Using crayons and markers to draw on fabric block....

I did this a long time ago with my class I was student teaching in, but we drew on paper with fabric crayons, then ironed the pictures on. The only thing you have to watch is lettering comes out backwards. I had them go to the window and place their drawing on the glass, and they wrote their names in pencil on the back, then traced over it on the right side with crayon, the lettering would be reversed. When you iron it on, it is reversed again and is correctly written. We made a keepsake quilt for my supervising teacher, she loved it!

Coffeebreak,

Don't give up without trying. Why don't you take a scrap fabric and color on it, heat set it. Throw it in the wash and see what happens? You might be pleasantly surprised. Ya never know.

You could also have them draw/ color and then use their pictures to make a pattern for applique. That could be kind of tough for stick figures though.

I have a scrap of cotton and I'll go color on it and let you know how that goes as I have some laundry to do today.

OK, I have used 100% cotton that was pre-washed.
The crayons are Crayola and are NOT specifically marked as washable. I sampled 23 of the box of 24.
I heat set it on the cotton setting. I placed the fabric so the crayon markings were face down on white copier paper and heat set it from the back. It did leave some residue on the white paper. I thought about using news paper, but was afraid the higher heat might cause ink transfer. I would suggest plain paper for the heat setting.
It will be washed with powdered detergent on warm, no fabric softener, and dried on medium.

In about an hour and 15 minutes I'll have the final results of our crayon test.

Mad Scientist Cathy

Why am I picturing all of Cathy's whites coming out of the dryer with rainbows on them?

Wow! Cathy, now that is dedication and devotion! I sure hope that your good will gesture is not with dying of your own wash load! You go, girl! Wow! I am impressed !

Ummm. My clothes all look fine.

The washer ate the fabric piece. The scrap of cotton was a bit larger than a dollar bill. Seeing as those and the dryer sheets have gone through the washer before I didn't think too much of it. I dropped it on top of a load of kindergarten clothes. I just transferred the clothes from the washer to the dryer and the sample is missing. I went through the load three times. I shook out all of the clothes, looked inside socks, checked to see if it got hung up someplace in the washer, and nuthin'. I'll see if it shows up in the next load through the washer. We have one of those HE top-loading washers. It may have slipped in some place around the agitator thing in the bottom. Funny how it wouldn't eat a dollar bill or a dryer sheet that fell in there, but would scarf up the quilting cotton....
I'll try again with a bigger piece.
Sorry for the delay!

Cath

In the wash now & safety pinned to a wash rag!

I did like Karen did when I was little. Recently found seven brand new packages of fabric crayons at the thrift store and the whole bunch was only $2. Need to try those out soon. I'd love to have some of the girls drawings on a quilt. May plan to do that for Mom and Dad for their anniversary which is coming up mid-year.

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Ummm. My clothes all look fine.

The washer ate the fabric piece. The scrap of cotton was a bit larger than a dollar bill. Seeing as those and the dryer sheets have gone through the washer before I didn't think too much of it. I dropped it on top of a load of kindergarten clothes. I just transferred the clothes from the washer to the dryer and the sample is missing. I went through the load three times. I shook out all of the clothes, looked inside socks, checked to see if it got hung up someplace in the washer, and nuthin'. I'll see if it shows up in the next load through the washer. We have one of those HE top-loading washers. It may have slipped in some place around the agitator thing in the bottom. Funny how it wouldn't eat a dollar bill or a dryer sheet that fell in there, but would scarf up the quilting cotton....
I'll try again with a bigger piece.
Sorry for the delay!

Cath

In the wash now & safety pinned to a wash rag!

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The first one probably went where the one white sock always goes from the dryer!!! I did have my GD color on one today and will test it tomorrow. Hope yours goes okay Cath!

I did this last year using the old fashioned crayons (crayola box of 64 colors from an office supply store) just colored on white 100% cotton fabric & heat set it. It worked just fine. But when I tried it again on another fabric, most of the color ironed right out. (I used plain old printer paper & an old iron) The sizing has to be washed out first, & testing is a really good idea.