Making a Photo Quilt

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By Pat Jennings

Hi, I've made a few of these photo quilts which you can check out on webshots at:

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You will have to look through the album there to find all of them. The one I like the best and which everyone else also seems to like the best looks like a bookcase with pictures sitting on it. I bought some photo transfer paper which is really kind of expensive and printed my picture frames and the photos separately. I cut out the frames and then they were appliqued over top of the photos. I did not use permanent ink however and these quilts can be ruined easily by washing as I found out. I had to remove all of my photos from the bookcase quilt and do them over again as they faded considerably upon washing. It is my understanding that you should have these photos printed by a printer which uses permanent inks. Most of them don't but certain Cannons and certain Epsoms use the permanent inks. They are great fun and there are many ways to do them. Maybe someone has come up with a less expensive, easier, and more permanent way to do this. Best of luck!