It's all Becka's fault
Whenever my friend Becka does something new and creative that looks like something I can handle, I have to try also. The newest interest is Paper Foundation Piecing for making designs for quilts. It's so much easier to make intricate designs using this technique than to cut out zillions of tiny squares and triangles, etc.
We spent several hours on Saturday afternoon at Joann Fabrics finding various quilting types of fabric for me, as well as a few random fabrics for some of her projects. (And yes, all of the sales clerks recognized her, some even remembered that she works at the MN Textile Center.) We found a really cool pattern book, A Quilter's Ark, that has some good critter patterns.
This black bear is my first attempt at a paper foundation pieced block:
I don't know enough about all of the cool software I have. This is a PDF file requiring Acrobat reader (sorry, Mom), because I couldn't remember how to use Photoshop to create a thumbnail.
----Entry date 8/16/04----
I'm trying one of Andy's suggestions, so maybe this image will work better:
Ah, yes. Much better. Thanks, Andy. :-)
Comments
File -> Save As... and choose "JPEG" from the "Format" popup menu. If you want to shrink it you'll need to do Image -> Image Size and type in new width (e.g. 500 pixels) and click "OK" then save it.
OR
File -> Save For Web... and select "JPEG High" from the Preset menu. If you want to shrink the image, you can click on the "Image Size" tab and type "50" or some other number in the Percent text field, then click on the "Apply" button. Then click "Save" and choose a file name.
OR
Open the file in ImageReady and select optimization settings in the Optimize Palette and choose "Save Optimized As..." from the File Menu.
There are more ways to do it if you want... :-P
- Andy
Posted by: Andy | August 16, 2004 11:14 AM
I LOVE the bear. it turned out really cool. i recognize some of that fabric from our shopping trip. i might have to get a copy of that pattern to make something for my sister, beth, the bear fiend.
Posted by: becka | August 15, 2004 11:41 PM
"Sorry, Mom" because I don't have Acrobatic reader or because I don't know how to use it? I do know how to use it at work - that's how I get my Medicaid RA's.
Posted by: Mom | August 15, 2004 6:17 PM
Hey, that's cool. Do they have a wolf?
Posted by: Philip T, Hunter | August 10, 2004 7:25 AM