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Learn great ideas for combing photography, printing and quiltmaking with Blending Photos with Fabric 2 by Mary Ellen Kranz. Take a photo, print on fabric and blend with desired fabrics to create one of a kind projects. The photography and computer tricks that Mary Ellen teaches in her workshops are included in this follow up to her book Blending Photos with Fabric.

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Blending Photos with Fabric 2
More Great Ideas to Combine Photography, Printing and Quiltmaking

Author: Mary Ellen Kranz
Pages: 144
Page size: 8 1/2" x 11"
Publisher: The Electric Quilt Company
Cover: Soft
Item Code: 4B0140
Weight: 1.30 lb

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Get Ready
Take photos from computer to fabric:

Choose the best digital camera and printer for your needs
Take better pictures
Make do-it-yourself fabric sheets
Edit photos in 10 easy steps

Design
Learn from Mary Ellen's design ideas how to:

Avoid the "bulletin board" effect when combining family photos
Incorporate poetry into your quilt
Extend quilting from the photo into fabric
Create a "window pane" effect with a photo

Learn Computer Techniques
Learn to use Paint Shop Pro™ Photo to:

Turn any photo into a kaleidoscope design
Create unlimited color variations of a photo
Print long strips of text for borders
Turn one photo into a long photo strip
Enlarge a small photo to quilt size
Create large text images to fuse

Bonus! Download the EQ6 project files for select quilts from the web.

About the Author

As a quiltmaker, teacher and author, Mary Ellen Kranz shares her knowledge of how to combine quilting, digital photography, and computer software with quiltmakers across the country. Her quilts appear in shows and galleries and reflect a broad range of quiltmaking skills and techniques.

Mary Ellen Kranz has sewn and quilted since childhood. She found her career path in the computer field but continued to pursue quiltmaking. Twenty years of experience teaching computer technologies provided her with an understanding of how PCs, printers scanners and digital cameras could blend together in the process of creating fiber art.

Mary Ellen's classes provide an opportunity to try out these tools and the latest quilting software under the guidance of a creative and patient teacher. For the past twenty years Mary Ellen has taught throughout the country at shops, guilds, regional quilting events and national conferences.

Mary Ellen was featured guest on Alex Anderson's Simply Quilts on HGTV. Her articles Joyful Image Quilts, Julia's Quilt and Window Box have appeared in popular magazines. MaryEllen and Cheryl Hayes are co-authors of Blending Photos with Fabric: A Beautiful New Way to Combine Photography, Printing, and Quiltmaking published by The Electric Quilt Company (2004, out of print).

Mary Ellen Kranz lives in Belfast, Maine in the summer and fall and Greensboro, North Carolina during the rest of the year.

Table of Contents
Introduction	5
Photo to Fabric	7
Inspiration	9
When and Image Inspires a Quilt	10
The Creative Side of Picture Taking	14
The Technical Side of Picture Taking	27
Ways to Get Images into Your Computer	31
A Quiltmaker's Guide to Buying a Printer	33
Caring for Your Inkjet Printer	37
Printing on Fabric	38
Step 1: Prepare Your Fabric	39
Step 2: Prepare Your Image	49
Ten Steps to Image Prep	52
Step 3: Prepare Your Printer	59
Quilt Projects	61
Julia's Quilt	62
Zinnia!	72
Iris in the Middle	80
Scoops	88
Snowman in the Yard	94
Lady in Waiting	102
Winter Birches	108
Dories at the Dock	116
Kitchen Reflections	126
Sunflower Poster	134
Resources	142
Index	143