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Mom's Memory Quillow

I can't recall if I mentioned the details to this project here or just on my LJ but a quick recap: I'd been wanting to make something quilted for my Sis because she's been having an extremely difficult time of it since our Mom died in November of last year. I've got my Mom's wedding dress which is pretty much in tatters except for one long piece of satin from the floor length skirt and some hand covered satin buttons and some exquisitive pieces of lace trim that was all hand sewn by her mother. I had originally wanted to incorporate some red velvet into it as the last Christmas present I'd got for my mom was a blouse of red velvet but never got to give it to her. Well, I quickly learned an entirely new level of respect for those who sew on such material. I swore I'd never ever touch velvet again. Velvet, I discovered, is evil stuff! So I decided on a cotton red fabric since red was also my mother's favorite color. Here are the results:

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is a photo of her on her way to a piano recital when she was incollege, prior to meeting my Father. The wool skirt is our familyhunting tartan pattern.I estimate the time frame on this photo somewhere between1954-1956.
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is my Mom in Reno, shortly after marrying my Father and priorto my birth. If I'm in there it would be 1958. As slippery as the satin was to work with I decided against putting any stabalizer on the back because I wanted the satin to feel soft, the same as it was when she wore it. The photo is on a fabric paper. I had tried an iron on paper but really disliked the results. I'm kind of sold on this method of transferring photos onto quilting projects now. I only did in the ditch stitching and chose to embellish the flowers with a pattern on my machine. I think my Mother would have liked it and I'm pretty sure my Sis will. I thought ya'll might like to see it as well.

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Terri
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I think it's marvelous! Thanks for sharing, Terri!

Reply to
Carolyn McCarty

Gorgeous. Wonderful way to hold your mother's image close.

Reply to
maryd

Well, my goodness, Terri, for somebody who's not comfortable with satin and velvet you certainly did beautiful sewing. Your fancy stitching for framing is really lovely. Good, good for you. I'm so glad you did this for your sister; they are so precious to us. Polly

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Polly Esther

im new here and i have a question to ask....How did you get that photo onto fabric of your mom...i think that is a treasure indeed and would love to do that myself for a few photos of my mom i lost at age

12....can you tell me how to do it and what i need to get or how to transfer it..i need simple directions cause im always brain dead ..hahaha i would appreciate this alot..i love your work its gorgeous and such a priceless gift.. cathy
Reply to
chatty cathy

Lovely idea, Terri. I'm sure your sister will love it. . In message , Terri writes

Reply to
Patti

Welcome Cathy. Just in case your question gets missed within this thread, a quick answer would be by using a paper-backed fabric, suitable for photo transfer and printing on whichever kind of printer you have. Laser printers and ink jet printers sometimes require different 'stuff'. The photo transfer fabric/paper is easily obtainable online or in your local quilt shop, though it is rather expensive. It is worth it for those very special pieces. We have often discussed a good 'brand' in the past (and, as I am in the UK, we might have different ones). If you go to Google, then click on 'groups', then type in 'rec.crafts.textiles,quilting' you can then search for one of these discussions. 'Photo transfer' should get you to some. . In message , chatty cathy writes

Reply to
Patti

Terri, it's beautiful!! Your sister will love it.

Reply to
Debi Matlack

Absolutely beautiful! You did a great job with the satin.

-- Anita --

Reply to
Irrational Number

Cathy, Photo transfers are fairly easy to do on your computer, depending on the printer you have. Pre-prepared photo transfer fabric is easiest, although not inexpensive for a good quality. This is fabric, either white or off white/cream, which has been treated to accept the printer ink more permanently, then "attached" to something like freezer paper. (How/what depends on if it is prepared for an ink jet or laser printer.) Do not put regular freezer paper or fabric prepared for ink jet printers through a laser printer!!! A couple of the best of the pre-prepared are Printed Treasures and the one put out by the Electric Quilt company. Some of the other brands are only "washable" in cool water without detergent, or will fade out badly. Read the packaging to see what is recommended for care of the finished product.

You can also buy some stuff to prepare your own photo transfer fabric. But it is time consuming, and may not really be worth it for just a few pages. The chemical does deteriorate after being opened, and after being on the fabric. So if you are not going to use it within about a year, it really does work out to be better to use the already ready fabric.

There are several books available that deal specifically with printing on fabric, one by Jean Lawry (sp????) was recently revised with new info and was one of the first. But I cannot remember the name of it. You might check your library for a book that has more info.

