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grma33 02-23-2010 05:05 AM

Would someone please give me the post of this very talented quilter so I can bookmark her blog.
Would like to try this if I can get the supplies in Canada.
Thanks Gale

MamaBear61 02-23-2010 05:17 AM

I think it was Shelly, she has a beautiful quilt she recently posted.
here is the link http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-37571-1.htm

ckcowl 02-23-2010 05:18 AM

all you need it crayons and muslin...prepared for dying works great but isn't necessary. i use coloring book pages for some of the patterns. after coloring use a press cloth, or brown paper (like a paper bag) and heat set the colors, you can go over it more and more heat setting between each 'layer' of color to blend and to darken the colors. once it is heat set it is set...after many washes it may start looking faded...just recolor and it's all better again.
i know some people are saying you have to have special crayons but we have been making coloring quilts at a local pre-school for about 10 years now and have always used the kids crayons, didn't matter if they were crayola, or dollar store crayons they all worked pretty good, some colors were not as vibrant at times but we never needed anything special. we have sold (raffled off for fundraiser) 9 of these quilts and the kids have all made one for themselves, it is one of their very favorite parts of the school year :) have fun with it , it is coloring after all it's supposed to be fun not full of wasted expense and stress.

grma33 02-23-2010 06:30 AM

yes that`s it.
Thank you
Gale

johncy 02-24-2010 02:01 PM

would someone post a pic of one of these I must of missed it

grma33 02-24-2010 04:10 PM

clik on the link mamabear gave
Gale

sewnsewer2 02-24-2010 04:43 PM


Originally Posted by ckcowl
all you need it crayons and muslin...prepared for dying works great but isn't necessary. i use coloring book pages for some of the patterns. after coloring use a press cloth, or brown paper (like a paper bag) and heat set the colors, you can go over it more and more heat setting between each 'layer' of color to blend and to darken the colors. once it is heat set it is set...after many washes it may start looking faded...just recolor and it's all better again.
i know some people are saying you have to have special crayons but we have been making coloring quilts at a local pre-school for about 10 years now and have always used the kids crayons, didn't matter if they were crayola, or dollar store crayons they all worked pretty good, some colors were not as vibrant at times but we never needed anything special. we have sold (raffled off for fundraiser) 9 of these quilts and the kids have all made one for themselves, it is one of their very favorite parts of the school year :) have fun with it , it is coloring after all it's supposed to be fun not full of wasted expense and stress.


Does the crayon bleed outside the lines where you colored it when the wax melts?

gma2JR BT JL and CK 02-27-2010 06:47 PM

No it does not.

gma2JR BT JL and CK 02-27-2010 06:51 PM

3 Attachment(s)
Here is a pic that I colored the blocks and heat set them so you can see. I just used Rose Art crayons, they seem to have a little more pigment in the wax, in my opinion.

The finished quilt, all blocks were colored
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Ms Grace 02-27-2010 07:20 PM

This is such a great idea!
Thanks for sharing! :-D :-D :-D

sewnsewer2 02-27-2010 07:40 PM

OMG that is adorable!! Thanks for sharing this.

johncy 03-01-2010 09:43 AM

thank you so much , my grandson loves music and i was going to emboridy a mozart sheet music quilt, now i think i will color it and then hand quilt.


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