I 'wash' tested the Crayola pictures.
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I 'wash' tested the Crayola pictures.
When I posted my ‘Pinklet’ quilt http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...h-t183969.html I had some questions about how the crayola pictures would wash. I was not too concerned about that with this quilt because it is going in a guest room and will not get a great deal of washing. However, I just did a baby quilt this way (What was I thinking?) and wondered how well it would wash. I made a couple of sample crayon ‘pictures’ and as I was doing some laundry anyway, I just thru the samples in with the loads I was doing.
Here are my results.
I think that if I were to use this technique again, I would color a test picture on the fabric that I intend to use and wash it a few times to see what happens.
Here are my results.
I think that if I were to use this technique again, I would color a test picture on the fabric that I intend to use and wash it a few times to see what happens.
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I wanted the 'worst' case scenario and I used fabric straight off the bolt. I did heat set the crayons between 2 paper towels to remove excess wax. As I suggested, if you are making a 'crayola' quilt, it would be best to do a test on the fabric you will be using to make sure it will stand up to what you plan to do with it.
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