Introduction to Altered Photo Artistry
by Beth Wheeler and Lori Marquette

Have fun while you learn the basics of altering a photo and turning it into an Altered Photo quilt
Want to explore art quilts? Altered Photo quilt techniques together create a low-stress system for those who don't yet feel confident about their art-quilt design skills. We'll have fun while we learn the basics of photo optimization, altering a photo, enlarging, and printing on fabric.

Begin with a favorite snapshot, then we'll use my book Altered Photo Artistry as a textbook to turn that snapshot into an artistic image. We'll print it on pre-treated inkjet fabric, and add depth, color, and definition with free-motion quilting.

No special equipment is necessary, just a basic camera (film or digital), computer, inkjet printer, and sewing machine. Photo-editing software is included in the book—and the inkjet fabric is probably available at your local sewing center.

Their beautiful web site is www.threadography.net

Basic sewing (sewing a seam, dropping the feed dogs, how to wind a bobbin and thread the machine) and computer skills (opening the application, opening a document in the application, printing a document from the application) are helpful.

Prerequisite: Purchase Altered Photo Artistry from Beth's website (first choice) or from Amazon (second choice) and then e-mail a photo of your smiling face holding the book to Beth at muttonhead@mchsi.com!

Supply List for the Class