Teach Me Please-paperpiecing from photo image
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Originally Posted by All Thumbs
I see what you mean about showing light with grey scaling. The ice on the tree top really shows the sun light coming from the left side of photo.
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Originally Posted by MTS
Here's a pathetic - repeat, PATHETIC - example of how you would do it.
But you can see the different sections that you would draw on the picture. The only rule is (if you're PP) you have to have straight lines.
And even that's bendable. haha. :roll:
You take it section by section by section. And you break down to as many as you - YOU - want to handle.
But you can see the different sections that you would draw on the picture. The only rule is (if you're PP) you have to have straight lines.
And even that's bendable. haha. :roll:
You take it section by section by section. And you break down to as many as you - YOU - want to handle.
Try this- http://nanayane.wordpress.com/2010/0...tern-creation/
#43
Oh gosh, Applique, I wish I had not posted my virgin attempt! Oh well, quilt police are very kind on this Board and everyone has to start at some point....my point is low, low, low.........lol Thanks
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First print the photo on a piece of graph paper instead of copy paper. Rule the paper into nine pieces, cut them out. and copy each one separately another 300%, and if it is not big enough, do it again.
When it is the size you want, tape all the pieces together into one big sheet,. This is your guide - don't cut it up.
Trace off each different color area, separately, and remember to ADD seam allowances, use that tracing as a pattern, pin it onto a piece of fabric, and cut it out. Embellish with thread painting details if you want. or later.
Sew two pieces together, then add more around them.
As you progress, lay the work you have done on or near the guide, you might want to embellish some more across the sewn together pieces.
When it is the size you want, tape all the pieces together into one big sheet,. This is your guide - don't cut it up.
Trace off each different color area, separately, and remember to ADD seam allowances, use that tracing as a pattern, pin it onto a piece of fabric, and cut it out. Embellish with thread painting details if you want. or later.
Sew two pieces together, then add more around them.
As you progress, lay the work you have done on or near the guide, you might want to embellish some more across the sewn together pieces.
#46
Originally Posted by All Thumbs
Oh gosh, Applique, I wish I had not posted my virgin attempt! Oh well, quilt police are very kind on this Board and everyone has to start at some point....my point is low, low, low.........lol Thanks
#47
Well now, I am in a dilemnna....perhaps I should not be paper piecing but machine appliquing. My fingers are arthritic and I can see by the instructional details aforementioned that I might have some problems ahead of me. To me the actual sewing of fabrics right sides together might be hard to understand which section comes next; and the pieces would surely get tiny with the light and darkness of perspectives.
So, for now I will be continuing on machine applique and utilize the sticky stuff underneath. I assume if I have a large piece of fabric (say barn side) that I cut the back out of the sky foundation piece I started with.
Thank you, jpthequilter--your idea of creating a grid and cutting into a nine-patch progress was brilliant. This is just like a brand new puzzle we all got as kids..just a section at a time.
And Applique, your notes are really encouraging me to dig in and not worry about what my first attempts look like.
Thank you LCatlege who directed me to an UK site with a free trial of automatic pixels to form half-square triangles. I think I will try that too. http://www.vam.ac.uk/microsites/quilts/patchwork
What GENEROUS thoughts and hints from all. Thank you so much!
So, for now I will be continuing on machine applique and utilize the sticky stuff underneath. I assume if I have a large piece of fabric (say barn side) that I cut the back out of the sky foundation piece I started with.
Thank you, jpthequilter--your idea of creating a grid and cutting into a nine-patch progress was brilliant. This is just like a brand new puzzle we all got as kids..just a section at a time.
And Applique, your notes are really encouraging me to dig in and not worry about what my first attempts look like.
Thank you LCatlege who directed me to an UK site with a free trial of automatic pixels to form half-square triangles. I think I will try that too. http://www.vam.ac.uk/microsites/quilts/patchwork
What GENEROUS thoughts and hints from all. Thank you so much!
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Thank you for your kind words! All I did was show you a way to keep the perspective and proportional relationships of the original photo, and reproduce them accurately in the
final wall quilt. jp the quilter
final wall quilt. jp the quilter
#49
Footnote to the UK site. I had problems loading it and then when I got ready to submit my information and photo, it wanted me to sign a release to my picture that the site could use it in any magazine or periodical at their will and that they now owned the photo. I respectfully declined and deleted my work. But it did seem like a super easy way to make half-square triangles into a face, flower or animal.
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