This Tutorial is specifically for students taking the Portrait Quilts Workshop. Pattern templates will be handed out in class.
 
Students will learn the steps involved in making a portrait quilt from a photograph: choosing a good photograph, drawing a cartoon for templates, understanding the importance of value over color, building the fabric layers using fusible applique, and stitching and quilting layers. That is A LOT to accomplish! To achieve these goals in a six-hour class, we will all be working with the same pattern: a copy of Dare You, shown on the cover, or Stretch, shown on page 19. We will concentrate most on learning to make a cartoon from a photograph, using the cartoon for templates and fabric placement, and building the fabric portrait. A finished project is not possible during our time together, but you will learn enough to finish the portrait at home.