Crayola Washable Markers-Wow
01-29-2013, 09:03 AM
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About a week ago, I made two test pieces with all 8 colors of the Crayola Washable Markers. On the one piece of fabric, I simply took each color and wrote its name and a few squiggles using that color on a scrap piece of my quilting fabric. Then I did the same thing on another scrap piece, but I ironed that piece, just to see what would happen. I waited a week and just washed both pieces of fabric. On the one where I did NOT heat set, every single color came out (even yellow) completely after swishing in water with a bit of detergent in just a few seconds.
On the piece that was heat set, the only color that didn't come out completely was blue. Every other color disappeared completely - again, even the yellow.
So that's my experiment with these washable markers. For future quilts, I will always test on the actual fabric I want to use them on, of course, but it helps me to know that these really do have the ability to wash out completely, even when heat set (except for the blue in my test pieces).
Hope this helps some of you a bit!
On the piece that was heat set, the only color that didn't come out completely was blue. Every other color disappeared completely - again, even the yellow.
So that's my experiment with these washable markers. For future quilts, I will always test on the actual fabric I want to use them on, of course, but it helps me to know that these really do have the ability to wash out completely, even when heat set (except for the blue in my test pieces).
Hope this helps some of you a bit!
Last edited by Suzette316; 01-29-2013 at 09:05 AM.
01-29-2013, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by mommafank
Wondering if any of you are using these and hand quilting? It takes a while to do a whole quilt by hand.
01-29-2013, 10:38 AM
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Adding to my post above, I took another look at the test piece that I heat set and I didn't notice it before, but the green as well as the blue did not wash out completely. It's much more faded than the blue, but not completely gone like all the other colors.
I know that these aren't meant to be used by heat setting them, but while experimenting with them, I thought I'd see how they did under these conditions. Just wanted to pass this along in case it helps anyone!
I know that these aren't meant to be used by heat setting them, but while experimenting with them, I thought I'd see how they did under these conditions. Just wanted to pass this along in case it helps anyone!
01-29-2013, 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Suzette316
About a week ago, I made two test pieces with all 8 colors of the Crayola Washable Markers. On the one piece of fabric, I simply took each color and wrote its name and a few squiggles using that color on a scrap piece of my quilting fabric. Then I did the same thing on another scrap piece, but I ironed that piece, just to see what would happen. I waited a week and just washed both pieces of fabric. On the one where I did NOT heat set, every single color came out (even yellow) completely after swishing in water with a bit of detergent in just a few seconds.
On the piece that was heat set, the only color that didn't come out completely was blue. Every other color disappeared completely - again, even the yellow.
So that's my experiment with these washable markers. For future quilts, I will always test on the actual fabric I want to use them on, of course, but it helps me to know that these really do have the ability to wash out completely, even when heat set (except for the blue in my test pieces).
Hope this helps some of you a bit!
On the piece that was heat set, the only color that didn't come out completely was blue. Every other color disappeared completely - again, even the yellow.
So that's my experiment with these washable markers. For future quilts, I will always test on the actual fabric I want to use them on, of course, but it helps me to know that these really do have the ability to wash out completely, even when heat set (except for the blue in my test pieces).
Hope this helps some of you a bit!
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