Yellowstone Park Photo Quilt

This quilt was made for Mark Miller retirement from the Yellowstone post office. I found the pattern in Sitka Alaska. I had Mike and Kayla take pictures of all the Post Offices out in Yellowstone Park, and used Marks Christmas card pictures he had sent us over the years, and an assortment of photos of Yellowstone, I believe there are 120 pictures in all. I printed the picture on the fabric myself, I did a little experimenting and after a few trial and errors I came up with the best process.



Printing on fabric step by step.
1st I cut my fabric the size of a legal size piece of paper.(The reason legal size vs standard is that I had less waste because of the size pictures)
I Ironed that onto a piece of freezer paper the same size. Waxy side to fabric
then I put a strip of 2 sided tape on the back of the freezer paper and attacked that to a piece of card stock. (to give it stability when going through the printer)
I Arranged my photo's on a program in the computer to get the most photo's on one piece of paper, then I printed them. Peeled off the freezer paper and press the back of the fabric with a hot Iron to set the ink. I used a PDF fabric so the ink would absorb.(I bought the fabric at Quilting in the Country in Bozeman Montana.) I like the way the fabric felt it wasn't stiff or anything. I did a wash test and it washed up just fine. You do need to remember to leave a 1/2 inch around each photo for your 1/4" stitching line. This method is definitely cheaper then buying the printer fabric paper. about an eighth the cost.