Customer Reviews

Altered Photo Artistry: Turn Everyday Images into Works of Art on Fabric

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4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
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This book is good as far as it goes. It covers selection of photos, size, printing onto fabric sheets, tiling, etc. competently and simply. The pages are well laid out, with images of the computer screens and step by step instructions. When you have read this book, you should be able to manipulate your photos, print them, and stitch them into quilts or book covers or postcards.

Where it falls down slightly, is that it doesn't know whether the reader is computer literate and/or sewing literate. For me it didn't quite explain enough about the computer side, and yet showed photos of a sewing machine, and sewing needles, as if we didn't all know what they look like!

One bonus is that you get a 30 day tryout version of Photoshop elements 5, which is the program they recommend and refer to.

Its limitations also extend to the works of the authors shown - almost all flower centres. A greater balance of subject types and a few more photos of variations in effect options for the same subject, would have made this a 5 star book.

What a wonderful Book. It tells you everything you need to know to create wonderful pieces of art from photo's. I have had Adobe Elements on my computer for months and never used this, with the easy to follow instrucitons from this book I have been creating wonderful pictures for printing. take a look at Beth Wheelers website for more inspiration
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If you like taking photos and you love to quilt, this book is for you. It gives you ideas and help in using the two together and being really creative to boot. A don't miss book for quilt artists.

This book gave me exactly what I needed to alter photos and print what I wanted. It breaks the steps down so you can understand and follow along as you work with your printer or computer. The finished product is beautiful.

Altering Photoes is a very up to date book on the use photos in quilts, etc.
It shows you exactly how to use your photos and turn them into fabric images for many different kinds of projects. Enjoy

If you are just starting to use photos in your quilts, want a bit of a refresher or want to explore some new territory than you can't go wrong with this book!