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Pamsel 09-15-2013 10:34 AM
Enlarging picture for applique
 
I want to make a quilt for my nephew for Christmas and I know what he really wants is a quilt of his favorite football team, the Seattle Seahawks. I found a terrific pattern that I want to piece for the background of the quilt, but what I would like to do is to applique the team logo in the center of the quilt. I can find lots of pictures of the logo, and it has nice clean lines that would be great to applique...but all the pictures I can find are way too small.

I would like to enlarge it to at least 10 times the size that I can find, what would be the best way to do that? I know you ladies and gentlemen will have some great creative answers for me!

Tartan 09-15-2013 10:39 AM
I either go to a print shop and have a pattern enlarged or use the old grid method. The old grid method is where you trace your shape onto graph paper, you then let your 1/4 inch grid square be equal to an inch or larger. You use the position of the line within a square to draw in in the same proportion in the larger square. It takes a while but it can be done.

Scissor Queen 09-15-2013 11:08 AM
My sort of local Staples has a 24" x 24" printer. I had them enlarge poppies and print them out for giant poppy applique patterns.

cjsews 09-15-2013 12:26 PM
There is a way to put it into the computer and enlarge it on the screen. You can trace it off the monitor.

Neesie 09-15-2013 01:12 PM
You can also enlarge it on your computer, then print out sections and tape the pages together.

lynnie 09-15-2013 04:30 PM
staple wn't do it for you coz it copywrighted, id did one of the jets about 30 yrs ago.

JustAbitCrazy 09-15-2013 04:39 PM
You can also project the image onto the wall as large as you want, and trace it on a paper taped to the wall. Places like Michaels and other craft stores sell small projectors inexpensively. The glass area on them is about 4" square. If you need something larger, then you have to look into an overhead projector---the kind you teachers used to use.

Jackie Spencer 09-15-2013 04:45 PM
I have a scanner, printer, copier, and I can enlarge or make smaller. if you can not find anyone to do it, send me a PM.

Scissor Queen 09-15-2013 05:04 PM
Originally Posted by lynnie (Post 6295860)
staple wn't do it for you coz it copywrighted, id did one of the jets about 30 yrs ago.
They will too. All the applique patterns I've seen in books say it's okay to copy for your own use. As long as you have that part on the page you want copied they don't have a problem with it.

Peckish 09-15-2013 05:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Scissor Queen (Post 6295938)
They will too. All the applique patterns I've seen in books say it's okay to copy for your own use. As long as you have that part on the page you want copied they don't have a problem with it.
It depends on the worker bee that you get. I made an OSU (Oregon) quilt with a Beaver applique and could not find anyone who would enlarge the Beaver logo, because it's a licensed image and they made themselves the License Police. I ended up importing the picture into EQ, tracing the image, and printing out the logo at the size I wanted. It came out on several 8.5 x 11 sheets. I taped it together and it worked great for a pattern.

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