I am waiting for your reply on how you traced, or drew the outline pics of the children. This is one of the prettiest memory quilts I have seen.
I copied the pictures in black and white on regular paper using my scanner. Then I used my tracing box and parchment paper to trace the pictures. The trick is to pick and choose which facial lines to copy. Too many age the baby's face. I then traced the pencil lines onto fabric, again using the light box. My little granddaughter taught me that it is way easier to after dark with only the tracing box light on. I tried using the coloring book ap on my computer, but it didn't give me the look I wanted.
Funny thing, when I did their house I worked from an old pictures. I reworked the windows because I counted the number of panes incorrectly. When I delivered the quilt I realized that they had replaced all of those little panes with a big picture window. It could have been so much easier to do.
House
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Brother George
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Sister-in-law Heidi
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Zora
09-13-2011 10:45 AM
I embroidered the pictures by hand. It was like eating potato chips once I got started. I couldn't do just one.
MargeD
09-13-2011 10:55 AM
What a beautiful quilt, and I love the embroidered "pictures". You should be proud of the quilt and your hard work.
joyce888
09-13-2011 11:18 AM
Wow what a treasure!
Marjoeal
09-13-2011 11:20 AM
Oh, my! What a wonderful memory. Beautiful work.
Janet L52
09-13-2011 11:45 AM
An absolute treasure! Very pretty and beautifully made!
bevannthomas
09-13-2011 12:04 PM
How did you do the pictures? I really like that.
SandraQuilts
09-13-2011 12:04 PM
How beautiful!~ What an heirloom you have created. Very sweet.
lollygagging
09-13-2011 12:41 PM
Such a lovely 50th Anniversary gift. The history alone makes it such a wonderful heirloom! Beautiful embroidery, great layout and wonderful colors. Thanks for sharing.
