Who Else Wants to Make Memories by Creating Family Heirlooms Using Actual Photos?
Create Extraordinary Images on Fabric
Using Your InkJet Computer Printer
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Greetings Quilter -
Several years ago, the superintendent of the school district I work for announced that he would retire. He had been with the district almost 40 years, and had taught and been a principal at several schools.
A group of us decided to make a memory quilt for his retirement – creating a schoolhouse block representing each school in the district, and blocks representing the district office and bus garage. We also decided that it would be fun to put a picture of the school marquee in each block.
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| A school marquee printed on fabric |
Not being fans of detailed appliqué, we decided to use clip art, then print the picture of each marquee on fabric, and appliqué a simple square onto each school block.
All went so well that we decided to extend the fabric printing to create fabric photos of the superintendent – transferring pictures from old school yearbooks onto the fabric – and placing them in the window of the schoolhouse block where he either taught or was a principal.
The quilt was fantastic! It circled the district for employees, parents, and students to sign. He was very pleased when it was presented to him at his retirement party.
Several years earlier, I made a quilt for our out-going PTA President. I spent hours trying to find some way to transfer a prized picture onto fabric. Eventually I found a method, but it involved some sticky "goo," it ruined the photograph and because of the process, the photo was actually reversed on the fabric - good thing there was no writing in the background because it would have been backwards!
Oh How I Wish I Had the Book More Photo Fun before
I made Any of Those Photo Quilts!
Disappointment set in when we realized that (after the superintendent's quilt was completed) all of the clip art and photos printed on fabric would wash away if the fabric got wet! We didn't know the fabric needed to be pre-treated before it was printed on.
And I didn’t tell you how many times we had to run pieces of fabric through the printer in order to get one good copy. Using tape to hold the fabric on the paper, sometimes the fabric or tape would jam in the printer. Other times the fabric would stretch one way or the other resulting in a cockeyed picture. Oh, the time and fabric we wasted!
And with the PTA President's quilt, the fabric was fine, and she could wash the quilt - but that process actually embedded the photo in a layer of stiff goop onto the fabric we sewed on the back of the quilt, making that section of the quilt feel like a board.
As computers have gotten better, transferring most any kind of photo or image onto a piece of fabric has become really easy. Using a special "solution," you can print onto any type of fabric - including denim - in any size that will fit through your computer printer.
And, because printing on the fabric is so easy, it's even more fun to create special images or change the look of your photos as you print them.
But where do you get the ideas?
If you are anything like I am, sometimes I just sit there, looking at a photograph, not knowing where to begin or how to make it more interesting than just a photo on a quilt.
As you can see below, most of the time, I just take a photo and transfer it straight onto the fabric - nothing fancy, not much original - just a picture.
All I really need are a few ideas to start me to thinking about how a simple photo can become something really unique. And with this quilting resource, we can get a great start on some creative images for our quilts.
With the year end holidays and summer weddings imminent, you can give someone the promise of a special quilt, letting them choose the pictures to include in the quilt. And then you can take a look and see if there is a unique look that will make the picture even more special.
Change the color tones to make it look like a different season; take a color picture and turn it into black and white or brown and white for an old-timey look; select a picture of a beautiful sunset and enhance some of the colors to match the fabric in patchwork blocks that will surround the pictures.
Your family and friends will love you for your creativity and thoughtfulness.
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What gift could be better than that? How very personal and original. Something your family and friends will treasure for the rest of their lives, and will share with their family and friends.
Save yourself time, money and aggravation by using this resource!
With More Photo Fun, you will know the very best methods for transferring your photos to fabric. You won’t waste time and fabric experimenting.
More Photo Fun is a complete step-by-step guide that walks you through the entire process. You can print your photos to use as squares in a block or for other craft projects. Nothing is left out. This book teaches you how to:
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Create extraordinary images on fabric….
…using any brand of inkjet printer or scanner. You will find easy-to-learn photo effects to jazz up your quilts as well as other crafts.
Plus, if you invested in EQ7 quilt design software, you will be able to do all of this right in the program. You can crop your pictures, change the colors, adjust anything you want - and then print it onto the piece of fabric that you have chosen for your quilt.
And with More Photo Fun, you'll have the ideas to get you going, and the step-by-step directions to ensure that your project is perfect!
Cyndy Lyle Rymer and Lynn Koolish are longtime quilters and editors at C&T Publishing. Cyndy was the editor of Photo Fun and has written and edited several other books for C&T. She has also appeared on HGTV’s Simply Quilts.
Cyndy and Lynn have worked with the experts at Hewlett-Packard, a leading global provider of high-tech products, including computers, printers and scanners. Together these experts provide all of their know-how written in the www.How-To-Quilt.com step-by-step manner that makes everything easy to understand.
Transferring photos to fabric has become an extremely popular technique. With all of the resources available, how do you know which to choose? With More Photo Fun, you can be confident that you are getting the best information from the experts – those with the latest technology and the latest quilting ideas and techniques – written in an easy-to-understand way. Using the information in this book, you will feel like an experienced quilter on your very first photo project!
By now, you know that More Photo Fun, is the right resource for the newest trend in quilting. All you need to know is how to order.
By the way - this is such a fantastic resource that I have chosen it to the book of the month for Penny's Inner Circle Members of TheQuiltingCoach.com
Happy Quilting!
Penny Halgren
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Creative ideas for using photos and other images in your quilts and other projects. |
Yes! Add my name to the list for More Photo Fun. I am excited about adding this new book to my quilting resources so I can make beautiful and amazing quilts using fun and creative photos. I understand that the deadline for reserving copies of this fantastic new quilting resource is midnight Pacific Time, Monday, July 19, and that you will place your order bright and early Tuesday morning, so I can expect my copy to arrive in my mailbox toward the end of July.
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Happy Quilting!
Penny Halgren
Take advantage of this offer! The deadline is midnight Pacific Time, Monday, July 19. These will be shipped toward the end of July.
I will show you how to use the photo imaging portion of the EQ7 quilt design software during our online classes. Having this book will give you a fantastic starting point for some quilt designs using photos.
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| This was the first time I transferred a photo onto a quilt. The photo was backward because it used some kind of "goo" that it soaked in. | These were hot pads I made for my fellow Rotarians. I printed a Club greeting on denim. Funny, I got them back at the end of the year! Just a joke. | This t-shirt quilt for my dad has flannel Eccentric Star blocks. Each of the blocks has a picture transferred onto flannel using a photo transfer method. This pattern is available: T-shirt quilt |