{"id":3023,"date":"2015-12-24T10:24:59","date_gmt":"2015-12-24T18:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/?p=3023"},"modified":"2015-12-24T10:28:03","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T18:28:03","slug":"new-portrait-quilt-2015-12-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2015\/12\/24\/new-portrait-quilt-2015-12-24\/","title":{"rendered":"New portrait quilt – 2015.12.24"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two years ago, I made a portrait quilt<\/a> on commission, based on a photo of my client’s beautiful blue-eyed daughter.\u00a0 Earlier this year, she contacted me again about making a portrait quilt of her mother.\u00a0 She provided me with a photo of her mother as a young woman.<\/p>\n

As usual, I started by \u2018posterizing\u2019 the original photo to get the value differences.\u00a0 (Here\u2019s a tutorial<\/a> about the process I use.)\u00a0\u00a0 The face in this quilt is only 6 inches high, so I had to minimize the amount of detail, but I believe I captured the essence of her appearance.\u00a0 You can see the progression below from original photo, to posterized version, to the final portrait.<\/p>\n

\"Mom_original_photo\"<\/a>\"Mom_posterized\"<\/a>\"A<\/a><\/p>\n

The original plan was for the portrait to be in sepia tones or gray-scale, but I just couldn’t get a realistic look using such a limited palette.\u00a0\u00a0 After a couple of failed attempts with gray fabrics, we agreed to go with realistic colors, and I’m glad we did.<\/p>\n

This is the first portrait I’ve done with hands, so it took a bit of experimentation to get the look I wanted.<\/p>\n

\"Mom_BW_hands\"<\/a>\"MomPSE_photocopy-hands\"<\/a>\"hands-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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I finished it with a turned-back facing.\u00a0 As usual, I referred to\u00a0my facing technique tutorial.<\/a>\u00a0 I realized while following my own instructions that I could simplify the process.\u00a0 I didn’t take photos this time, so I’ll have to do that next time, and then update the tutorial.<\/p>\n

The quilt has been added to my gallery<\/a> of portrait quilts.\u00a0 It’s interesting to see the variety of techniques I’ve used for portrait quilts over the years.<\/p>\n

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Thanks for stopping by.\u00a0 Today, I\u2019m linking up with these blogs \u2013 click on the links below, where you\u2019ll find many other creative projects to inspire you.<\/p>\n

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