions: Did you leave the iron on the crayon/fabric panels until the heat of the iron bled the crayon mix into the paper towels?

Were the crayons Crayola brand?

Why? Because you need to melt the wax completely to release the color. If the heat didn't put the melt into the paper towels you didn't leave the iron on long enough to set the color. It will definitely smell like burning crayons! In this case that is a good smell, because it means you are melting the wax.

Crayola brand crayons have more dye in the crayon than other brands of crayons, so they tend to "stain/dye" the material better than other cheap brands (which I have tried and did NOT have good success with).

You may want to just use fabric markers at this point if you don't want to try the crayon version again. I've used all three (markers, fabric crayons, and Crayola crayons) at one time or another and had good results.

Good luck!
ditto i have done 3 crayon quilts and had no problem, the last one i did i put "magic texture "on the crayon part , but have not washed it so cant help you with that idea yet
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Old 09-13-2011, 04:05 AM
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Penski, What's "magic texture"? I know, I could google it but basically I'm lazy right now.
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Old 09-18-2011, 04:56 PM
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Post a picture when you complete the quilts. I want to see it. Sounds like a good idea. Your sisters will cherish them for years.
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