OMG.....that is fantastic!!!!!!

My references have been internet sites...google "colored pencil on fabric." Some sites have already been posted here.

I'll think about a tutorial when I work on the next project.

That is gorgeous. You are a wonderful artist!

Thank you. Will do.

Love what you have done. It is on my bucket list.

isn't this a lot of fun???

I also use fabric medium lightly thinned instead of the aloe vera gel...it works just as good.

I was happy when my dist. got the Derwent Inktense pencils in stock..now I can teach this class and carry to products needed to take it!

Thanks. I'm wondering where the gel is available in England?! Has anyone seen it?

This is beautiful. You did a great job.

The gel in the U.S. is located with the sunscreen lotions.

You have inspired me to dig out my Inktense pens I got on sale from Dick Blick last year and have completely forgotten about them. Thank you for refreshing my memory with your lovely work and valuable tips!!

Thanks - will have a look!

For anyone interested in the Derwent Inktense pencils...

Dick Blick has a 50% off sale right now online. There is no sale price in my local store. I just ordered the set of 72. They look "delicious." My present set of 12 look pretty skimpy in comparison.

http://www.dickblick.com/products/de...tense-pencils/

Product description:

Derwent Inktense Pencils

Derwent Inktense Pencils are as versatile as watercolor pencils, but with a firmer texture that allows them to perform with the brilliant intensity of traditional pen-and-ink. These pencils are available in strong, vibrant colors which work beautifully on their own or can be mixed together to create rich, subtle tones. The pure, clean colors are perfect for bold expressive drawings, including fashion illustration, landscapes, greeting cards, and more.

Inktense pencils can be used dry for rich, intense color or washed out with a little water to create a vivid translucent effect. Once dry, the color is permanent and can be worked over with other media. Pencils are pre-sharpened.

I've used crayons before but not colored pencils. I'll have to try it. Lovely quilt.

Very nice -- hope to try it soon !! Love learning about new techniques. Thank you for sharing.

Wonderful quilt and thank you, thank you, thank you for telling us the products you used. I've always wanted to take some of my sketches and make them into quilts of this nature. Off to find some Dewent products. Thanks once again for sharing your beautiful flower with us all - I'm sure your mother will be envied by many at the nursing home.

I thank all of you for your postings and comments. I LOVE learning from others on this message board!

I have heard it called several things
Colorque (branding name of Helen Stubbings' products)
Irena Bluhm just calls it "applying color" to a quilt
quilt painting
fabric painting

The process is really VERY simple- apply color to the fabric, and set the color. Some colors can be heat set (hot iron) but most are set with aloe or fabric medium.

There are a multitude of tools that work for this fabric painting process (cheap can be too cheap, but most expensive is not always better!):
regular colored pencils
watercolor pencils
Shiva paintstick products
pens, markers
fine tipped permanent markers (Sharpie!)
crayons
paints, can be acrylic or fabric paints
Pre-mixed paints from Karen Pharr's Store http://KarenPharrStudios.com

Go to Michaels and you will drown in all the color choices for painting on t-shirts and other clothing- this process has been around for a long time!

The color intensity really depends on how you apply it and the strength of the initial paint. I've used my watercolor pencils for a light background, applied fabric medium, and then lightly reapplied the watercolor pencils while the fabric was still wet for in intense top detail. With fabric medium you can blend the color right on the fabric.


Blick website has these Dewent Inktense Pencils 50% off currently!
http://www.dickblick.com/products/de...pencils/#items

I bought my fabric medium at Michaels. My local Walmart and JoAnns didn't have it, and neither did my local art store that sold paints of every kind.

Here's another tip:
What if you say "I can't draw"- well, go find a white on white print of flowers. Paint within the lines! I did that very successfully with a fabric I found at my LQS. The center fabric in this picture started life as a white on white print! Here's a pic of that experiment:

Wow!! Now I have one more idea for quilting to add to all the others in my head. Thanks for adding beauty to my day

I love your idea! I am on a fabric diet but I do have Watercolor Pencils and fabric and can't wait to start. :lol: :lol: :mrgreen:

Beautiful, do you think a ten year old would be able to do this with a much simpler drawing? I have a dgs who keeps asking me when we are going to make a quilt together & he loves to draw.

Awesome!! Thabks so much dor sharing!

Beautiful.

ABSOLUTELY!!! If your kid can use a crayon, he/she can do this technique. Michaels had a ton of fabric markers- how easy is that? No mixing, no water or brushes needed for those.

Even if you let the child paint, draw or crayon on the fabric and you set it afterward with fabric medium, it's absolutely an easy way to make a permanent memory.

The fabric medium to set any watercolor pencil was less than $6. But you just need a tiny bit- so a bottle goes a long ways. It's affordable.

Beautiful! I have been wanting to try the watercolor pencils also, and you may have just given me the nudge to do it. Is there a particular type of aloe vera gel that you use? Thanks.

this is just great, i ordered the pencials and mediem. between new old machine, this board i don't have time to quilt! some day,,,,,,,,

This is beautiful!

Would you consider coming to our Guild to give a class?

and it is getting harder and harder to find the clear one..they put green dye it all now...ick...

What a great technique. I'm inspired.

Love your journal cover. My guild was taught this by a member who is a long arm quilter and she was making several for a lady who is or was writing a book. Aside from the aloe vera (which we didn't use), we used a fabric medium (I think or something she had us put on that was from the Dharma company and made it slightly stiff) so that it was washable. Does the aloe vera make it washable?

Or course, I think he will!

This is so-o-o exciting!

Stunning, love it! Pat yourself on the back for job well done.

Just beautiful. joann11

Love it! Is it washable?

That is very unique and beautiful. You did a wonderful job.

Drawings using Derwent Inktense pencils are permanent after using aloe vera gel or fabric medium and drying, but wait for 24 hours to wash it.

Drawings using Derwent watercolor pencils are semi-permanent after using aloe vera gel and heat setting (will fade over time) and permanent after using fabric medium.

If anyone knows anything different than this, please post. I'm still learning.

Have you ever used fabric medium before using the colors? I'm not sure how this sequence works...draw on when wet or dry??? I haven't tried it.

Before, after, doing layers, wet and dry, YES! Experiment- they each give a different look and intensity.