There are so many good, interesting, cool reasons to make a photo quilt... and they're remarkably easy to make! Here's how...
Steps
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Choose the size of quilt you want to make. Standard bed sizes are as follows:
- Mattress Sizes
- Twin-39 x 75 inches (or 99 x 190 cm)
- X-Long Twin-39 x 80 inches (99 x 203 cm)
- Full-54 x 75 inches (137 x 190 cm)
- Queen-60 x 80 inches (or 153 x 203 cm)
- King-76 x 80 inches (or 198 x 203 cm)
- California King-72 x 84 inches (or 182 x 213 cm)
- Divide the size of blanket by the size of quilt blocks you wish to sew, and add width for seam allowances, borders, and any other design considerations.
- Obtain enough material for your chosen size of quilt. Choose white or very light colored materials for the photo transfer blocks.
- Launder and iron all fabric before cutting or sewing.
- Transfer your photo's to your light colored quilt fabric as shown in this article:Transfer Photographs to Fabric
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Proceed with sewing a quilt as shown in this article: Make a Quilt
Tips
- Another nice photo quilt...