Hello from from Washington State! Longarmer. Need advce for photo quilt.
 

Hi to all! So glad to have found this forum! Some talented folks in the quilting world!!! I am rather new to longarming and have done mostly pantographs. I offered to quilt some lap quilts for seniors but having received them, I see they have photos scattered randomly among the blocks. I realize I shouldn't panto across the photos.....any advice? Has anyone combined panto with perhaps stitch n the ditch around the photos? Not sure how I would manage that....help!

Welcome from western NY and happy quilting :)

Welcome aboard! Sadly even though I have access to a long arm, choosing quilting designs is a huge stumbling block for me. I just don't think in terms of the 3-D of quilting, my brain is still stuck in the 2-D of the piecework.

I will say that I recently made a lap quilt in celebration of a friend's retirement for quilting. It's very simple, just 8" finished squares representing each letter of the alphabet. Her name is Suzan and I had a friend help me photoshop a picture of her head onto a Supergirl clip art, and then I made the block into a snowball with Stars in the corner. It's going to be awkwardly placed but I did decide to just do outlined S which will (most likely) go through my friend's face... Sometimes there are no good answers :(

Maybe use a clear thread and simple quilting?

Hi and welcome from North Carolina! I can't help you with your problem... actually I can' even understand it! I'm just an old fashioned quilter, but there are lots of people here that will help. Enjoy!!

Welcome from Oregon!

I'm no help with longarming, but welcome neighbor!

Welcome form the eastern part of Texas.

Welcome from Oregon. Maybe post on the general advice section to get more help.

Welcome from NE Ohio .