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How to Make a Mosaic Tile Portrait of Your Pet

comments (4) February 14th, 2009     

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JenniferStern Jennifer Stern, contributor
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This is my new wall hanging featuring a mosaic image of my dog Emma.
Heres the original picture of Emma before I cut it up.
There are a bunch of different brands of Inkjet Fabric Sheets. I think Printed Treasures works the best. It comes in an iron-on version thats great for this technique!
This is my new wall hanging featuring a mosaic image of my dog Emma.

This is my new wall hanging featuring a mosaic image of my dog Emma.

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Here is my Emma, printed on the fabric side of one of the sheets.

Here's my photo copy onto inkjet printable fabric
I use these sheets a lot to make wall hangings...they make great wedding and anniversary gifts. The images are pretty durable; I've washed wall hangings in the gentle cycle with good results.

 

Peel off the paper backing
Before you start cutting up the picture, peel off the paper backing—it would be really time consuming to peel it away from each individual square!

I cut my photo up into 1-inch squares. You can play with the size and shape of your pieces—there is no rule saying they have to be squares!

cut 1 inch strips across the picture vertically
Use a rotary cutter and ruler to cut across the picture going in one direction.

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Comments (4)

littlednme writes: What a cool idea! I LOVE mosaics and my dogs! I can't wait to give it a try. Thanks for the idea!
Posted: 7:13 pm on July 19th
JenniferStern writes: Hi Meredith and Linda, Thanks for ringing in. I would use the fusible version from Printed Treasures, it works great, and you don't have to do the step of dealing with separate webbing. And, I've washed it in gentle and it stays fused and the colors stay pretty good too! Here's the address for Printed Treasures (that will take you right to the fusible version. http://www.printedtreasures.com/products/ironon/Pages/IronOn.aspx
Happy sewing!
Posted: 1:13 pm on February 15th
LindaPermann writes: this came out cute. do you have a recommendation (as far as brands, etc go) for the printable fabric sheets? i have been curious to try them, but the last ones i bought were not washable. thanks!
Posted: 8:31 pm on February 14th
MeredithP writes: I love this mosaic idea. Having never worked with the printable fabric, it sounds like there is a fusible version? That's cool, because as I was reading I wondered whether you could fuse some web on the back before cutting. My "subjects" would have to be locked away while working on this, they would love to help with all those pieces. This is a neat idea and any photo would work. Thanks for the inspriration.
Posted: 2:02 pm on February 14th
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