Thanks for all your suggestions. I tried again. And again. This is the center panel of the first of my quilts for my sisters. Of course, thee's no embroidery or embellishments yet, just the coloring. I have used Crayolas, Pentel Dye Sticks and Marvy Fabric Markers. I think one of my biggest mistakes was washing it too soon after coloring. I remembered Mother always saying that you should wash a stain as soon as possible, and really, what are you doing when coloring except staining the fabric - albiet on purpose and in a pleasing pattern, it's still a stain - so the longer you leave it in before you wash it, the more likely it is to stay, right? So, I decided not to wash the panel right away, anyway, this is the result of the coloring. I'll show the results when the quilt is finished, but I thought you might want to see how it's turning out so far.

Here is some info. The main thing is to use a poly/cotton blend. 100% cotton will not hold the color.
http://www.sulky.com/project/crayonart/

cute cute

Those are awesome; I now need to do it!!!

very cute! thanks for the tip too

Magpie, thanks for the info & link. Have wanted to try this & worried about crayon washing out.

I'm doing 5 of these, one for each of my sisters. The next one is going to be 6 flower faces. Here it is. I think this is so cute, I can't wait to share it. The will have stems and leaves, with grass at the bottom. Ane each will have a name, and it will be titled "Goldie's Girls" (my mother's name) like the SB Sue Baloon Bouquet one in the first post, as they all will be. I'm going to do one of 6 birds on a tree limb. Does anyone have any suggestions for the other two?

Cute as can be. Keep us posted on your progress:)

Darling

It is darling, just darling.

And your Mom was right. They always are