Very beautiful!

I just finished doing a small quilt of my daughter riding her horse--if I can get a photo I'll upload. I quilted first and then added the Derwent Inktense and set with a DRY iron (steam will make it bleed just like water). I wanted the colors muted for this one.
On the Michael Miller COLOR ME fabric (my LQS has both the Christmas and the Halloween ones) I'm coloring first, then using aloe vera gel (no other additives and not lotion) to go over--it both sets the color and makes it much richer and brighter--plan to use this for the fronts of Christmas stockings for g-boys--will quilt around the designs first, then cut the stockings out.

My sister used that water soluble, adhesive transfer paper on a recent embroidery project and then figured out she could not use crayons as suggested in the pattern as the adhesive paper blocked it and she worried about the crayon wax gumming up the floss. So once she removed the transfer paper, she used the inktense pencils and she used water as wanted muted colors--but blended with a small brush and dampened q-tips. set with heat.

That's beautiful. I need to give this a go as I would love to make my granddaughter a quilt with high heeled shoes on it.

puma, go to this tutorial here on the board ... http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...l-t140660.html I'm using still using the technique as described in this tutorial ... Derwent Intense Pencils on Fabric Tutorial. I know some people use a fabric medium found in Michaels instead of aloe gel.

quiltingshorttimer, you do not need to heat set this ink as it is permanent after air drying. The only reason for ironing might be to speed the drying process, but I wouldn't want to do it on top of quilted fabric.

Do you mix any water with the aloe vera gel? Do you quilt first, then color?

I have read many a tutorial. I order the pencils and cant wait to try them out. I read where the fabric medium makes the fabric a bit stiffer. but when you wash the pc it will soften up. also, once you add the water to the inktense it becomes permanent. you need to pay attention to the pencils also as there is inktense and there is watercolor. the watercolor is not permanent. I am going to try the aloe gel though.i know you can only dampen the pencil w/the water don't really want it wet. thank you!

Thanks, Jane--wasn't sure if it was totally set after the aloe dries. The fabric medium is a LOT more expensive than aloe and the aloe doesn't feel stiff. Jane's info is wonderful!

Here is the fabric that I'm working on for the g-boys stockings--I'll quilt it on the long arm (the background) and then cut out stocking shapes. You can see the part I've aloe gelled and the part that isn't done yet. [ATTACH=CONFIG]552557[/ATTACH]

Beautiful lily!

elnan, don't add any water to the aloe vera gel. I color and add gel first and then quilt. But you can quilt and then color and add gel or fabric medium.

puma, after coloring with Inktense pencils one needs a moistening agent to activate the dry ink so it goes into the fibers of the fabric. You can use a brush with water. Depending on the size of brush and how much water is on the brush tip ... the ink may bleed. You can use a small amount of aloe gel on the brush to scrub the ink into the fabric. Regardless of whether you use water or aloe gel ... when dry ... the ink is permanent. It does not need to be heat-set.