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Daisy Quilt by =CyberSunbeam:iconCyberSunbeam:

Categories Artisan Crafts > Textiles > Quilting

©2007-2008 =CyberSunbeam
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Submitted: June 5, 2007
File Size: 118 KB
Image Size: 118 KB
Resolution: 850×650
Comments: 21
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Make: Canon
Model: Canon PowerShot A630
Shutter Speed: 1/60 second
F Number: F/2.8
Focal Length: 7 mm
Date Picture Taken: Jun 1, 2007, 11:18:25 AM

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Did this for my mom. It's slightly larger than a king-sized quilt. I hadn't quite finished it when I took the picture, but all I really lacked was trimming off the stray strings and finishing the quilting. Hindsight being 20/20, I should've used all dark green as the background instead of the light and the dark. I'll know better next time. I do plan on making another one - only with much smaller squares. I used 3" x 3" squares on this one. I think in my next one, I'll use 1.5" x 1.5" and make a throw-sized quilt.

It was machine pieced and hand quilted (couldn't get it to fit through the machine to quilt it).

Total of about 50 hours of work.

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~colormist:iconcolormist: Jun 6, 2007, 5:56:06 AM
eeep! That's amazing! I was watching a craft/quilting show on PBS. You're right up there with the best of'em. How did you design the pattern?

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*xayide2:iconxayide2: Jun 6, 2007, 6:59:18 AM
That's really pretty. Great job on selecting the colors to get the shape of the flower. :)

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=CyberSunbeam:iconCyberSunbeam: Jun 6, 2007, 7:17:24 AM
Thanks. :) I wouldn't place myself up there with the best of them, but thank you. :) To make the pattern, I took a picture of a daisy and blacked out the background. Then I reduced the size of the image to 48 x 36 pixels and then reduced the color on the image to 8 colors. I had to do a little clean-up on it once I reduced the colors. I'll post an image of my pattern in just a minute. I'm also working on a poppy pattern
=CyberSunbeam:iconCyberSunbeam: Jun 6, 2007, 7:23:23 AM
Thanks. :) I just posted my pattern to my scraps if you're interested.
*Osa-Art-Farm:iconOsa-Art-Farm: Jun 6, 2007, 8:38:30 PM
I kinda like the dark outline of the flower and the light, garden-y background. All dark green would be boring. This is huge. I think my next would be a 1.5 x 1.5 TOTAL sized one. lol.
Wonder if you could put this in the vector art category? j/k but it would be funny.

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*Osa-Art-Farm:iconOsa-Art-Farm: Jun 6, 2007, 8:44:39 PM
doh! I MEANT PIXEL art, not vector...

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~Momma-Cat:iconMomma-Cat: Jun 7, 2007, 3:37:36 AM
Nicely done. I think it's so neat that you made your pattern from a photograph. I'd like to try that sometime.
=CyberSunbeam:iconCyberSunbeam: Jun 7, 2007, 6:15:37 AM
Thank you very much. It was quite a fun project. Probably would've been more enjoyable if I hadn't obsessed over getting it done in 4 weeks. :)
=CyberSunbeam:iconCyberSunbeam: Jun 7, 2007, 6:17:59 AM
Thank you. I originally had intended to make the whole background that light gardeny green. But when I went to cut out the squares, I was about 1/2 a yard short of having enough fabric. And I couldn't find any more of that particular fabric. The dark green does make the flower stand out more. :)
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