[QUOTE=mom-6;5923216]The only thing I've used waxed paper for in relation to quilting is ironing over it to set crayon coloring on blocks. Works great!
The crayon colored blocks lasted for years until the background muslin gave up of old age and hard usage. Some of it had been done by my mother and her sister before my mom got married in the 30s and I finished it as a home ec project in the 60s. Retired to display only in the 90s and destroyed by fire when our house burned in 2000
I am sorry for your loss due to the house fire. Hopefully someone may have taken a photo of your mom's crayon colored block quilt. It could be a fun project to recreate it.
I began quilting 3 yrs. ago and have not heard about coloring blocks with crayons and setting the colors using wax paper.
Are the crayons a special fabric friendly type or a specific brand? I would love to try this. Thanks you!