How to use Crayons on Fabric For Stitching Projects | Make a Custom Image #slowstitching

Hello I'm Daniela did you know that you can  use crayons regular Crayola crayons on fabric?  You'll heat set it and then you could create a  custom image that you want to use in your slow   stitching or even on a t-shirt or a scarf.  I like to use these images to make custom   designs perhaps I wanted a particular flower  that I don't have in Fabric or I want to make   something that I can embroider and embellish a  little further instead of just using complete   embroidery I have that image that I've created  with crayon and it uses really common supplies   aside from your crayons you'll need an iron and  some paper towels there are a few other supplies   you can use just to make this task really easy and  look very professional the results are fantastic   I love that I can personalize something to the  color scheme or the images that I want so let   me show you how I do it so there are a few tools  and techniques that make using crayon on fabric   really easy and helpful to do you want to start  with your cotton fabric here and I have a tea   towel and some muslin and I'll show you on both of  the Fabrics the muslin is very thin I find using   a solid color of fabric is ideal but you don't  have to be limited by that you'll also need your   iron and that's an extremely important tool for  this technique now the other techniques and the   other tools are optional they just make it a  little easier but use what you have the other   thing you'll need is either some plain paper or  some paper toweling I prefer the paper toweling   I think it's a little more absorbent than plain  paper but use whatever you have again I think   that's crucial for making this work and making  this work efficiently so to start with we're   going to iron our fabric you want to keep it nice  and flat and pristine so I'll just take my little   ironing mat here and just the area where I'm  going to draw make my little patch or my little   image I'll just make sure that I iron it on the  front and the back just briefly and just to make   it nice and pristine so I'll do that on both the  muslin and the tea towel you basically want to   get out any wrinkles that remain on the area where  you're going to draw so that's what I've done here   now you could put a backing onto the fabric  a temporary backing and so here I have some   freezer paper freezer paper has one side that's  just paper and one side that is waxy so just to   show you I'll attach it to the tea towel just the  backing here and I only need to use a small piece   a piece just large enough for my drawing this  is going to be much bigger than my drawing but   it will work just nicely so I just take and I put  the wax side down up against the fabric and then   just with a hot iron I'm just melting that wax  into the fabric and it's just temporary it gives   me a little bit more of a backing on that fabric  so that when I go to draw on it I have something   a little more substantial to work with so I just  press all around again this helps keep the fabric flat and I'll let this cool then when I flip it  over I have a nice pristine surface to work on   for my muslin though not going to use a backing  I'm not going to iron any backing on it one tip   is to take a little piece of sandpaper and just  stick it behind your fabric so that when you   draw the fabric grips to the Sandpaper I'll  just make sure that there are no wrinkles or   um pieces of thread behind the fabric and  so then I have my muslin ready to go we'll   start the drawing here on the muslin so I have  a waterproof and fade prooof pen here this is   just a micron pen and I'm just going to create  a very simple line art image here I think I'll   make it just a pumpkin so I'm just tracing  it around just the different sections of the pumpkin do that on this side and this is just  in case you can't find the image that you want   to create or you want for your piece I have  something like a pumpkin here you don't have   to use the permanent pen that's completely  optional now you want to come in here and   start coloring your image so these are just a  Crayola box of crayons I happen to like them   best you can use whatever crayons you like you'll  get different results based on the formula of the   crayons you want to use a wax-based crayon as  opposed to an oil-based most crayons that you   purchase for kids are in fact wax based but there  are some that are oilbased so just keep that in   mind it will specifically mention oilbased  on the crayon the worst case if you do use   an oil base just be prepared it might smudge a  little more than the wax-based Crayons so it's   not the end of the road if you use oilbased it's  just preferable to use the wax based and while   you can buy fabric crayons I happen to think that  the standard crayons are very good so now there's   a couple of schools of thought on creating your  drawing using crayons one is to go in there with   a white or a color that matches your background  and you just lightly fill in very lightly all   the layers where you're going to color on with  that white now the white isn't going to show but   it is creating a background so that the weave is  filled in with the crayon and it doesn't use your   colored crayon it will use just the white crayon  and then all your other layers you'll put down   on top of it I find when working by coloring on  fabric especially if it's not stretched out in a   embroidery hoop um you just want to always kind  of continue to go along hold the fabric taut you   can even tape it down if you want but still  keep in mind that you might have to make some   adjustments and then