Kids Making Hugs

But colouring on fabric is a PITA so you will need to think about a stabiliser of some sort, like freezer paper or iron on stuff.

I bought a small kit while in Texas last year at a LQS there that required crayon work. The woman there told me to use plain ol' Crayola Crayons then take just a cheap piece of muslim, lay it over it and press it.. DON'T IRON IT BACK AND FORTH and melt the crayon into the fabric to set it. Of course I have NOT tried this yet for the kit went in the drawer with all the other... well.. kits. LOL!

Good luck!! Debi

Yes - just good ol' crayons will work too. The fabric dye ones just tend to be a bit "softer" and easier to put more colour onto the fabric.

Linda PATCHogue, NY

We've had better luck with Crayola Fabric Markers. We just had a Project Linus event on Monday - the particpants colored approximately 150 fabric squares in a couple hours. The colors are bright and you can heat set them by tossing the squares in the dryer, rather than ironing each one individually. Just be sure you take them out of the dryer right away or you'll end up ironing them anyway - ask me how I know that!

We've had reports that good ol' crayons fade fairly quickly. That's how we started out doing the fabric squares for Project Linus quilts.

Just last week on Simply Quilts there was a segment on class quilts and the materials used to produce them. They had some markers that the instructor assured Alex the inks would stand up to abuse. Here's a link to the episode guide.

Some of the wax crayons for drawing on fabric need synthetic fabric, so watch out for those.

how about textile paints? or sun painting? oops not enough sun outside up north this time of yr.

i'd say do what you can to make it a quickish project. oh, if there are 3 children, how about one small one for each of them to carry around. they might each want their own to hold and hug at night when they go to bed. doesnt need to be huge either. just something will suffice. just my 2 cents. jeanne

I have used crayola fabric crayons - you colour onto a piece of paper, just like doing a regular drawing then transfer the picture to fabric by ironing. They work well. The picture is reversed on the fabric of course so letters need to be drawn as a mirror image.

Allison

Another Idea...maybe...I have seen quilts that kids made their hand outlines and prints, feet outlines and an face image of themselves. All were with fabric paints. A friend made 3 quilts one of each of these and they auctioned them off for class money. They were adorable. Jeanbaby

I got some grant money from a local newspaper!

I'm going to look into ordering fabric paint with it for this project. Linda PATCHogue, NY

Use Prang brand crayons. They have a higher proportion of pigment and will last a lot longer. For deeper color, after pressing, color again, press and so on. You can use plain white/unbleached paper towels for the press cloth too, and be sure to have it on both sides of the fabric.

One way to make sure you have seam allowances, and to make it a bit easier to draw on the fabric, is to iron the fabric squares to freezer paper, and use painters'/masking tape around the edges. (Allow extra so you can trim the edges when you remove the tape and freezer paper.) You can reuse the freezer paper a few times too. Be sure to wash the fabrics first, without fabric softener of any kind. Press to the freezer paper on a fairly hard surface to help it stay better too.

I have done this with kids before, it works very well and they have a ball.

Pati, > We've had reports that good ol' crayons fade fairly quickly. That's how we

We have Prang crayons in school already. Does this stand up to washing?

I am looking into getting fabric paints since I applied for and was awarded a grant for our club. The problem with this is pure bureaucracy. The grant is made out to the school. It then has to be deposited into the school account. In order to draw on it, I can only deal with companies that are willing to accept purchase orders which have to be approved in advance by an administrator. By the time I get what I want for this project, the school year will be over.

L>Use Prang brand crayons. They have a higher proportion of pigment and