WoW! thank you so much for documenting and sharing your process. It is wonderful! Can't wait to see the finished product!

What do you think of this picture for a beginner?

WOW! That is going to be nice. I'm going to be watching this one. I have been collecting batiks to do one of my DIL's Rhodesian Ridgeback. He was run over & killed last summer, when he was on a leash. She took this very hard, so figured I'd try & make one, but now I'll watch how you do it. Thanks for the tut.

Thank you so much for this tutorial! I bought a Tony Whitney "Midnight Glide " kit ad took one or two looks and was totally overwhelmed and could not make since of it . Now I actually think I maight be able to figure it out!

Thanks again,
Rae

Oh wow! I have that one too, and Mello Meadow. I had both of them enlarged so they will go onto a large pieced background done in browns and tans (all batik). It needs to be at least queen size and the larger pieces make it easier to satin stitch. Have fun and keep us posted on yours!!

Update. I have satin stitched most of the interior onto stiffener which was then removed. Have a shot of a piece that did not get "tucked under" well enogh and needed another piece put behind it. Background is partially pieced. Plan to have it ready for quilting by the end of the week.

I have no Idea what I am doing but thanks to your tutorial I can half way make some sence of it.How do you enlarge this I would love to do this . I fell in love at first site and didn't pay attention to how big it was and then was disapointed with the size.
I have a feeling I am going to be addicted to these.lol
Also, I don't know if my machine will do the satin sticth or not so do you have to do this?How do you enlarge this I would love to do this .

If you don't need it to be too big you can do it at a copy center yourself on the largest paper they have in the copiers. Do a section at a time and tape together when printed. I have a printing company near me that has the 36 inch wide copiers for blueprints. They will enlarge a single pattern for me for my own personal use. Staples had a hissy fit when I asked them for a single enlargement. The satin stitch is just a zigzag closed up tight. So your stitch length is very close to zero, as long as it feeds the fabric through you should be ok. Hope this helps.

thanks so much for this tutorial. I've seen some of these and wondered how they were done, now i know, and your instructions are clear

I pieced the background and used Elmer's washable school glue to stick the dog to the background. Ironing it to set it so I could do the stitching around the edge. Stiffener underneath the background. I used a zigzag stitch narrow in width and set to almost zero in length. It cannot be set at zero or it won't move and you'll just make a mountain of thread. The top thread is pulled to the back so you do not see the bobbin thread. The bobbin thread is tighter than normal in tension and lighter weight than the top thread. A separate bobbin case set with the correct tension if you have one and want to do this frequently helps. A sip of paper with the settings for with and length can also be stored with the bobbin case so it will be easier the next time. So here is Buster ready for quilting!! I'll post him under picture too. Thanks, it's been fun. Next...