I like to go in and build  up light layers so because it's a pumpkin and   I'm going to make it an orange pumpkin I'm  going to come in here with a little yellow   first and I'm just going to add a light layer  of yellow and as you can see all of my Strokes   are being pulled downward this is just an easier  way to work on fabric so that the fabric doesn't   Bunch up you can try and make scribbles but  I find that the moving downward always in the   same direction is the best way for me so I'll  continue coloring this all I have one layer of   yellow on everything here I'll even do it on  the stem and this is over the light layer of white and now from here once I have that  layer down I can start to build up the   different colors so I go in with my next  lightest color the orange and where the   Shadows are I'm just going to start creating  some of those lines and also at the base of   the pumpkin if I want to add some color to  the front segment I'll do that coming down   from the top and on the sides but I'm leaving  a good portion of yellow exposed and this is   just one technique you can certainly do  it many ways I'll come on the other side here and add a little more of that orange covering  up just a little bit of that yellow then I like to   just take a look at what I've done go back in  and decide where I want to add more color I'm   not going in with just one layer of color  and calling it a day you can do that and   your results will vary and that's okay you might  really enjoy that result I know from experience   I like to add a lot of layers I like that look  that it gives so now I'll take another color of   the orange and I'm going over some more of that  area that I've already colored in again still   leaving the previous colors exposed in certain  areas not all of them adding a little bit less   on the layers so far but as you can see with  each time I stroke the color here I stroke the   crayon on the fabric I'm getting a more intense  color finally I'll take my last color and again   I'm just trying to build up more Shadows now this  isn't a process where it's one and done it can be   if that's what you like but don't feel you need  to get it all done right away the exact way you   want just come back in add more layers blend  and and that's what gives the nice appearance   the appearance of something a little more in depth  than just a solid color not that there's anything   wrong with a solid color but sometimes it's nice  to have a little more graduation and shading and   on the last one I do like to come over to the  edge so now I have most of the pumpkin done   but it's not complete so I'm going to go back in  with a medium color and just blend over some of   those lines still leaving some of that yellow  exposed but I'm brightening up those other layers I can go back in maybe with the  yellow add a little more to that again   it just makes a little more pop of  color and it brightens up some of the areas so that looks pretty good I  can come back skin now choose some greens and work on the stem so  I'm adding more layers to the   stem just the way I did with the segments of the pumpkin and then to make it a little  more realistic I might come in here   with a little bit of green and just  kind of blend it around the different segments play around adding more colors so once you think you have it done the  way you like now it's time to set it with our   iron so what we want to do is melt the wax  from the crayon but leave the dye from the   crayon staining the fabric so now I'm going to  remove the Sandpaper cuz I don't need it on the   back so now I'll take my pressing mat again if  you use an ironing board use the ironing board   I like to have a paper towel on the bottom  botom of my area here just in case anything   leeches out and then I take my paper towel  and I'll fold it twice just on top of that   pumpkin I want to take my hot iron and just  press it on top of that pumpkin now it's the   iron setting for the fabric you don't want  to go higher than the iron setting for your   Fabric and now I'm just going to press it on  the other side just to complete my image this   is a small iron so I have to do two two bouts  of this and I can just keep coming back and forth and so now I'm just going to lift up  my paper towel you can see I have a little   bit of transference of the wax and there  is a little bit of dye in there as well   so now I'm just going to take my paper towel  again and I like to double layer it and I'm   going to do the same thing again and I'll do  this until the paper towel comes away clear   where there's no indication that there's  any more wax coming up from the crayon drawing so I have it this way that looks  pretty good on the underside I can see a   little bit of residue so it's not quite  done yet so I'll take another section and   this time because I've already pressed it  twice I'll just do one layer of paper towel and I don't want to move my iron  I just want to press it in place   if I move my iron there's more of a chance that it smudges I remove that paper towel and again I'm  seeing just a little bit of smudge so I want to   come back in and do this again this is not really  a procedure that you can rush so I have four times   I've pressed the top and it looking pretty good  I want to take that paper towel set it on top   of my pumpkin and now I'm just going to flip  it over and I'm going to heat set it from the   back I'm doing my best to remove all the wax  from my drawing and absorb it into the paper towel there's no residue that I can tell on the  back here I'll just do one more pressing just to   be safe and so now I have my pumpkin now if I  wanted to make the colors more vibrant