It's fresh strawberry time. I just couldn't eat these without putting them on my scanner and making a picture of them. Eventually they will be printed onto fabric and used in a quilt. Grandma couldn't do that!
Then I decided to scan the leaves that were falling off my croton plant. I have several scans of these leaves which will be so much fun to use in a quilt someday.
Next came a rose that I wanted to remember before it lost it's petals.
My plan is to print these designs on smooth white cotton or silk, back the fabric with a fusible, cut out the images and fuse them to a background to create a quilt.
I also have the option of enlarging or reducing the size of these images which means I can make them larger than life or miniature size.
This is just another way the computer has changed what we are able to do when making a quilt.
Tonight's puzzle is a bouquet of the roses I scanned. I don't think this one will lend itself to cutting out flowers but that doesn't mean there may not be another way to use it.
5 comments:
Great idea to directly scan them! I just picked my first handfull of big raspberries today and was going to photograph them, but I think now I'll scan them instead.
I have printed custom fabrics from floral photographs that I used in a 'Duchman's Puzzle' commission quilt...photos from my clients' trip to Holland. It turned out very well. All of the technological options we have are wonderful!
I never thought to scan such stuff. Thanks for the idea Kay!
Strawberries, yummy! We pay about 5$ for a kilogram...
This is a great idea. The possibillities if opens up in my mind are endless. Thanks for sharing
I take photos of everything, but haven't scanned things like this. Very interesting idea! An artistic mind is a beautiful thing! Thanks, Kay!
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