tammy cosper

Sounds like the iron wasn't hot enough and left on long enough. Try doing it on a test and hold it there until you see melt off on the paper towels. If you think it needs more color then, add the more color and set the iron back on it with a diff paper towel so you know when it has lifted it to the paper towel. Then as a added bonus when I get all done, I soak mine over night in vinegar. And wash. When I take it out of the washer, if i think it needs more color I go ahead and repeat the steps above. I love using crayons.
Tammy

Painiacs

Thanks I haven't washed mine yet either. Didn't know I had to leave the iron on it longer!!!

mom-6

When I did the finishing up of my mom's hope chest one I ironed it between sheets of waxed paper with a really hot iron. The colors lasted through many washings for over 20 years.

Jim

My wife has done several quilts with crayons and used craft paper or a brown paper grocery bag and made sure to heat set them good...the wax would melt into the paper and the pigment stayed in the fabic...its been several years now and they are still as vibrant as the day she did them...maybe there wasnt enough crayon on the fabric or the heat wasnt high enough

janjer

I made a quilt for my mom with Crayola school crayons.
When I heat set, I put a brown paper sack on my ironing board.
Then I lay my block (crayon on unwashed, unbleached muslin) on the sack,
WITH THE CRAYON SIDE UP, then a paper towel on top of the block.
PRESS WITH A HOT, DRY IRON. (Remember PRESS not iron)
When the towel shows crayon color wax, lay on a clean paper towel and press again.

If you lay the crayon side down on a towel it melts the color wax down into the towel and away from the fabric.

merchjag

I made a baby quilt with regular crayons-pressed with the towel and hot iron,then I washed it and the colors stayed put.

mamaquilts

Here's a link to my website. I'm rebuilding it so not everything is there yet. But this page deals with the topic.

http://quiltsfromohio.com/colored_quilts.htm

Prang is suppost to be the best since they put more dye in their crayons.

What type of degt. did you use? that could be the probelm too.

ywoodruff5

I have used regular crayons with this method on cotton successfully with no problems. Tried with the Crayola pencils and it washed out.

jitkaau

To my knowledge, most will only adhere to natural fabrics such as cotton.It sounds like you used the wrong type of crayon or did not heat it before you washed.The heating bonds it to the fabric.

jitkaau

I draw onto paper and then place it face side down on the fabric and iron the back of the drawing.The design adheres to the fabric.One I have here is 8 years old and still ok.I use Caran D'Ache which cost $35 for 12 crayons so I would have been a little miffed if it was a washout...