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Aug. 98: Create permanent quilt labels, download fabric to quilt
software libraries, manage stripes in quilt software like Quilt-Pro
fabric libraries, virtual round robins for Quilt-Pro and Electric Quilt,
and scanning tips
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General Topics of Interest to Computer
Quilters
Create Permanent Labels using Quilting Programs,
the printer, brush pens and pigma micron pens over the Inkjet labels
to rendered them permanent. Sue Gilbert shares her experience on the
Info-Eq Mail List.
The following is her post:
I did some quilt blocks for Sakura (makers of the Pigma pens) last
year, and I found that using their brush pens and pigma micron pens
over Inkjet labels rendered them permanent. Pigma and brush pens
come in all basic colors: red, pink, yellow, orange, blue, purple,
green, brown and black. The brush pens tend to have a darker color
and I mixed or two-toned colors and it came out fine. Also, I have
been using a rapidograph pen and air brush inks (more color variations)
with great success. You still must heat set everything but it is
permanent and saves on the laborious process of removing labels
and reattaching. Rapidograph pens are found in art supply stores
for around $11.00. They have empty ink cartridges so you can fill
it with different colored inks. I use a 3.0/.25 width tip with great
results.
Sue In Maine. To thank Sue for her idea e-mail
her
Downloadable Fabrics to increase you
fabric libraries in quilt programs (Quilt-Pro, QuiltSOFT, PCQuilt,
CorelDRAW) can be found on the following sites:
Managing Stripes in Fabric Libraries of
quilting programs.
Have you ever wanted your stripe to run another direction or perhaps
diagonally and been frustrated because the fabric paints in only
1 direction? Jose Ketob, from Hoensbroek, The Netherlands on the
Quilt-Pro
list suggestions:
Paint the fabric in one patch and then go the Paint-program from
Windows and opened the same
fabric file (fab070za) and flipped it (90 degrees). Save this under
fab070z (for example) to the fabric library. Then go back to...
and you have your stripes horizontal to paint in the next patch.
Editor Note: When rotating your stripe fabric, also consider
using mirror, 45 degree or any other degree for the stripe that
you many want.
To thank Jose for the idea: e-mail
him!
Hint for Printing Templates on Plastic
by Kay Sorenson on the Info-Eq
Mail List states:
I print my ... templates directly on template plastic with my inkjet
printer. I print on the slightly frosted side of the plastic. Easy,
quick and accurate.
Quiltingly,
Kay,
- To thank Kay, e-mail
her!
Virtual Computer Quilting Round Robins
- Round Robins are a great way to meet new cyberspace quilting
friends and are an exciting and very good learning opportunity
to push your computer quilting skills. There are a couple of Cyber
Quilting Websites that are organizing on-going Virtual Rounds
Robins for Quilting Software.
- If you own EQ, Suzanne
Sanger is hosting and continuously organizing new Electric
Quilt Virtual Round Robins. Go to her site and sign up. As soon
as she has enough team members, she will start the next Round
Robin.
- If you own Quilt-Pro, Sheila
Williams hosted the first Quilt-Pro List Virtual Round Robins
and is organizing another one that will start in late September, 1998.
If you would like to participate, e-mail
her. The last Round Robin that she hosted is posted on her Website
with downloadable projects to add to your own project libraries, be
sure to visit for an exciting visual treat and see what potential
Quilt-Pro has!
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