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Old 07-14-2011, 06:56 AM
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Whenever I have digital photos of fabric to work with, which is almost always the case when you can find fabrics online, I use my computer's paint program to compare how the fabrics look together. You can then also resize the pics to scale, paste and cut and design many sewing possibilities. I also purchased a program called Kaleidoscope Kreator 3 and have found that very helpful for deciding if a fabric will work well for One Block Wonders. Both of these methods have saved me from buying fabrics that wouldn't work well many times over - and they are tremendous fun to play with.

Never thought I'd be interested in purchasing a quilt kit, since I enjoy designing and cutting with fabric. But i fell in love with a series of Kaffe Fasset fabrics and couldn't find them for sale, even with online searches. Finally, on my favorite online auction site (don't know if we are allowed to mention the name here on the board) I came across a seller (jordansoforegon) who had done up the fabrics in the nicest log cabin squares as kits.
So I used my computer's Paint program to decide on coordinating fabric for borders and come up with a final design. Though not a perfect representation, this technique lets me see what a quilt might someday look like. I'll paste a picture below.

Many Fassetted Log Cabin Quilt (arr, arr)
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Old 07-14-2011, 06:58 AM
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Gorgous quilt! What version paint do you use?
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Old 07-14-2011, 07:01 AM
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Originally Posted by 1234Irene
Gorgous quilt! What version paint do you use?
LOL! I don't know if I'm more impressed with the fabric or the rendition in Paint. ;-)

Looks just as good as EQ.

And the quilt is divine.
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Huge thanks for that info and illustration.
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Old 07-14-2011, 07:10 AM
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Ah, ok, you used their picture of the finished block. Got it now!

It's a great fabric combo.
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Old 07-14-2011, 07:13 AM
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Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
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Old 07-14-2011, 08:27 AM
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Beautiful quilt
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Old 07-14-2011, 08:36 AM
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that is a lot of work...great use of what you have though..very creative thinking! Thanks for sharing!
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Beautiful
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Nice! I've bought from that seller before...great to deal with and quick shipping!
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