That is one of the most beautiful quilts I have ever seen,
thank you so much for sharing.
barbie50
08-07-2011 07:07 AM
Beautiful and touching. What a lovely tribute to your friend.
CajunQuilter2
08-07-2011 07:08 AM
how incredibly beautiful!!!
angelface1999
08-07-2011 07:10 AM
Oh My what a Beautiful Quilt and Style I would Love to learn it !
Taughtby Grandma
08-07-2011 03:52 PM
That is a phenominal quit! Truely amazing!
mak
08-08-2011 09:58 AM
What a beautiful quilt and what a nice thing to do.
quiltingnana1
08-08-2011 10:30 AM
Originally Posted by amma
This quilt is amazing... what a great friend you are :D:D:D
Ditto! :thumbup:
buddy'smom
08-08-2011 10:38 AM
Amazing quilt and I know how much comfort it must have been for her.
grammatjr
08-09-2011 12:43 PM
Originally Posted by yonnikka
When you say" "I cyanotype printed them into butterfly shapes." can you tell us in detail what this means, "cyantotype".... love to know...
Cyanotype is basically how they used to do blueprints for architectural drawings. The paper (or fabric) is treated with chemicals that are photo sensitive. You must hide the fabric in darkness until you are ready to print. Once it sees light, it begins to develop (think of a photographers darkroom and how the pics develop - same thing, really).
The company (http://www.blueprintsonfabric.com/) I buy my fabrics from sells the pretreated fabrics, or you can buy just the chemicals and treat your own fabric.
You can lay items on the fabric, and if it is solid and tight against the fabric (imagine a block of wood), no light will get to the fabric, so it will remain the color of the fabric. If it has rounded edges (imagine a ball), then the edges will be sort of fuzzy as there will be some indirect light that will get to it. Any areas which receive light will turn cyan blue - real bright blue. What is hidden from light will remain white if the original fabric before treating was white.
It is funny, when you get the treated white fabric, it is bright chartreuse green. You expose it to light, and it changes to confederate gray. You rinse out the excess chemical, and it becomes bright blue. You can do a couple more steps to remove the blue, and it goes pale yellow, almost all white, then one more step, and it can become brown! It is so fun!
For the photos, I make a negative print of the photo, then have Kinkos copy it onto transparancy film (like the teacher uses for overhead projector presentations).