Description : The Copycat Pottery Barn Pillow tutorial uses a thick, textured yarn to embroider a lovely accessory for the living room or den.

Craft Link : Copycat Pottery Barn Pillow Tutorial

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 Source: Norsk Trikotasjemuseum

Each week I re-publish a work that fall under the creative commons guidelines.

What is Creative Commons?

Creative Commons provides free tools that let authors, scientists, artists, and educators easily mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry. You can use CC to change your copyright terms from “All Rights Reserved” to “Some Rights Reserved.”

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What is Creative Commons?

Creative Commons provides free tools that let authors, scientists, artists, and educators easily mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry. You can use CC to change your copyright terms from “All Rights Reserved” to “Some Rights Reserved.”

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What is Creative Commons?

Creative Commons provides free tools that let authors, scientists, artists, and educators easily mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry. You can use CC to change your copyright terms from “All Rights Reserved” to “Some Rights Reserved.”

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Since these programs can be both expensive and hard to use, I’ve developed a similar method,  using Fotoflexer.

Fotoflexer is a free, online program.  It’s also extremely easy to use, which is just as important.

Step 1

Go the Fotoflexer Homepage and click Upload Your Photo. You will be taken to another screen and then allowed to transfer a photo from your computer to the online program.

I chose a public domain photo of a serene landscape.

Step 2

After uploading your photo, you will be transferred to a menu of options.

Click on the tab labeled Effects. This will open up a sub-menu. Click MORE on the sub-menu several times, till the option Sketch comes up.  

 Click the Sketch option and this will give you a black and white drawing of your photo.

Step 3

Click on the tab labeled Basic, and you will be transferred to a new menu of options.  Go to the sub-menu titled Contrast.

Increase the Brightness on your photo till your remove a lot of the unwanted  detail.

Step 4

At this point, there might be additional detail you wish to remove or detail you want to add.

To do this, click on the tab labeled Decorate.  You will be taken to a sub-menu with a variety of drawing options.

Use the Erase tool to remove additional detail and the Draw tool to add the  detail. 

Step 5

When finished, click Done and then Save.  This will bring up the save screen, and computer will prompt you through several steps for saving your project.

Be sure you have correctly saved your work before leaving the program.

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What is Creative Commons?

Creative Commons provides free tools that let authors, scientists, artists, and educators easily mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry. You can use CC to change your copyright terms from “All Rights Reserved” to “Some Rights Reserved.”

Read More : Creative Commons or Home

What is Creative Commons?

Creative Commons provides free tools that let authors, scientists, artists, and educators easily mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry. You can use CC to change your copyright terms from “All Rights Reserved” to “Some Rights Reserved.”

Each of these embroidery patterns was designed by Jessica Rose, a very generous and talented artist.

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