how to trace pattern from a quilt you already have

[ollie1shoe]

i have purchased a quilt and want to trace some of the appliqued things off it to make a quilt simular to it but yet i want it to look different with colors etc. and i just dont think i can lay freezer paper over it and trace it is there a easier way some of the pieces are pretty big and some are small ollie1shoe

[vagrandma]

Ollie could you use tracing paper or maybe the clear template plastic?
Maybe someone else will give better ideas.

Sandy

[ollie1shoe]

some of pieces are larger than the templete plastic ollie1shoe

[calicopuzzle]

How about trying some old fashioned tissue paper....or just try drawing them freehand and be inspired by the quilt and then draw your own version.

[knitnoid]

This is going to sound weird -- but if you have a flat bed scanner, what about folding the quilt up and scanning the quilt -- or take it to a copy center and copy the appliques. For the larger ones, you may have to copy them in sections -- put a pin in the quilt to mark where the pages should join.

[IowaGal]

I would scan it.

[nanjam62]

I use white tissue paper & you can easily see through it.

[sewbug]

If you have a digital camera you can take a picture of each piece, edit it in a picture program and covert it to a line drawing then print it out. I've recently been playing with importing photos to EQ and converting them to blocks.

[ollie1shoe]

hey that gives me some choices will try the tissue paper first as it might be easier will be working on it in a few days thnks everyone ollie1shoe

[cindyg]

I would put it on the copy machine at work, or a scanner would work, too. I have copied applique before and as long as there's a good contrast between the applique and the background it works great.