With: Ruth Blanchet
Skill Level: All Levels
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Designing a Quilt with GIMP - Free Software. I have used a free program called GIMP for many years to edit photos. It's a lot like Photoshop, however I recently discovered I could use it to design quilts, and also use the fabric swatches from the manufacturer's site to test my quilt layout. I thought I would create a tutorial to help others who.
Open-source software for quilters, quilt designers and teachers
4 Lessons
Type: Workshop
Price: $53.00
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Features
Tags: Free Software, GIMP, Inkscape, PosteRazor, Design a Quilt, Drawing, Patterns, Designing, Template Drawing, Photo Editing, Line Drawing
Description
Many designers feel they need to buy expensive software to create patterns and designs for quilting, that is not so. You can successfully draw and design by using open-source software. Open-source software means that the software is available free to download and use.
Designing Quilts On The Computer
So who is this workshop for? Any quilter or designer who wants to develop their own design from a photo, composition, painting or drawing. Any teacher who wants to draw templates for their students. Any quilt designer who wants to draw professional templates for their patterns. Anyone who wants to learn how to use GIMP (a raster graphics editor), Inkscape (a vector graphics editor) and Posterazor an image enlarger.
In this workshop, you will learn not only how to use the above programs, but how to download and install them, what to watch out for so you don't inadvertently download the wrong software and how to use the three programs as well as some other useful tools. You will understand the difference between raster and vector graphics, learn how to use Layers and how to edit images and draw outlines.
This four-lesson workshop includes a starting up lesson (for downloading your programs correctly) and understanding the elements in drawing, then three more lessons, one dedicated to each of the programs. And if you get stuck or have a question, you have a forum where you can get help from your teacher who will be checking in on a daily basis.
This course is for anyone beginning in using the software mentioned and will cover most topics for drawing templates and basic editing of images. It is ideal for quilters who wish to develop their own patterns.
Student Comments
Molly:
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The lessons were excellent in every way. A LOT was new to me, and yes, I enjoyed this class very much.
Supplies Required for Workshop
Computer with internet access for downloading software.
Note: this workshop is directed to using Windows, however all software is available to be used on a Mac and the information is the same or similar. Mac users need to be confident in using their Mac to enroll in this course.
Outline
Lesson One
- Licenses
- Downloading Software
- Installing Software
- Basic Computer How-to
- Definitions
- Speedy Shortcuts
- Staying Organized
- Understanding File Extensions
- Basics of Editing and Drawing
- Vector and Raster Graphics – what are they?
- Exporting
- Understanding Layers
- Saving Videos
- Screen Shots
Lesson Two
Posterazor How-to
- Settings including what to do if you are experiencing a slow computer
- Importing the best image
- Page Settings
- Overlapping
- Enlarging
- Adjustments
- Saving and Printing
Lesson Three
- Start Up and Set Up
- Opening An Image
- Starting From Scratch
- Reducing An Image
- The Tool Box
- Select Tools
- Transform Tools
- Other Tools
- Drawing Tools
- Path Tool
- Working in Layers
- Saving & Exporting
- Color & Gamma
- Cutting Out
- Posterizing
Lesson Four
Inkscape How-to
- Setting Up Defaults
- Basic Tools
- Understanding Lines
- How to Create a Path
- Ending a Path
- Edit a Path
- Edit Size & Orientation
- Edit Style & Color
- Edit Structure
- Selecting Nodes
- Control Bar Tools
- Working in Layers
- Z-Order
- Saving & Exporting
- Bucket Fill Tool
- Eyedropper Tool
- Copying & Grouping
- Tips & Extras
Projects Made By Ruth Blanchet
Here are some projects made using the techniques learned in this workshop.
Click image for a larger viewFull-featured design software for creating paper or digitized quilting motifs and patterns
Pro-Stitcher Designer™ gives you the ability to quickly design, edit, customize, import or export any quilting motif.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
- Full-featured, vector-based editing and digitizing software to create your own digital quilting files
- Easy-to-learn user interface and features
- Free lifetime program updates
- Full user support with manual, tutorials, and videos
- Design and stitch motif library
- Print design catalog
- Compatible with all major longarm quilting file formats
- Import and export vector formats
- Batch save in all quilting formats
- Draw original designs with Pencil, Line, Curve, 3-Point Arc, and Bezier tools
- Customize, edit, and merge existing designs
- Use design points and anchors for fine-tuned customization
- Create quilt designs from artwork using Trace tools
- Audition quilt patterns and preview with Slow Redraw
- Use Autoshapes to quickly draw original quilt patterns
- Create repeated motifs with the Carousel and Reflect features
- Convert True Type fonts to artwork
- Add seam allowances to appliqué and English paper piecing artwork
- Customizable grids, including diagonal grid
- Automatic fills including stipple and crosshatch
- Print pantographs and tear-away stencils for use with home sewing machines and non-robotic longarm quilting machines
- Quickly preview how designs repeat while drawing
- Repeat designs to create edge-to-edge layouts
MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
WINDOWS: Windows 8 – 8.1; 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster processor with support for PAE, NX, and SSE2; 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit) RAM; 16 GB (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit) hard disk space; Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM drive; USB Port; 800 x 600 Display; Mouse; Internet Access.
FILE FORMATS:
OPENS: HQF, HQV, HQA, HQW, QLI, CQP, SSD, TXT, IQP, QCC, PAT, BQM, ANS, common embroidery files
IMPORTS: SVG, AI, EPS, EMF, WMF, DXF, PLT, FCM, TT (true type fonts), BMP, JPG, PNG, TIF, GIF
SAVE AS AND EXPORTS: SVG, PNG, JPG, HQF, HQV, HQA, HQW, QLI, CQP, SSD, TXT, IQP, PAT, BQM, SLT