portholes...

if i had a £1 every time i had an email/message/comment over the years asking me how to make portholes, i'd be ohhhhh, about £10 richer. and i would have written a tutorial ages ago
for this blog but i'm lazy. then F&W asked me to write 'quilt improv' & i had to write the tutorial anyway. so i thought as a reward for hopping around the blogsphere just because i asked you to, i thought you'd like to see the tutorial from the book. because i'm lazy & working my scanner is a lot quicker & easier than doing the tute all over again. i hope all 10 of you enjoy.

note: this is the super basic version of portholes - you can make any shape & any size, even layer them up if you like. use your imagination, there's TONS of scope for amazing things here.

click on the picture to make it bigger. sorry the quality is not amazing, i had to up the contrast so it was readable, but it makes the page a little mucky. & clearly my scanner glass needs cleaning.

layered porthole

flowers & leaves