Making of a Quilt

The step-by-step making of a
Mosaic Photo Quilt
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Eva's Bouquet
60"x60" photo quilt

Hello to you all.

I just wanted to come up with a way of showing how I make my unique type of photo based photo quilts. A problem that I have is that the quilts that I create are all very personal to my clients and their families and therefore I don't show or display them publicly.

With Mother's Day coming and using photos of flowers that I took earlier in the spring, I've decided to create mosaic photo quilt, similar to my unique designs "where the photos become the quilt" . I'll show how I make my quilts, step-by-step on my website and Twitter.

Eva's Bouquet will be a 60"x60" photo quilt made primarily from photos accented with quilt fabrics. I've named the quilt after my wife and the photos that I will be using.

One thing that I hope to achieve in making this quilt is to show off one what I can make quilts and wall hangings from virtually any photos that you have, and how this can be a very creative way of displaying how old and new family photos.

I hope that you enjoy you watching this quilt being created and see the possibilities for your own unique fiber art that I can create for you. So enjoy watching it being done hope to hear from.

Lew Fuller

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If you are planning to place an order

1. Remember to give yourself time to gather your photos
2. Place the order for your quilt as early as possible

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The step-by-step making of a
Mosaic Photo Quilt

Step 1 - Gather the photographs
These are the images that will be used in the making of the quilt

Step 2 - Prepared the layout for "Eva's Bouquet" photo quilt

Once I your photos/digital images, I will prepare a layout of your custom quilt to get your approval before I start making the actual quilt. The layout will include the your images and any quilt fabrics that you may want.

(Above is the line work of the blank pattern)

Step 3 - The materials for "Eva's Bouquet" photo quilt

The photo below shows the fabrics that are being used in the quilt. All the fabrics shown are 100% cotton batiks and the floral images were printed on printable cotton fabric with archival ink and treated for colorfastness. The batting (not shown) is Warm & Natural cotton batting.

Step 4a - Checking layout of the printed fabric images

I laid out the printed fabric images to check how they looked and to make sure the squares were all properly sized.

Step 4b - Checking layout of the batik fabrics

Here I laid out the batik fabrics to check how they looked and to make sure the fabrics were all properly sized.

Step 5 - Making and checking the 10" floral/batik squares

The photo below shows the sewn blocks placed together to make sure that they will fit together properly.

Step 7 - The 10" floral/batik squares sewn into strips

The photo below shows the blocks sewn into strips and laid out make sure that they will fit together properly.

Step 8 - The finished photoquilt

The photo below shows the quilt top, batting and quilt back quilted together.

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Email: lew.photofiberart@gmail.com

Phone: 866.233.4191
Address: 11 Equine Run, Burlington, NJ 08016