Tuesday 29 July 2008

Vaulting - Balance in motion

My youngest son has taken up vaulting - gymnastics on horseback - more photo opportunities....... The children first practice the routine on a barrel before they move onto the back of the horse.There is a quilt in here somewhere.... :D












Friday 4 July 2008

Salukis, Salukis and more Salukis

I have finally got round to make a photo quilt for a friend of mine..... She breeds Salukis and is passionate about them. I am going to "immortilize" them in fabric for her. Below is a sneak preview of the photos I'll be using. As always, I am going to use fabrics from the Amafu range. I just love the colour range that Amafu produces. The fabric that I am going to print the photos on is already on the line drip drying. Tomorrow I will attempt to print the photos onto the fabric....





And this is what the photos look like transfered onto fabric:


There is a trick to getting photos printed onto fabric......It takes about 30 hours and if the backing paper is longer than the fabric or vise versa, then the fabric folds and gets stuck in the printer..... but I am learning.....I think this quilt is going to look awesome but then I am biased..... :D. I can't wait to cut the photos out and add fabric to them - Crazy Patch here I come........

At long last, I have started putting the quilt together..... These are photos of the fabric blocks.....