Four years after attending a workshop given by Tammie Bowser in Puyallup, Washington at SewExpo, I finally finished this quilt. It was taken from a photo of my Sheltie, Fraser. It took 24 different fabrics and 2250 one and a quarter inch pieces. It isn't as difficult as it looks, Tammie sells a computer program that pixilates a photo. The rest is as easy as paint by number. I couldn't bear to quilt it myself, so a friend did it for me. When I was putting it together, I couldn't see the big picture, but when I saw it from across the room, I was surprised to see the image! The ribbons are from a local quilt walk. It won first place Art and first place viewer's choice. I was on cloud 9! (Huge ribbons!)

beautiful.... :-) you did a great job...

That is really cool!

Beautiful!

How unique!! And you deserve those ribbons! Fantastic job!

Neat! It is deserving of the ribbons.

That is awesome! Looks just like my baby girl Sadie:)

Lynette

Gorgeous! Bet that took awhile!

You did awesome. I haven't been brave enough to try one yet. I have all the books and software. Throw some of that courage my way ok? LOL

Awesome!!! It looks just like the picture :D :D :D
I have wanted to do one of her quilts every since
I seen her demonstrate her technique on tv!!!

Wow, that is amazing beyond words! Incredible!

Very neat, great job on the ribbons

Wow!! Beautiful quilt and well-deserving of the ribbons. Heck-you deserve a ribbon just for counting all the pieces!!

That is awesome. You did such a great job. That quilt deserved those ribbons.

Oh my goodness - that looks like my Sheltie, Lil' Mister. You did a beautiful job and certainly deserve recognition.

Can you use this program for people also? Can you tell me more about it?

Thanks everyone. (I'm blushing)

That's beautiful! It certainly deserves those ribbons!!!

Yes, you can use photos of people too. In fact, Tammie Bowser started with a photo of her baby. Here is a description of how it is done.
http://www.mosaicquilt.com/lesson.cfm

Mu husband saw this as he was walking by and asked, "Is that a QUILT?" LOL! He was impressed!

It's very cool- you deserve those ribbons!

What a great project! You did a wonderful job. Congratulations on the ribbons!

You certainly deserve those beautiful
ribbons, for your work!! :D Your work
of art is gorgeous. Thank you for sharing
with all of us.
:D :D :D :D :D

Wow! That's a wonderful piece of art!

Wow--what alot of work. It's beautiful :!:

Just thinking of that many squares makes me nervous!

I can't tell from the picture -- but how did you quilt it?

How cool! Congrats on the ribbons!!!! :thumbup: :thumbup:

A friend quilted it for me. She used smoke-colored invisible thread. In his fur there are deep curved zig-zags that represent fur. On the borders, she used a simple scroll. I was really pleased with the result.

That's really cool! Great job!

Sounds simply awesome!! :D

AWESOME!!!!! 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)