Painiacs

Has anyone used crayons to color a quilt? Thought there a piece on doing this but Im unable to find it
Thank you

alleyoop1

Here is an article on it: http://quiltbug.com/articles/crayon-quilts.htm and here is another one: http://www.thepatternco.com/crayon.html

Nammie to 7

I've made several quilts with this process. Several years ago I found a print that had outline story book characters - had two grand daughters color those pictures - they will be made into baby quilts for their first babies - hope it will be a while yet as they are only 15 and 11!

Tartan

If it was a QB tutorial, sometimes you have to look in the tutorial archive section. It might have be in someone's post and unless they respond I don't think you can ind it.
I believe it was Crayola crayons and then you ironed the back of the block to set the colour but you had to cover your ironing surface with paper to absorb the wax? There is another tutorial on QB using fabric pens or pencils in the tutorial section.

patmadrid

I bought a book called "Creative Quilts from your Crayon Box" by Terrie Lynn Kygar. I haven't tried it yet, but there are some amazing patterns in this book.

You can check it out on amazon and look inside. It is a melt and blend method. I would love to hear from anyone who has tried this method.

mighty

Thank you for the info Tartan sound like fun!!!!

DOTTYMO

There is a beautiful bird on the tutorial section.

mckwilter

I haven't used crayons on a quilt, but did do several t-shirts with my daughter's Girl Scout troop. We took pages from coloring books, traced the design with Sharpie waterproof pens, colored with crayons, ironed the t-shirts on layers of newspaper covered with plain papertowels to melt away the wax, and were done. It was quick and easy.

Marilynsue

Many years ago, Benertex did a demo on this process at the quilt show in Paducah. They sold the T-shirts with the printed cat on it and gave you the crayons and instructions. Mine is still neatly folded in a drawer because I've been "afraid" of ruining it. Hmmm, maybe I should get it out again!

yel

i have done a few ...the sharpie idea is a good thing ...if you are using color book pages ...so you get some depth...i use regular crayons and heat set ....cover with old pillow case so i don't get crayon on the iron ....