Making Batik Fabric with Crayons

by Susan Myers on April 1, 2011

This is a great way to make your own brightly colored batik fabric using crayons!  A vintage craft come to life!

I’m always looking through my vintage craft magazines for fresh ideas, and every now and then I pick one and run with it. As a quilter, I’ve always had a preference for batik fabrics. I love the vibrant colors! Well, if you have been following my blog for any time, you probably already know that I love me some color. And the idea of using a resist to block color in areas is something that I love doing with my Ukrainian eggs. So, a mix of color and resist dyeing with crayons just seemed right up my alley.

Now before I go any further, I’m betting there was probably an easier way to do this. But I will tell you how I did it, using my instructions that came from a 1956 Workbasket magazine and a few edits thrown in from me when I ran across some minor roadblocks.

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For this project I used:

Several boxes of crayons from the dollar store
100% Cotton fabric (light color)<">