llong0233

Greetings to all. I need your help. My niece is married to an Irish Catholic policeman who is also an Air Force veteran. I want to make a patriotic quilt for him that incorporates his devotion to country and the citizens he protects. I envision using the fabrics in the photo with darker blender. My challenge is I want to put a St. Michael medallion in the center. St. Michael is the patron saint of policemen. I've looked a little online, mostly Googling "images of St. Michael, but haven't found anything that I think will translate to fabric. Most are detailed and intricate. If any one has an idea as to how I can go about depicting St. Michael without really getting into detail I would love to hear your suggestions. Thanks to you all for helping me think about this.

marjben

If you go to catholicfaithstore.com they have many metals that have a more general depiction. Also, one has this policeman's prayer on it if you can do embroidery, might be an option.

mmac71

Could you pick one of the pictures you have located and print it out on the fabric that is on the market in sheets and make that image into a medallion center?

meyert

how about this - not sure if its for sale, but at least its an idea.. and I have heard that spoonflower will do about anything for you (I have never tried)

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/162622236517085515/

meyert

check this out.....could be a block in the quilt. I bet if you look there is shirt with St Michael for policemen as well

https://smile.amazon.com/Michael-For...hael+air+force

anne2016

https://doublevisionary.deviantart.c...ichael-9443014

https://www.google.ca/search?q=color...ih=638#imgrc=_

Maybe not what you want but here's another one. You can download a pdf.
http://paperdali.blogspot.ca/2010/08...angel-san.html

kplumbridge

Check out Spoonflower. I took all our son's army medals and some of his patches and created a layout that I uploaded to Spoonflower and they printed the fabric form me. Here is a photo of the fabric they did for me.[ATTACH=CONFIG]579127[/ATTACH]

Jordan

Looks like some great ideas you got. My son is a policeman and this is a great idea for a medal on the quilt. I pray every night for his safety and his uncle is a catholic priest so I have him saying a little prayer for him too. Please share with us your project as you progress.

Tartan

​If the image on the medal something you could do a dark silhouette of?

Fastpedal

I have a family member in police work. The other night at Quilt Guild a lady, who works in a LQS (her husband is a retired police officer) mentioned that their is a line of quilting fabric coming out called something like A Thin Blue Line or Blue line. I asked her to let me know when it comes into the store. If she does I will post it here on the board.