New Class! Photos to Fabrics!

I was challenged a few months back to create a new class.  Dawna thru down the challenge (I don’t think she expected me get so involved).  I can’t just pick a pattern and some fabric, oh no no no!

I started with a photo I took on my vacation last year. these flowers were at Pikes Place Market in Seattle. Have I told you I love tulips? 

Next,  I put the picture into a program that picks colors from the photo (I used Colorschemer).  These are the colors that were pulled from the photo, pretty cool, huh?

Let’ keep going…  I designed a block in EQ7.  Here is my block with the photo colors inserted.  This block was made using 2  1/2” strips (that way I could use the Accu-Cut at work)! 

I used this block and put it into different setting on the EQ7 program. I have done the math and have a pattern for 4 sizes, ranging from Table Runner to King Size.  I made the blocks so they are not symmetrical, this way there are sooo many variations to the quilt based on block rotation.

This pattern is available on my website: 

Needle in a Hayes Stack.

This one shall be named:  Adalia

Table Runner (4 blocks).

Lap (12 blocks).

Twin (35 blocks).

King (64 blocks).

Now it was time to pick out fabrics!  I printed out my  fabric card and went shopping.  I don’t seem to have a picture of the fabrics before I cut them up, so here is a close up of the Table Runner with my fabric choices:

My sample table runner still needs a binding, but here it is…

I am teaching this class currently at Bolts in the Bathtub.  We have had the first monthly session.  Each student brings (or sends to me in an email) a photo to start with.  Each quilt will be so different depending on color  and fabric selection, quilt size and block orientation.  This should be such a adventure each and every month.  There will be a new block each month (based on 2  1/2 “ strips).  Let me show you some of the photos and colors/fabrics chosen last month.  I hope to see some finished projects at our next class.

Sheryl:

Beckie:

Sandy:

Peggy (she wasn’t able to come to class, so we played with her pictures and gave her 2 color cards to choose from, I haven’t seen her fabric choices so I will be surprised next class as well):

June (she couldn't come either, so we chose 2 sets of colors from the same photo):

Here is a sneak peak at next months block…

 

The next class at Bolts in the Bathtub will be October 27th from 2pm – 5pm.  At  first we called it Jpegs to Colored Threads, but have changed the name for November on to be:  Photos to Fabrics.  I think I like that better.  Well, that was quite a long blog, yikes!  Gotta go work on my Block Base Sew Along Block.

Blog at you later,

Tiffany