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You use a light fabric that's prepared for dyeing, which is soaking the fabric in Bubble Jet Set and let dry. Then you iron freezer paper to back of fabric (it's cut to the size of a regular copy paper). You feed the fabric thru your printer after you scan the picture. The picture will print onto the fabric. You cut off the excess material. Hope this helps.
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Originally Posted by mariebaker
I didn't read all of the posts, so plz forgive is someone else already gave this link:
http://www.vam.ac.uk/microsites/quilts/patchwork |
You have to copy the picture on to fabric copy paper.
You can get it at Joann's. When you buy the fabric paper it will tell you what to do.Very easy to work with.comes out great to. Good luck.. Sorry I think I miss understold >>> my face is red :oops: |
Good luck. It looks like you have allot of help.
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I want to learn this technique also.
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Cindy the software that daisylil is referring to is called Quilted Photo by Tammie Brower. the website is
www.quiltedphoto.com. You can also do a search on the board for photo quilts and check out the picture done by sewsilly on 09/06/2009 I started a picture several years ago and never finished it. You make me want to dig it out and try again. |
hi! i was reading thru some of the posts and found someone had already given you the same advice i was going to. the reason i'm telling you this is because i normally read thru and if my advice has been given i move on and don't post anything. but i agree it is disappointing to see that 2,000 people looked at your thread and only 63 wrote a message. now you know why i wouldn't normally comment. have a great week end!
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There is a website Soft Fabric Photos.
They will do it for you if you send a photo or you can buy fabric sheets from them. They send photo back with your order. Also, you may check Quilt Store in your area to see if they have a printer to do it for you. |
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I would love to learn how to do the pic. I just got my puter running so now I can upload a pic of what i'm talking about. hang on and i'll try
it's a photo of a photo so it's course, my copie is much clearer and it's rotated but you can get an idea of what it is i'd like to do. I want to keep it in the black and white and todo it all in fabric. Thanks all, I'm gonna be going back over the replies tomorrow and repling to every one. I thank you somuch all of you. I'm sure somewhere among all your suggestions is the help I needed and so much want :-) again god bless and thanks all. |
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-94006-1.htm
a photo traced onto plastic, enlarged and done as applique. |
My scanner plays games with me sometimes too. I have to restart the computer then is recognizes it.
In order to get the picture onto fabric, they have the "Fabric sheets for inkjet printers" you can buy at JoAnns, Walmart, Hancock Fabrics, and I think I've seen them at Hobby Lobby. There are 10 sheets in the pack. You scan the picture into your computer and save it in your pictures. The open the file, load one of the sheets into your printer and print. There are directions on the package as to how to complete the process. Then when I'm ready to add the block to a quilt, I remove the picture from the paper backing. It's even washable!! Hope this helps. |
I have done quite a few picture quilts and have used several products to reproduce the pictures. The one I prefer is called Printed Treasures (inkjet printable fabric Sew-on). You can iron over it and it's washable. It's a little expensive, but I purchase it at JoAnn's with a coupon. Good luck with your project!
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I have the Tammie Brower software and it's easy. so easy my 13 year old niece has made picture quilts of her cat and dog. There use to be a free quilt project download on her website how to make a Mona Lisa likeness. The website use to have a lot of problems, hard to navigate and figure out. I think she lost a lot of business because of the crappy site. I gave up going there. I see her at most big quilt shows. I bought the software from her booth and not online.
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Another possibility:
The Quilting Arts magazine recently devoted it's entire mag to converting photos to quilts: http://www.quiltingdaily.com/blogs/q...july-2011.aspx |
go to your control panel click on printers and find your printer click on it and see if a window pops up with scan photo,if it does make sure your photo is in the scanner and click scan, when done click save as. It goes step by step. If you don't want to enlarge it, buy some photo material, you can find it just about anywhere, then put your photo material in your printer find your pic. and click print hope this helps
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Originally Posted by grammatjr
Originally Posted by cindy4857
Hi all, I have a black and white pic. of my grandson that I would like to duplicate it in fabric for a wall hanging. Only problem is I have no idea how to do it or where to start.
Any how If someone might want to take the task on helping me do fabric Art please please please let me know. First, as far as your messages getting little response - I too have had that experience, but try to remember there are thousands upon thousands of people on this site, and as new messages come in, they move to the top of the list, so often, others sort of get lost in the shuffle. Don't take it personally. If you don't get response, send another message. Second, please excuse that below I am pointing to my quilts, but these are techinques I know and can offer as suggestions for what you want to do. I see that someone directed you to my tutorial (http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-130238-1.htm)on making Fusible Stained Glass Portraits. That is one option. Another option is to print a photo on fabric. There are packages at most fabric or quilt stores that you can just run the sheet through your printer, and it will print in color the photo you have chosen. Here is a link to that product at http://store.junetailor.com/store/p-...heetspack.aspx. One word of caution - make sure it is color fast! I did a project, and as soon as it got wet, it all disappeared! Uggh!! Personally the best print on fabric option for ME, is cyanotype printing, that is how I did these quilts: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-142865-1.htm#3871075 & http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-141797-1.htm page 4 shows this technique. Also on page one of the last link is another option for making a portrait, it was my first try. It basically was a WHOLECLOTH quilt, and I did the portrait all in thread. It was alot easier than I thought it would be to make the pattern. The stitching was still a bit of a stretch for me, but very fun. There are many other options, mainly depending on what computer programs you have available, or how comfortable you are with sort of freehanding things. To give us an idea of what technique you want, please tell us some artists that use the style you want. For example: Maria Elkins, Marilyn Belford, etc, etc. If you want an applique, there are several photo editing programs which will change the photo into a graphic that would be easy to then take different fabrics, and fuse/applique them to a background. Let us know what programs you have and maybe we can be better help. Feel free to shoot me a PM if you want more info. Good luck, and be sure to show us your completed quilt. |
I will go look at her web site.
Thank you so very much |
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Originally Posted by cindy4857
Hi all, I have a black and white pic. of my grandson that I would like to duplicate it in fabric for a wall hanging. Only problem is I have no idea how to do it or where to start. I've been here on the board for hmmm bout a year now I guess. When I post pic's I don't usually get more than a few responses. I often wonder why because most post go on for pages and pages. But If anyone would be willing to help me figure out how to to this I would truly be greatful.
Cross fingers gonna try to post the pic. I can't figure out how to scan it and then get it here. I'm gonna work on it. The computer isn't reconizing my scanner. Any how If someone might want to take the task on helping me do fabric Art please please please let me know. |
Originally Posted by Emma S
A while back somebody on this board posted a link to the Victoria and Albert Museum. You upload your photo, answer a few simple questions and the program gives you a picture that is somewhat like cross stitch patterns but for quilts. A black and white photo would be especially good because it gets bogged down if there are to many colors.
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