"Crayons" for Fabric

[Stacey L. Martinez]

About 4 years ago, a friend of a friend decorated an ordinary set of
bed sheets with some sort of fabric crayons. They looked adorable -
very childish and care-free. Any ideas where I can find these? I checked
Michaels, and they have paint crayons which you are supposed to dilute
or brush on dry, but that doesn't seem to be what I want.

Stacey Martinez

[Stephen and Melissa Jones]

Hobby Lobby did have some of these crayons. You may have to ask
for some help in finding them. They are in a small box that is often
hard to find. They look very bright when you first color them, but
they fade to pastel when washed.

Melissa J

[Tina Mena]

Stacey,

Call some of the fabric stores in your area. I think that Minnesota
Fabrics' name in California is either Hancock Fabrics or Fabric
Warehouse. They usually have fabric crayons. Sometimes office supplies
and drug stores carry them.

Tina Mena

[AGold...@clds.net]

In article <32A4BB...@skat.usc.edu>,

"Stacey L. Martinez " <sma...@skat.usc.edu> wrote:
>About 4 years ago, a friend of a friend decorated an ordinary set of
>bed sheets with some sort of fabric crayons. They looked adorable -
>very childish and care-free. Any ideas where I can find these? I checked
>Michaels, and they have paint crayons which you are supposed to dilute
>or brush on dry, but that doesn't seem to be what I want.
>
>
> Stacey Martinez

I have found these crayons at Wal-mart. Ask any of the workers in the back.
I love using these. Made a great t-shirt project for my Girl Scout troop. No
messy paints.

Sebrina

[charlotte keller]

In article <32A4FC...@earthlink.net>, Stephen and Melissa Jones
<jones...@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Stacey L. Martinez wrote:
> >
> > About 4 years ago, a friend of a friend decorated an ordinary set of
> > bed sheets with some sort of fabric crayons. They looked adorable -
> > very childish and care-free. Any ideas where I can find these?

<clipped for brevity sake>

> hard to find. They look very bright when you first color them, but
> they fade to pastel when washed.

Melissa (et al.)-

We just learned about these in fibers' class! I think the reason for the
fading is because of the cotton content in the cloth. These are disperse
dyes and can bond *only* with synthetic fibers like polyester-the higher
the non-synthetic content the less color-fast these dyes are.

Thanks for giving me a chance to share my new-found knowledge!
charlotte
cke...@siu.edu

[Marty]

Stacey, if you can't find them at Walmart, try Joann Fabrics. I have seen
them at both places. Marty

Stacey L. Martinez <sma...@skat.usc.edu> wrote in article
<32A4BB...@skat.usc.edu>...

> About 4 years ago, a friend of a friend decorated an ordinary set of
> bed sheets with some sort of fabric crayons. They looked adorable -
> very childish and care-free. Any ideas where I can find these? >

Stacey Martinez