My Brother's Birthday Quilt
I just wanted to thank you for your great book on scrapbook quilts. I just
finished one for my brother's 60th birthday. It was really neat. It had 130
photos on it--- yes, it got bigger as I went and ended up being 60" x 60" (I
began to wonder if I was going to be "wall papering" their family room with
it!) There were black & whites as well as color - 1957 prom and graduation
photos - 1904 grandparents -- current grandchildren -- dancing with his
daughter at her wedding etc. I even typed little tidbits of some of the
photos and sewed them it (e.g., this is the first house that Dick & Barb
bought). Another fun part was to go to our local scrapbook store and get
some neat stickers (e. g "best grandpa") and photo transfer them. They
really transfer well because of the clear and sharp colors. I used some of
their border stickers to highlight photos before transferring. The fabric I
used was a northwoods theme from Moda in greens, tans, and maroons so it had
a nice masculine look. I even took a border paper that had a fishing theme
to it, typed my label for the back of the quilt, shrunk it to 5 x 7 and photo
transferred it! The hardest part of the quilt to adjust to was my "lack of
control" of how it was going to turn out. I'm used to being in control on
where things are going to set. I laid out all the photos where I thought
they should be, began sewing and it turned out totally different (and better)
than my plans. It was really fun to let the size of the photos do their own
arranging. I also learned early in the game how important it is to
accurately square up things to avoid the parallelogram looking sections.
We've never met but you have blessed me with your books!
Kathy Kansier
Springfield, MO
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