@QUILTED COUNTRY WALL HANGING

by VickiG

PI VERSION: 8 and above

LEVEL: Intermediate

MAIN TOOLS: Path Drawing Tool, Line & Arrow Tool, Attribute Toolbar Retouch Tool, Easy Palette (for presets) Transform Tool (for sizing and rotation) IMPORTANT: If you want to use the same tree that I used, you must complete Pickers Angel "Happy Tree" tutorial which can be seen HERE. If not, you can use whatever type of tree or design you desire.

DOWNLOADS: Wood presets I used are from Deb Hardisty and can be downloaded HERE. Animal Shapes can be downloaded from Merleretta's site which is HERE

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Open new white canvas 450wx450h

2. Path Drawing Tool-shape rectangle - 3d - color dark green -draw a shape approx 365 x 350 Go to your Material Button on Attribute Toolbar - Bevel tab - 3d Custom-5th square shown - Go to Border/Depth tab and change to 30 for both. Okay.

3. Next - Path Drawing Tool - shape square 3d mode - pale green color - draw a shape approx 84x84. Go again to Attribute Toolbar - Bevel tab 3d Custome - 5th square over - then to Bevel tab Change to 43x15. Right click on square, convert from text/path to image - go to tool bar - retouch tool blur - shape 30 - soft edge 5 - blur the corners slightly to take off the rough edges.

4. Duplicate this square once. Take your picture of your elk, place in middle of square (right click and arrange - bring to front if needed) and go to your Transform Tool and resize as needed. Take the trees you made or whatever other kind of tree you want and place in middle of the second square resizing again as needed. When you are done with this, right right click on each square and picture and merge as single object. Duplicate your squares as many as needed and place on larger dark green square as shown. When placed to your satisfaction, right click and select all objects, right click and merge as single object.

5. Go to your Path Drawing Tool - use Line and Arrow - width 1 - style - dashed line - go around outside edges of quilt and between quilt blobcks for a "quilted look".

6. Next make a tab - Path Drawing Tool - rounded rectangle - 2d mode - dark green color - make a shape approx 37x59. Duplicate this once and place at top of quilt block as shown. Add some stitching to these too.

7. Time for the wood dowel. Path Drawing Tool rounded rectangle - 3d mode - your choice of wood preset I used one of Deb's which can be downloaded above. Draw a shape approx 420x42. Apply wood preset.

8. Path Drawing Tool - circle - 3d mode - same wood preset as dowel - draw a shape approx 44x44 and place on end of dowel as shown. Duplicate this and place on other end of dowel. Click on each of the circles and the dowel and right click, merge as single object. Place at top of tabs and right click, arrange and send to back. YOUR'RE DONE!