Help Please with a commissioned wall hanging
03-22-2012, 04:15 PM
#23
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If the commission is to represent a real person/dog, are there pictures of them available? The older method of photocopying and then enlarging the photocopy and simplifying the enlarged copies for patterns might work.
03-22-2012, 08:27 PM
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I finished a quilt in December that was mostly animal appliques. I found most, if not all, of the pictures that I made into patterns on the internet by entering "pictures of (whatever I wanted)" and got a list of free pictures of the object I was looking for. Then I went through the pictures until I found the one I wanted and printed it. Sometimes the object was just the right size and sometimes I had to resize it but I was able to make some wonderful appliques that way. Hope this helps.
03-22-2012, 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted by apiarist
I have been asked to do a wall hanging consisting of a lady chasing a bassett hound dog who is chasing a deer. Gulp!!
How do I start? I had thought of buying panels and cutting them up (provided I can find appropriate ones) or using my embroidery machine to do separate pictures and then applique them on. Any help would be more than welcome.
How do I start? I had thought of buying panels and cutting them up (provided I can find appropriate ones) or using my embroidery machine to do separate pictures and then applique them on. Any help would be more than welcome.
Can this person draw out the design for you to try?
03-22-2012, 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Tartan
Could you use silhouettes instead of realistic applique pictures? I would do better on silhouettes myself. If you do decide to do realistic applique, I'd make sure the person is from the back unless you are really good at faces.
Great idea. The background could then be almost any quilt design.
03-22-2012, 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Tartan
Could you use silhouettes instead of realistic applique pictures? I would do better on silhouettes myself. If you do decide to do realistic applique, I'd make sure the person is from the back unless you are really good at faces.
Great idea. The background could then be almost any quilt design.
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