I 'wash' tested the Crayola pictures.
04-02-2012, 12:20 PM
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I wanted the 'worst' case scenario and I used fabric straight off the bolt. I did heat set the crayons between 2 paper towels to remove excess wax. As I suggested, if you are making a 'crayola' quilt, it would be best to do a test on the fabric you will be using to make sure it will stand up to what you plan to do with it.
Yes, the plan is always TLC .... then there's those accidental times when OOOPS! the washer/dryer doesn't get re-set and we don't realize it, until it's too late!
04-02-2012, 05:39 PM
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I wanted the 'worst' case scenario and I used fabric straight off the bolt. I did heat set the crayons between 2 paper towels to remove excess wax. As I suggested, if you are making a 'crayola' quilt, it would be best to do a test on the fabric you will be using to make sure it will stand up to what you plan to do with it.
04-02-2012, 06:38 PM
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Thanks for posting this. Testing is such a sensible thing to do and the more rigorous the better. I picked up 2 bundles of offcuts/scraps/samples from a curtain store yesterday, have peeled off the paper/stickers and currently testing them to the max. Intend to make a throw/quilt (not sure yet) for an armchair....just to protect the leather from the lounging hounds
04-04-2012, 04:05 AM
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I made a Raggedy Ann and Andy quilt that we colored some of the blocks but the grandkids said that they were hard to color. Never thought to put them on freezer paper. I tried again on an old hankie that I was using for a prayer shawl and by accident I started to color the hankie when the fabric was still warm from pressing. The color went on much brighter and easier. I then pressed it with paper towels. The colors seemed to stay after washing but I didn't use bleach. Will warm the fabric first on my next project.
04-04-2012, 05:32 AM
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if you let anything dyed, painted or colored cure, it stays in better. The minimum is 10 days and of course you always use prewashed or some of your color goes out attached to the sizing.
I love using crayons for blocks for my quilts. So fun. And you can have grandchildren make blocks each year and make them into a quilt
I love using crayons for blocks for my quilts. So fun. And you can have grandchildren make blocks each year and make them into a quilt
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