Description
In How to Make an Appliqué from a Portrait of your Pet, Jodie Davis – expert quilter and author – shows you how to “paint” a portrait of your pet in fabric with this easier-then-it-looks technique. Starting with a photo as a template, Jodie walks you through tracing shapes from the photo onto fusible web, fusing them, and then finishing the edges to make a unique fabric image of your pet. You will be surprised at how realistic it looks! Although thread painting looks complicated, rest assured that it is forgiving, much easier than it looks, and tons of fun.
In How to Make an Appliqué from a Portrait of your Pet, you’ll learn how to:
- Choose areas of your pet photo to trace
- Overlap sections for gap-free appliqué
- Trace photo section onto fusible web for a pattern
- Layer and fuse shapes for accuracy using a homemade lightbox
- Finish the edges of your appliqué shapes in one of three ways, in addition to satin stitching
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