Tag: silhouettes
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Silhouettes instructions available in a free eBook
Last year I wrote a short article for Quilting Arts magazine called “Quick and Easy Silhouette Quilts.” Today, it will be republished in a new free eBook from Interweave on Quilting for Beginners. You can get your free download from Quilting Daily. I started making silhouettes because I wanted a very easy method that even…
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Published: quick and easy silhouette quilts
The June/July 2011 issue of Quilting Arts magazine arrived in my mailbox yesterday. Wow! What an issue! If you’re interested in making quilted portraits, this is THE issue to get. So many different methods, so many different artists. I was thrilled to have my little Quick and Easy Silhouette Quilts article included. I started making…
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Filming for Quilting Arts TV
I’m breathing a big sigh of relief! We just got back from Cincinnati. We went down to the International Quilt Festival where I was scheduled to film two short segments with Pokey Bolton for Quilting Arts TV. Suffice it to say, I’ve been nervous for pretty much the entire last month, beginning about five minutes…
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Eric and Bethany silhouette
DD#2 came over last night to use my Photoshop Elements for a project she was working on. When she was done, she saw me working on some silhouettes, so she decided to do one, too. I had a picture of her husband and her that she liked, and I let her pick out whichever fabrics…
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Tutorial: family silhouette
Here’s another version of the silhouette, only this time I combined several images to include the entire family. (Many thanks to my friend who let me borrow her wonderful family!) To create a family silhouette, I followed the basic instructions given a couple days ago except this time, when I took the pictures, I had…
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Tutorial: embellished silhouette
Yesterday I gave you a silhouette tutorial. Here is one example of how it can be personalized and embellished. This is my mother-in-law, Ellie. For as long as I’ve known her, she has dyed her hair red so I decided I needed to do a red silhouette for her. She was born in 1937, so…
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Tutorial: silhouettes
With Christmas just around the corner, I thought I’d suggest a potential gift idea. These are quick and easy enough to make one of each child or grandchild! I’m always drawn to portraits of any kind, but silhouettes can be particularly interesting. It is amazing to me how much a silhouette still looks like the…
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Missed Deadline
Today I completed three versions of my secret project. I’ve been working on them for a month. I was pretty happy with my end results but, as usual, I didn’t finish every version that I wanted to do. Oh, well. I’m an overachiever, so I expect too much of myself. So I quilted that last…
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Luscious blue fabric
Aren’t these luscious? As soon as I saw them, I knew I wanted to buy the entire line! It’s from Clothworks Fabric Collections. It’s called “Hungarian Blue” and is designed by Sue Zipkin. Of course it didn’t matter that I had no project in mind. I needed this fabric! If money was no object, I…