Supply List for "Faces"

Here's what you need for the Faces session (Saturday, March 18th 9:30 am at Cynthia's home):

Photo/Image to work from.

If you have photoshop, scan in the photo/image, and open it in photoshop. On the menu bar, select Image, Adjustments, Posterize. Play with the Level choices...I find 4 is about right. You're looking for definition between shadows and highlights, but not so many levels of definition that it would be hard to construct. For this project you want only want 3-6 different fabrics for the face. If you don't have photoshop or get stuck, you can email me the picture or just bring it with you for our session. See example of posterized photo above.

Once you have the photo posterized, crop it if needed. Select print preview and check the box scale to Fit Media. That gives full page size. If you like that size, click Print. If you want larger, you'll need to click OK and segment the photo to print multiple pages you can tape together. I think there is a trick to this, but I don't know it! The only way I know is to crop 1/4 of the photo, print that, then undo the crop, crop the next section, print that, undo, etc.

Other Supplies:

1-2 packages of Seam-a-Seam Lite 2 or 1-2 yards if you find it that way

Fabrics: Best to use prewashed cottons. Make sure the fabrics have some value contrast to use for the shadows and highlights
3-6 fabrics for skin (for the Sudanese faces, I think colors like maroon, blue, purple, and browns would work)
1-2 fabrics for hair
various fabrics for clothing
Also, if you have any scraps of leftover fused fabrics from other projects, bring them.
Background fabric: a fat quarter size will make a nice size for this project. Something lighter so it will contrast with the face and clothes. Also lighter is good if you want to trace the face onto it to make it easier to position the pieces.

Freezer paper
Tracing paper
masking tape
Pencil and eraser
Fine line sharpie/marker
Paper scissors
Fabric scissors
Iron