Art Quilts: Parisian Nine-Patch Miniature

Materials:

original photograph and enlarged copy
tracing paper
poster board (weight of a manila folder)
heat-sensitive paper stabilizer
solvy
pencil
ultra fine permanent marker
fine white fabric for painting
fabric paints, paintbrushes and water
double-sided fusible webbing
fine line fabric marker - Micron .01 Pigma pens
needle and thread for hand sewing trees
invisible thread (.004 diameter)
metallic and rayon thread for creating tree
small embroidery hoop
topstitching needle (system 130N, size 100) for sewing machine
fine universal needles for sewing machine
darning foot and appliqué foot (open-toed foot) for sewing machine
pastel crayons - the chalk kind, not the oil kind
blending stumps (sold at art supply stores, helps to blend flesh tones on little people)
fabrics:
- cheater fabrics for stonewall and trees
- muslin and blue for roof of Louvre
- grass and/or flower fabric
- light cream for rim of pond
- darker cream for front curve of fountain and ground
- opalescent organdie for water spray
- silver gray for fountain
- wrinkled blue for dress
- white for blouse
- organdie for shadow

1. Choose an original photograph. Do NOT use a copyrighted photograph unless you have the photographer's written permission to use it (figure A).

2. Enlarge the original photograph on a copy machine to double or triple the size, then trace with acetate tracing paper, then have that enlarged to the finished size. Featured photo is of a little girl sailing her boat on a fountain outside the Louvre (figure B).

3. Make working copies as needed. In this project Linda decided to fuse, machine appliqué, and hand appliqué, so only needed to make a couple of copies.

• Trace the original onto tracing paper with an ultra fine line permanent marker to eliminate the problem of fat lines from the copy machine (figure C).
• For machine appliqué trace it right side up onto heat sensitive paper stabilizer with an ultra fine line permanent marker, on the silky side of the stabilizer.
• For hand appliqué (girl was hand appliquéd) trace those parts (using a light box) directly onto selected appliqué fabric. Use a light box to position your appliqué, since you will be able to see the outline of the figure drawn on the heat sensitive paper stabilizer through your background fabric. Trace what is to be appliquéd lightly with a pencil on your background fabric, using the design on the heat sensitive paper stabilizer as your guide. Take the tracing paper and glue it to lightweight poster board to use as templates.