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03-19-2011, 06:34 PM
#235
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Originally Posted by MommaDorian
I wish there was a way to see what 12+ blocks of the same would look like together. I did a block yesterday that I'd like to make more of. But, the colors are a bit bold. I'd hate to make them all and then decide it was too much. kwim?
It is a little viewer made of plastic, it has a eyepiece you look into and the other end is multifacted plastic, made to imitate what a inscet's eye sees. It is clear with no color, but optically multiplies one image into many, all set in rows like a geometric quilt top.
I use mine all the time, saves an enormous amount of time!
They sell them at the shops in science museums, for one place, and maybe touristic novelty shops.?
I am sorry, I do not know the name of the viewer or what it is known by...
google your local science museum store...or if you are way way off in the boonies, ask the local high school biology teacher, if they have a catalog with one in it you can order from? and maybe thank them for their assistance with something nice!
03-19-2011, 06:56 PM
#236
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Originally Posted by Diana79
That is an absolutely GORGEOUS quilt... I wish I would have made something like that..... I'm jealous... Don't change anything on it.... You have made a PERFECT quilt top... now continue to quilt it, and then hang it up... (I have 2 cats that have absolutely RUINED the quilt top I had on my bed... From now on, I only do wall hangings... Diana.
Maybe you could do that too?
Hey, I am a quilter! I have to have a quilt on my bed!
What would my neighbors think if I didn't?
03-20-2011, 06:39 AM
#237
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Location: Claridon Ohio
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If after you put it together and don't like it ,I can send you my home address! Its great as is but you could try plain or solid colors blocks in between to cool it down some{ with photo shop or eq7 type mock ups. Diane C
03-20-2011, 09:20 PM
#239
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
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Hi, Dorian, here is what 16 of them would look like (4x4):
[img]http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...g?t=1300684777 [/img]
I used Photobucket:
1. upload your picture
2. edit - crop it
3. edit - layers - to make more and "attach them"
Hope this helps.
[img]http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...g?t=1300684777 [/img]
I used Photobucket:
1. upload your picture
2. edit - crop it
3. edit - layers - to make more and "attach them"
Hope this helps.
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