Crayola - What am I doing wrong?
09-06-2011, 03:11 PM
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I really want to do this. I have some outlined embroidery blocks that I think would look great with some color on them. ( I'm not sure of the fabric content.) There are a lot of good sugestions on here so far. I'll be watching with interest...
09-06-2011, 03:29 PM
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Oh no! I am so sorry.
I made a whole queen sized quilt with crayola leaf blocks--you have to heat set them--the heat of the iron melts the wax onto your paper towel, leaving behind the pigment of the crayon. It has to be Crayola brand crayons....the heavier they color, the more you have to iron to remove the wax and leave the pigment.
Any chance you can save what you have already done??
I made a whole queen sized quilt with crayola leaf blocks--you have to heat set them--the heat of the iron melts the wax onto your paper towel, leaving behind the pigment of the crayon. It has to be Crayola brand crayons....the heavier they color, the more you have to iron to remove the wax and leave the pigment.
Any chance you can save what you have already done??
09-06-2011, 03:38 PM
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I know everyone is talking about using crayons. I love the color on the snowman/woman quilt. The color is very nice.
I have used acrylic paint with fabric medium. That definitely works, it's a different look though.
I have used acrylic paint with fabric medium. That definitely works, it's a different look though.
09-06-2011, 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by teacherbailey
Next time try Pentel Dye Sticks. I order mine from Dick Blick since I can't find them anywhere else. They are very inexpensive and I've used them for many years. Once heat set, anything short of an atomic bomb or battery acid will not affect the color!
09-06-2011, 06:07 PM
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I have not tried coloring on fabric with crayons yet so no solutions for your problem-
Though I have bought the crayons and the Pentel Dye Sticks to try it out. A lot of suggestions here so that will help.
Good luck and hope you find out what went wrong.
Though I have bought the crayons and the Pentel Dye Sticks to try it out. A lot of suggestions here so that will help.
Good luck and hope you find out what went wrong.
09-06-2011, 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Sadiemae
You didn't use washable crayons did you?
we only had one type of crayons...waxed, great on paper, walls and as confetti if ingested.
These days there's everything from "magic crayons" to washable and then some.
Did you apply it heavily? Wait, you indicated everythig=ng washed out. No clue here.
09-07-2011, 02:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Bill'sBonBon
Originally Posted by KyKat
I have five sisters, and for our reunion that is coming up in July, I decided to do each of them a quilt, with 6 different little sunbonnet sues, each different, one quilt a bunch of 6 baloons with Sues on them with each of our names, one a bouquet of 6 flowers with Sues in the center of each flower with each of our names, etc, you get the idea. I thought I would make a center panel with crayons, then do hand embroidery embelishments, then hand-quilt each one. Good idea, right? Well, I did the first, the baloon bouquet, and it was as cute as it could be. 6 different colored baloons, 6 different little Sues, the strings tied with a big bow. And I did everything right . . .
Cotton fabric - check
Washed - check
Dried with no fabric softner - check
Ironed freezer paper to back - check
traced design on front and colored in with crayolas - check
Paper towels on ironing board - check
panel face down on paper towels, iron set on "cotton", heat set all work - check
then I decided to wash it again before I did all the other work - embroidery, etc. and !!! Gone! All of it --- washed away!!! What happened??? Any ideas?
Cotton fabric - check
Washed - check
Dried with no fabric softner - check
Ironed freezer paper to back - check
traced design on front and colored in with crayolas - check
Paper towels on ironing board - check
panel face down on paper towels, iron set on "cotton", heat set all work - check
then I decided to wash it again before I did all the other work - embroidery, etc. and !!! Gone! All of it --- washed away!!! What happened??? Any ideas?
I don't know what the freezer paper is for???? didn't need it.. I taped my block down on my sewing table to keep it from moving and the sandpaper made extra sure it didn't move..
This technic worked for me..all 3 quilts are still bright.
So sorry you had problems. Crayon quilts are really beautiful when done I want to make myself one.. Good Luck Here is the link to my Grtgrndsons sports quilt with Medium applied...
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-17348-1.htm
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