Originally Posted by Ramona Byrd
I haven't tried crayons on fabric, but from what I've read here, it works nicely after it is set with heat.
Anyone have a comment on this? Kids are familiar with crayons.
Yes, I have used crayons on quilts and love doing one with crayons. I am currently or should I say have a UFO that I am using crayons. It is a quilt of the 50 states outlined, with state birds, flowers and dates, the back will have stars of all 50 states. I am using a simple trampunto method for both front and back. The name of the book for stars is 50 Fabulous Paper Pieced Stars by Carol Doak, you might look that book up and it will give you an idea of the stars I am using.
I recently did a baby quilt that I colored center blocks with a cowboy in each block. Go to Cowboy quilt under my name and view that one. I have not posted my states quilts yet. I highly recommend that should you use this and if anyone colors their blocks using any color very dark, that you heat set that portion of the block before any other color is put on the block, sometimes the colors tend to run when the colors are done like that, but the runs can be coverd up with another dark color. By dark I don't mean blue or black perse, but any color that is colored darkly. Ask me how I know. I love doing crayons on quilts. I just outlined very lightly with a sharp pencil my design and went from there.
Setting the colors is easy but needs to be done by an adult. I think Crafty Bear posted a site to explain that part.
Be sure and post what you have done. If I can help on this method, just pm me.