Pat Sloan OK Let's draw!

It's time to chat QUILTING Designs for our Easy Peasy Summer Breezy Quilt!

Did you get my setting pattern? CLICK HERE

Did you finish your blocks? Have the top ready?

Now what? What to quilt?

Let me tell you about a little secret weapon .. read on my friend!

I draw options before I start. And I've always done this in a graphics program that maybe you don't have (well I'm sure most of you don't have the ancient one I use.. wink!)

But I experimented with Pic Monkey and it's FABULOUS!!! That is the home page of Pic Monkey

http://www.picmonkey.com/

PicMonkey has a ton of cool options.. but the one I am sharing today is the 'Goof-Tastic" draw.. bottom left.. with arrow... and sufboard.. got it?  ok.. click it

now you have to load a photo... click that UPLOAD

and get the photo off your computer

You are going to use the DRAW option. And you need to change the PENCIL SETTINGS

but just draw on the quilt first to see what it looks like

YIKES the pencil is TOO FAT!

Change the BRUSH SIZE to small.. move the slider. 

you can change the color and hardness of the pencil

EXPERIMENT!

I thought I'd do some straight lines in the border.

This is JUST an idea... but lets you see how it will flow.

What about some swirls... more outlines?

In reality I should load a portion of the quilt for blocks then I can design per block if I want to.

After you are done you can download the photo to your computer.

BUT TRY THAT BEFORE DOING ALL YOUR WORK... go ahead.. ok.. got it?

Use PicMonkey...It's a quilters Designing Dream... wink!  http://www.picmonkey.com

What do you think? Do you think you can use this?

Let me know!!!

THEN when you get ready to do the binding.. Print of my Machine Binding tutorial

It will CHANGE YOUR LIFE.. serious!

CLICK HERE and print of my PDF!

Now CLICK OVER to the Learning Center for all of Michele's FINAL tutorials!

http://quiltinggallery.com/learning-center/beginners-quilt-along/

Hasn't this been fun?

Comments

[Cowtownquilts.wordpress.com]

Wow! I never knew about this site. It is FABULOUS! Thank you for sharing!

[VickiT]

That's really cool Pat. Thank you.

Yes, it's been fun although a little challenging for me since these have been only my 2nd time making quilt blocks this way and not using machine embroidery on a baby quilt.

I'm not done and sadly, have to admit defeat at this point because I am totally stuck on the sashing instructions. I've got them all cut out but am confused with the way they are written. It's probably good I didn't choose to do the on point layout I had considered doing because I love the look of them or I'd really be stuck probably. LOL

[Mary Val]

Great idea Pat! I can see I'll need some practice, my drawing is pathetic, lol!

[Linda P]

Wish I could reach out throught cyber space and give you a huge smoochie!!!
MUAAAAAH!!!!! xo Great site!!

[Beth]

Wow, thanks for the great idea.

[Anna Maria Quagliero]

Thank you for the picmonkey! is fabulous!