because   by pressing it with the heat I removed a little  bit of that vibrancy I would simply let it cool   set it back down on that sandpaper and then  just go over the layers again just like this   so I'll do that same procedure until I'm happy  with the results and you can do this over and   over again so again after I have my pumpkin  the way I think I want it I'll go through   that whole procedure where I reset it with the  iron using my paper towels on the back and the   front so there I have my little illustration that  I created on fabric using crayons and if this was   something I wanted to launder I would heat set  it probably two more times just to make sure it   was really set if it's something you're going  to launder like a t-shirt you'll want to wash   it with cold water and then probably hang it  out to dry rather than put it in a dryer but   a lot of people say they have really good  results that once you get rid of the wax   nothing transfers this can be sewn through um  if I wanted to embroider over it so it's really   very handy now let me show you how I create an  illustration using the tea towel and the freezer   paper background so the procedure is the same  as when I use the Sandpaper background on the   piece of muslin I'm going to use my Micron pen and  just make a sketch just maybe of a little flower here again it's a little awkward drawing on  fabric just because that is there is that texture there and the tea towel has a little more texture  than the muslin and then I'll just create a stem here and a leaf then I'll add just a few little circles  inside the flower here so now I'm going to   color it the same way I'm not going to  use the white though for the background   so I'll just choose some colors here so  again I just color it in the same way in   that I make light layers always going in  the same direction this time I just happen   to be going up instead of down but my fabric  isn't bunching or moving by being attached   to the freezer paper it's a little more  secure than the Sandpaper it doesn't have   that grip that the Sandpaper has but it's  still pretty secure and I just build up my layers the beauty of using crayons is that there  are so many beautiful colors in the box and you   can buy a large box 64 or even larger so you  can get almost every color imaginable you don't   have to worry about making so much of a blend to  get your own colors I like to take advantage of   those beautiful colors in the box of crayons I can  really tailor the image and the colors to what I   want for my piece then I'll just come back in with  a little bit of darker colors to make that nice blend now when it comes time to  heat set this you'll want to do   the same procedure I'm going to remove the  freezer paper from the back just by peeling it then I'll add a paper towel to the backing make sure that that paper towel is flat  and flush and I'll take my top paper towel and   press it and again the image is a little  larger than my iron so I'll just press it   about 30 seconds on each side your goal is just  to transfer any of that wax from your image onto   your paper towel now the fabric that you're using  the tightness of the weave how much pigment and   wax it holds you'll get different transfer so  there's no Universal expectation I'll do it one   more time that second ones seem to have just  a little bit of residue so I'll press it heat   set it one more time so then you can decide if  you want to add additional layers of crayon to   increase the vibrancy just wanted to show you  a couple of other techniques that you can use   using the crayons and your fabric so now you  can easily take a stencil or an object with   texture and put it behind your fabric to create  that texture that image so then you'll take any   type of crayon and if you rub it up and down  like a rubbing from a tree or a a stone you can   get that texture and you can use that in your  stitching here are some additional examples   again using the same technique I showed on the  muslin and the little rubbing technique so you   have very interesting results the reason you heat  set your fabric is so that it doesn't transfer if   you're using your piece in some slow stitching  you don't get a lot of transfer anyway but if   you're using it in something like a fabric  book or a t-shirt or a scarf or a brooch   there is a concern for transfer so that's why  we heat set it some people say that they get   very little transfer or bleeding after the heat  set I haven't had a problem with trans transfer   but then again I don't use this technique very  often and on the objects that I use it on they   don't get a lot of handling so that hasn't been  a concern for me if it is a concern you can get   this colorless extender it's for textile medium  is like a little liquid you would paint it over   your image just with a paintbrush let it dry and  then you heat set this and that will guarantee   that there's no transfer so that's something to  consider as well when you're using your crayons   to make a very Custom Image so that's how I use  crayons to customize an image I can make a patch   which can then be made into a brooch or I can  use that little patch on my slow stitching or   as I showed in class I can embellish a tea towel  and use it in my home so the addition of crayons   with fabric really takes that fabric further and  I can do so much more with it who knew you could   do that with Crayola crayons if you've enjoyed  this video please give it a thumbs up and be 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Channel: Daniela Mellen

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Length: 21min 4sec (1264 seconds)

Published: Wed Oct 04 2023