Sunday, December 14, 2014
Early in 2014 I started exploring
creating some of my own patterns in Photoshop Elements. Back when I created my patterned birds and
frog pieces, I used patterns that I exported from Electric Quilt. The problem I found with using these
patterns, is that they are not perfect repeats.
When you use them to fill a space, and the space is much larger than the
pattern, you can see where the pattern tiles.
I started creating some patterns of my
own that will repeat seamlessly. One of
these patterns was a series of arches or upside down U shapes. When I colored the pattern, it reminded me of
fish scales. And from that idea came my
series of fish pieces. I used some of
the same background images as from my bird pieces, and I found some fun and
whimsical fish motifs in Electric Quilt that I exported as jpg files.
I built my designs in Photoshop Elements
the same as I did with my patterned birds, printed them to fabric, and
appliqued them onto a batik background fabric. I chose some batik fabrics that gave the
impression of being under water. I free
motion stitched both the background fabric and the top layer applique. The following pictures are the entire series
of these whimisical fish pieces.
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