Have fun, and please do not hesitate to ask questions, welcome to the group, pull up a chair and someone will pass the chocolate---

Pati, > im new here and i have a question to ask....How did you get that photo

Reply to
Pati Cook

It's great, Terri! Your sister will love it!

Reply to
Donna in NE La.

"Polly Esther" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@corp.supernews.com:

Thank you Polly and everyone! Cathy, I'm glad to see you here and since you already got some great instructions from Patti I'll let her words speak for me. And as she mentioned the inkjet fabric paper is expensive. I bought some more today at Joann's. Sob. A package of 10-washable stuff which is supposed to be a bit more resistant to fading is around @ $2.00/sheet. I really cannot see another more efficient way of doing it and it's something to use only for something that will be a family momento or heirloom. In this case I didn't mind a bit.

Terri

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Terri

DD sent us some pictures taken from her deck today and Terri's beautiful pillow inspires me to surprise DD with one. I used the very last two sheets of my Printed Treasures. For those of you who've never tried these, they truly are wonderful but quite expensive. The last pack of 5 that I bought cost $ 4.20 per sheet including shipping. Today, I located some at

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for $ 3.40 per sheet (about $ 16.95 total) and no charge for postage or shipping. Some quilters here have done even better over at ebay. Warnings - they also make some that are called "peel and stick" and that's probably not what you want. You also need to know what kind of computer printer you have, most likely it is an Inkjet. Follow their instructions carefully, that is - place the sheet in the printer with the fabric side face-down. Other than that? just one more. I tried some sheets from an office supply store. They did not play nicely with my SM; the sheets were really hard to stitch. As ever I am not affiliated; just hopeful. Polly

Reply to
Polly Esther

Your quilt is just lovely Terri. I'm sure your sister will cherish it for many years to come.

Patti in Seattle

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Patti S

"Polly Esther" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@corp.supernews.com:

Yay! (I'm trying really hard to use my powers for good and not evil.) Heh. I'd sure love to see a picture of your creation and...aren't they fun?

I used the very last two

Now that's a thought. It makes me cry to think how expensive they are.

They did not play nicely with

Huh. Since I've had no trouble at all with that I'm trying to think if there's something special I've done and the only thing I can think of is I usually switch to an extra sharp needle.

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Terri

Terri, I didn't have trouble SM stitching the Printed Treasures. It was the ones from the office supply that had the texture of roofing material. I believe they were made by Avery or Acme or one of those words that begin with 'A'. Polly

"Terri" Huh. Since I've had no trouble at all with that I'm trying to think

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Polly Esther

Terri - that is truly a work of art. I'm sure that your Sis will love it.

And for the record, velvet is not evil. It can be done. Use the walking foot next time, and pin every 1/2 " or so. I once made a tailored jacket out of creme color velvet (actually over 30 yrs ago), and I still wear it occasionally. :-)

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TerriLee in WA (state)

"TerriLee in WA \(state\)" wrote in news:mizfi.526$ snipped-for-privacy@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net:

NONONO! Do not try and soften me up to the evil satanic imp of all fabrics!

It can be done. Use the walking

The problem I had really was trying to sew the satin to the crushed velvet. Talk about two slippery characters! And that was still putting fusible interfacing on both fabrics first. Even after pinning every micro-angstrom it still wanted to go all over the place. But I'll remember your tips if I ever recover from my velvet scars enough to consider attempting it again. :)

Reply to
Terri

If it gave you that much fuss, you could have tried tapeing the seams together with masking tape, and then just sewing along the edge of the tape. Another thing that helps sometimes is sticking fine grit sandpaper, down on your sewing machine, though that only hangs onto the fabric on the bottom. I know one woman who swears by pinning horizontally in an almost continuous line, with one placed perpendicularly across every few pins when sewing silks. I think she is mad, but there you go. (G) I could maybe pull that off with safety pins, but one of my rules is the more pins the more holes in _me_.

NightMist tries to be smart with pinning, rather than going for massive coverage

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NightMist

"Polly Esther" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@corp.supernews.com:

Ah, I'm sorry; I read that wrong. I'm online searching for something else and noticed that Nancy's Notions sells a pack of 6 for $13.50 which is about half what Joann's wanted for 10 sheets. There's also a roll for the price of the 10 sheets at Joann's. Guess who's going to order some from Nancy's Notions?

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Terri

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