Heat Set Crayon Art on Quilt?
08-15-2013, 12:59 PM
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here is one of my favorite crayon pieces:This is so easy to do.
I ironed a piece of freezer paper to the back of the muslin to stabilize the fabric.
Using a light box or window, traced Sue onto the front of fabric with a fine point pigma pen or a lead pencil. The freezer paper is no problem to see your choice of motif through.
After tracing, Do your coloring with any wax based crayon. Use a light touch to begin and add more color till you get the look you want and to get the shading.
After the coloring is done, peel the freezer paper off the back, lay the coloring flat and put a layer of paper towels over it. Press the coloring until no more wax come s up onto the toweling. You have to change the paper towels a couple of times or more depending on how much wax crayon is in the fabric.
When paper towels are clean you are ready to finish your project. I stem stitched around my girl after coloring her.
peace
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I ironed a piece of freezer paper to the back of the muslin to stabilize the fabric.
Using a light box or window, traced Sue onto the front of fabric with a fine point pigma pen or a lead pencil. The freezer paper is no problem to see your choice of motif through.
After tracing, Do your coloring with any wax based crayon. Use a light touch to begin and add more color till you get the look you want and to get the shading.
After the coloring is done, peel the freezer paper off the back, lay the coloring flat and put a layer of paper towels over it. Press the coloring until no more wax come s up onto the toweling. You have to change the paper towels a couple of times or more depending on how much wax crayon is in the fabric.
When paper towels are clean you are ready to finish your project. I stem stitched around my girl after coloring her.
peace
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08-15-2013, 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by MadQuilter
I use Crayola crayons. The preferred fabric is a solid (like muslin) and I enforce it with freezer paper before coloring. If I want to blend colors I often start with a white crayon. When it is time to remove the wax, I remove the freezer paper and sandwich the piece between a brown grocery paper sack on the bottom and paper towels on the top. The wax will be removed but the color stays. If the color is not saturated enough, I go over it with more crayon and repeat. It is best to do any outlines before adding the wax or it will act like a resist and not accept the pen markers. It is also nice to add embroidery outline but that can be done after the coloring.
If you use the special fabric crayons, you will color the picture on paper and iron the design off onto fabric. Just remember that your design will be mirrored. Either way works but the fabric crayons are so much more expensive.
If you use the special fabric crayons, you will color the picture on paper and iron the design off onto fabric. Just remember that your design will be mirrored. Either way works but the fabric crayons are so much more expensive.
Actually I had to resort to that method when working with kids, because I couldn't even make the moms understand about mirroring.
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