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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I know most of you Fiber Arts ladies are in to yarn crafts, but I’m wondering if you have experience with printing on fabric with gel pens and/or crayons. Have read that coloring with gel pens, and then “setting” the piece by ironing it between two aluminum foil sheets can make it colorfast.

I know there’s a way to do crayon art and ironing with a paper towel to set it. But I don’t think it would be colorfast.

Thank you!


33 posted on 08/09/2020 4:10:34 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (If 100% of us contracted this Covid Virus only 99.997% would be left to tell our story.)
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To: MayflowerMadam

I remember when I was a kid, Mom gave us pillow cases that had designs stamped on them. Normally you would embroider them, but she gave us ink pens of some sort and we traced the pictures, then she ironed them to set the ink.

I think we made them for The Grandmas or The Aunties.

That’s all I know about it, LOL!


34 posted on 08/10/2020 7:07:33 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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