Originally Posted by catrancher
Originally Posted by sandyo
Beautiful. Was it hard to do?
No, it was not hard to do. The instructions went on at length about getting the grid of blocks straight, and it just wasn't that hard. They even had me buy a special gridded flannel, which was a total waste of money. I couldn't get the grid straight because it just clinged to the batting underneath. I ended up drawing my own lines and then just eye-balling it. It is a quilt-as-you-go project. Getting the applique tree enlarged was the most difficult part. The machines generally don't enlarge by 450% (as was required), so I increased it 225% and then again by 200%. It has a lot of steps, but they are not difficult.
When you need to enlarge, use posterazor.
You just scan the picture in, tell it what size you want it to be and the amount of overlap and it will do it for you. It's awesome.