Quilt From a Photo (Dog with a Teddy)
#1
Quilt From a Photo (Dog with a Teddy)
I saw a Facebook posting called Forgotten Dogs of the Fifth Ward (you can search Facebook for the posting under Fogotten Dogs and dog with a teddy). I emailed the photographer and she gaveme permission to use the photo in a quilt. I will make a lap sized raffle quilt for the organization and an appliqued piece for her mom. In our email she said her mom is a quilter so I will send the extra applique for her mom to piece into a quilt for her daughter. (I only like to do applique). So for those of you who asked how to do it, here goes.
* I printed out the photo then enlarged it to 11 by 17 on a color copier.
* using an ultra fine point Sharpie I traced around all the changes in color and shading.
* the Sharpie bleeds through to the back and that will be my pattern.
* the back of the traced pattern (on 11 by 17 paper) is enlarged to the correct size for the quilt.
* now that I can see how big and complicated the actual pieces will be, I decide which ones work for me and which ones do not. I use white out to get rid of unwanted lines then once again trace the pattern making sure there are no "unconected" lines. Each line must be closed and make a separate piece which will be numbered.
* I now have a large pattern with the numbered pieces on one side and the bleed through back side as the placement guide.
This is as far as I have gone. Next is the toughest part which is deciding which pieces go over and which go under the joining pieces.
* I printed out the photo then enlarged it to 11 by 17 on a color copier.
* using an ultra fine point Sharpie I traced around all the changes in color and shading.
* the Sharpie bleeds through to the back and that will be my pattern.
* the back of the traced pattern (on 11 by 17 paper) is enlarged to the correct size for the quilt.
* now that I can see how big and complicated the actual pieces will be, I decide which ones work for me and which ones do not. I use white out to get rid of unwanted lines then once again trace the pattern making sure there are no "unconected" lines. Each line must be closed and make a separate piece which will be numbered.
* I now have a large pattern with the numbered pieces on one side and the bleed through back side as the placement guide.
This is as far as I have gone. Next is the toughest part which is deciding which pieces go over and which go under the joining pieces.
#7
Power Poster
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Northern California mountains
Posts: 12,538
I look forward to seeing your quilt. The process you describe is roughly what I used for the eagle on my avatar quilt and the 2 dog quilts I've made. I did my enlarging on my printer, taping segments together, but I know people who have had a copy center do theirs. If you have 2 copies, one can be your guide and one cut up as a pattern. For my border collie quilt, I did a lot of thread work in the quilting process to simulate the fur.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Honchey
Blocks of the Month and Week
290
04-29-2014 05:29 AM
craftybear
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
1
09-01-2010 05:34 PM
KathyAire
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
5
07-22-2010 03:51 AM
craftybear
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
25
06-03-2010 09:13 PM