I've always wondered what my blocks for do. Good Stitches or A Dozen Quilters might look like as a finished quilt. Today I discovered how to use MS Publisher to do just that! Here are some of my creations...
Chartreuse and Raspberry Quilt Mock Up
Courthouse Steps Quilt Mock Up
Apple in a Basket Mock Up
Pink and Purple Log Cabin Mock Up
Spinning Crosses Mock Up
I've never thought of using this program in this way before, but now I think I will use it to test out blocks before I commit to making a whole quilt. I'm also thinking about making some of them into business cards for myself.
To make my mock ups I simply opened my pictures within MS Publisher and squared up my blocks. Then the fun began! I twisted them and flipped them until I had a pattern I liked and then I copied that pattern until I had a whole virtual quilt. I grouped all the blocks together and saved them as .png files so I can play around with them more in the future.
Happy (virtual) Quilting!
4 comments:
I love that chartreuse and raspberry one......really.
I've worked a better part of the day today on a pieced backing for my MMallow quilt top, using fabrics from my stash. Wait til you see it!
What a great idea! I am dying to see the spiderweb in reality because it looks great virtually!
love love love the Chartreuse and Raspberry Quilt Mock Up! is that pretty tempting to turn that into a real quilt? ha! its beautiful!!!
What a clever idea! It looks as sophisticated as EQ but at a much better price!
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