Quilt pieces and Quilting

for PSP 7

This idea actually came from Angela, she makes REAL quilts.

This is the piece that this tutorial will make.
(resized for faster loading)

You must have at least a working knowledge of PSP in order to this tutorial.
It is not hard, but will require switching between layers, tools, and & windows or patterns.

I did not make this tutorial as something simple to do, but rather something
that you can come back to and work on time and time again so that you make
a wonderful quilt. Wish sewing were this fast and easy:)

SAVE OFTEN in PSP format ( you only need to save your template
window that you will be working in, not all the pieces of material:)

ALL IMAGES in this tutorial have been compressed and may
lose some picture quilities. Yours will look fine:)

These are the pieces that I used for this quilt. DO NOT try and save them:)
You may (right) click HERE to download (open in new window) all of them at
once including the PSP format template that we will use for making the quilt.

NOTE!!!! .. In the zip file you will find 14 material samples, 1 template in
psp format, 1 preset, and 1 Please read me file. PLEASE make sure that
you read the read me file, you will just have to double click it and it will
come up in notepad.

I only wanted to place these here so you can see what will be in the ZIP file:)

The template used in this tutorial is like the one that my Grandmother
used to make several real quilts and pillows for all of us.

STEP ONE ..
You will be using the WORKSPACE for Paint Shop Pro 7, it makes it easy to come back again and again.
Open all the matterial pieces that you may want to use. I suggest opening them all so you can see which colors work well together. After opening them all them make "that" window a little smaller (place your mouse over the corner and you will see a double arrow, grag it to the center of that window so it becomes smaller) You will want to do this to each piece of matterial.

You just want to be able to see what the pattern looks like you don't have to see the whole thing in order to do what we will do. After setting up all the matterial pieces then go to FILE, WORKSPACE and save it as quilting_area .. this way yuo can come back and make more if you want to.

This is how mine is set up. I am also in the habit now of locking my Options
window and my layer pallet open so that I can work in them faster.

STEP TWO

#1 .. Make sure your template is the active window. Use SHIFT D to duplicate and then close the original window.

#2 .. Open your lays pallet and make sure that you have the Pattern highlighted.
Use your MAGIC WAND to select the first upper hand left square.
You will see the selection "ants" marching around it.
#3 .. Go to SELECTIONS, MODIFY, EXPAND 1 .. hit OK

#4 .. Now click on the piece of material that you would like to use for the outside squares. Go to EDIT, COPY.

#5 .. Go back to your 'template" window and make sure that material is highlightd in the layers pallete.

#6 .. GO to EDIT, PASTE INTO Selection. WOW, easier than sewing:) NOTE .. you can't dow all the oute squares at once because it causes the material look funny after pasting.

#7 .. Highlight Pattern in the layers window, Use the magic wand to select the upper right hand square, Go to selections, modify, expand 1, highlight Material in the layers pallete and then go to edit PASTE INTO selection .. DO THIS for each of the other two outer squares, remembering to switch between the layers as you do it or your pattern will ot look right when you do the top stitching.

Now you have this. But with the material of your choice.

STEP THREE
Useing your magic wand choose the upper triangle and follow the steps as before.
Choose which material piece you will use now and go to EDIT, copy
   Go back to the template window
   Hightlight Pattern in the layer pallete
   Touch the upper triangle
   Selections, modify, expand 1
   Highlight material in layer pallet
   Go to EDIT, PASTE into selection
      Do this for each outer triangle in the template. (4) You won't have to do the COPY again until we move to the next area in the template.

Now mine looks like this.

STEP FOUR
Guess what, by now you shold have the swing of things:) So choose your piece of material that you want to use
(edit, copy) then go back to your template window and pick one of the star open spots to start with.
Follow the steps doing every other star piece as you go around the middle, Don't forget to switch between layers.

This is what mine looks like.

Step Five
Yep, do it again for the remaining star pieces. Use a new piece of material to do it:)
Don't forget to switch between layers and to expand the selection.

This is what mine looks like.

OR this, just use your imagination.
Do what you think would make a nice quilt when all sewn together.

STEP SIX
You know the drill by now:) Pick your piece and do the middle circle the same way you did all the rest of it.

Now we have this:) a finished quilt square.

Quilting your square

#1 .. make sure you have pattern highlighted in the layer window

#2 .. Use you magic settings at 0 tollerance, 0 feather, antialias UNchecked.

#3 .. Touch a black area of the Pattern so that you have marching ants all over your quilt piece.

#4 .. Go to Selections, Invert (now all of the material pieces are selected)

#5 .. Highlight Material in the layer window

#6 .. Go to Effects, 3D, Inner Bevel and using the pull down window choose sher_quilt, click OK

#7 .. Go to Selections, Invert and then highlight the pattern layer in your layer pallete.

#8 .. Use your Paint brush tool set to Round, size 130, hardness 0, Opacity 100, Step 25, Density 100 .. the brush is normal paintbrush.

#9 .. Select a nice color for your forground color that will contrast your quilt. I used a green (make sure your 3rd and forth paint styles tool are set to null or off)

#10 .. Draw your paint brush across your quilt until all of the black "stitching" is the color that you picked.

#11 .. Go to Effects, Geometric, Wave and use these settings
          Horizontal displacement Amplitude 2 Wavelength 5
          Vertical Displacement Amplitude 2 Wavelength 5
          Click OK

#12 .. Use CTRL D on the keyboard to Deselect.

Now my Quilt piece is done

#13 .. Go to Image, resize, and using these settings resize it to 150x150