EASY Printing Out Large Scale Images and Patterns

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05-23-2011, 05:15 AM

Johanna Fritz

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My friend Chris Kirsch has a blog with great quilting tips. Today's is:
Making pictures or patterns larger and then printing them easily.
She explains a few really simple steps to do this in MS Excel-yes Excel. It is very quick and works like a dream.

http://clkquilt.wordpress.com/2011/0...e-big-picture/

05-23-2011, 05:18 AM

Sewfine

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Thanks for sharing.

05-23-2011, 05:24 AM

Awesumpunk

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cool

05-23-2011, 05:34 AM

irishrose

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Excel and I are not best friends, but she makes it sound easy. Thank you for the post.

05-23-2011, 06:04 AM

JCquilts

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This is great, thanks for sharing

05-23-2011, 06:08 AM

QuiltnNan

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this is fantastic information. i opened my Excel and followed the setup instructions. before inserting the picture, i saved my Excel spreadsheet with the name Enlarging for Quilting. this way, i don't have to set it up every time and i don't have to search for the instructions again.

05-23-2011, 07:21 AM

babyboomerquilter

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Thanks for the link!

05-24-2011, 03:25 AM

echoemb

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that is a great idea...definitely saved it.

05-24-2011, 03:50 AM

jacqueck

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It works....but how do you actually size the pattern? I can get it to page size like the directions suggest, but what if I need that patern to be 14x20, for instance? This works great and would be WONDERFUL if I/we can figure out that last detail.

Thanks for sharing a great idea.