This week, I made a mosaic quilt.I had attended a class in August taught by Tammy Bowser, who developed this method. She wrote a software program that allows you to enter a photo, and it will print out this paint-by-number type graph. You decide how large your finished piece will be, and how many colors you would like to use. The examples she had at her booth in Nashville were striking. Her uncle was a jazz musician in the 50's and she had wonderful photo mosaics of musicians playing and singing jazz.
I used 15 colors, divided into light, medium and dark color values. I placed a tricot fusible over the chart, and placed my squares over the numbers. I then fused them down with my mini iron, (and I have the burns to prove it!) My squares were 1/2 inches.
This is my work in progress...can you tell who it is??
I finished it today, it's Bill! (Love Bill) Now, I have to peel off the fusible tricot and layer it over the batting and backing and quilt it together. I hope to give it to Janey for Christmas.
1 comment:
This is so neat. I knew it was bill on the second photo..no eyes or nose, but you could tell! (knowing you have a love connection with him helped!)
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