Neocolor II Portrait Class......Photoshop Tutorial

Several students have requested help altering images

for portrait quilts.

If you are taking my

Adventures in Portrait Quilts Class,

I will provide an image printed on fabric for you.

However, you are welcome to print your own if you prefer.

Photoshop Elements Tutorial

Neocolor II Portrait

Preparing the image to print on fabric:

This is the image to be altered in Photoshop

American Goldfinch

Open your Photoshop Elements Program

Photoshop Elements 4

The program is open and ready to go !

Click on.......File

Scroll down & click on.......Open

A new window will open:

Choose the American Goldfinch image

The American Goldfinch image has been opened in Photoshop

Top right hand side

Click on.......Standard Edit:

Click on.......Styles & Effects

Scroll down and double click........Photocopy

This will remove all of the color from the image

The image is now in black & white:

The image may be too large for the window...

At the bottom left side of the window...

Click on...... 100%

Click on........Fit on Screen

The image will now fit in the window

There are sliders on the top right side...

You can adjust the Detail & Darkness

of the black and white image if necessary.

Then, Click.......OK

Your altered image is complete

You may need to crop the image:

Click on........Image

Scroll down and click........Crop

The software crops the photo

(see the darker areas, they will be cut off)

I moved the cropped areas so the bird is in the center.

(notice the dark areas have changed from above)

Click.......Crop

The cropping is complete on this image

You need to check the Image Size

This will enable you to print the proper size image onto your fabric.

Click on.....Image

Scroll down to.....Resize

Slide over and click on.....Image Size

This new window will open up:

Look for:

Document Size

Width & Height

If you are printing your image onto

8.5 x 11 inch commercial fabric sheets,

put 11 in for the width.

The height will automatically set itself.

When I print on my widepath printer

I set the width and height for 13 x 19 inches.

SAVE your new altered image

CLOSE the new altered image file

This is the new altered image icon

on the desk top

Your altered image is now ready to be printed on fabric.

You can use commercial fabric sheets purchased from your local quilt shop, fabric or craft stores.

You can also iron fabric to the shiny/waxy side of freezer paper and run that through the printer.

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CLICK HERE to view Full Curl Portrait Quilt

CLICK HERE to view Zinnia Portrait Quilt

CLICK HERE to view the Portraits on Fabric Class Slideshow

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full of Portraits,

LuAnn

Portrait Class......Altering Images

We just returned from a road trip to

Yakima, Washington

This is the view when we pulled down the driveway:

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The Iris are blooming !

Suzy was glad to be home too !

The Lupine are blooming !

These Iris Blooms will be perfect images

for the Portrait Class later this month...

The evening sunshine enhances the iris petals

I need to alter these Iris images in Photoshop

and print them on fabric for the students...

While we were gone I spent a few days watching this

Killdeer Bird:

She is a beauty...

She is so protective of her nest full of eggs...

Here she is keeping her eggs warm...

Look closely...

She is nesting in the gravel just outside my sister's house.

She blends in so well.

Combine

This old piece of farm equipment has literally been put out to pasture

Combine.....side view

Combine

Gleaner Baldwin

Built By Allis-Chalmers

I am always happy to share my photography.

If you are inspired by these images,

feel free to use them in your personal art work.

I had a fun time visiting my sister. We spent a couple of days in her sewing room. I made lots of progress piecing my Double Wedding Ring Quit......I was too busy taking photos of the Killdeer bird that I forgot to take pictures of the quilt.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Pink Chalk Fabrics........Winner

Many Thanks to

Pink Chalk Fabrics !

They were a sponsor of the

Blogger's Quilt Festival

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The fabrics I won arrived in the mail today.

Pink Chalk Fabrics has such speedy delivery!

They also carry the coolest fabrics around.

CLICK HERE to see my winning entry

The wind and rain today covered the yard with

Flowering Cherry Blossoms...

From a distance...

the yard looks like pink snow.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Portrait Quilt........Completed

This Portrait is going under the needle today...

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I pulled out some of my favorite quilting threads:

Bottom Line by Superior Threads

Variations by YLI

The Thread Section of this blog

will explain more about these threads.

I have narrowed the thread choices down to these...

Bottom Line Black for her eyes.

Variations Teddy Brown for her hair.

Bottom Line Tan for her face and hands.

Robinson Anton 24 KT Gold Rayon

for the birds and flowers

YLI Variations Meadow Green for the background.

The portrait in the center of the quilt is sewn on top of the backing fabric.

It is not pieced into the green fabric.

I didn't want seams to distract from the thermofax printing on the green fabric.

To sew the portrait down on top of the green background,

I used a decorative stitch and green thread.

I am pleased with the quilting on the face...

I matched the thread colors as much as possible to the portrait.

From a distance the thread work is subtle.

As you get closer, you can appreciate the quilting stitches.

They create lots of texture and movement in the background.

I will finish this off with a Cord Bound Edge Treatment.

" Day Dreaming"

Portrait in Fabric

19 x 25 inches

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CLICK HERE to view the earlier work done on this portrait

CLICK HERE to view Learning to Fly Portrait

CLICK HERE to view Cord Bound Edge Treatment Tutorial

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Adventures in Mixed Media Quilts...

Many Thanks to JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop in Philomath Oregon for offering this Adventures in Art Quilting Series, and for their beautiful classroom space we worked in today.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn