Well, here is my quarter project post!
I found an old muffin tin, bunches of crayons, and a cotton pillowcase.
Then, I lightly sketched my design onto the pillowcase with a pencil.
Next, I unwrapped a box of crayons...
...broke them into chunks...
...and separated them by color into the muffin tin.
I stuck the muffin tin into the oven on the lowest temperature.
After about five or ten minutes, the crayons had melted.
I took the tin out of the oven, and using an old paintbrush, I started painting my design.
Every few minutes the wax began to harden, so I had to stick it back in the oven.
Several people commented on the tutorial that a warming tray may be much better than the oven.
If you're in a hurry, or want to be more efficient, you might want that.
Being the spendthrift I am,
I took the time-consuming but cheap path.
:P
Also, the wax hardened onto the bristles of my brushes, and they became unusable.
So having a pot of boiling water is helpful, to pour over the stiff bristles, and to soak brushes in.
A warning...the container used to soak your brushes in will quickly become covered in hard wax.
Rather hard to clean.
:P
And note the layer of wax on top of the water...
It helps to clean that off with a bit of paper every so often, or else every time you lift out a brush, it will be re-coated in wax.
And...
Here is the fabric completely painted!
It took maybe five or six hours to paint it all.
Phew!
Sweaty work in such a suffocatingly hot kitchen!
:)
I'll post about the last half of the project in a day or two.
