I have been working on something, a big project. I’m thinking (hoping!) that it will be a lot of fun for you, and I’m really happy to be able to share it today.
Professionally I’m a web developer, and when we made our big move to Michigan, I decided to take some time to work on dev project ideas that had been stewing in my head. Quiltr is one of them.
So what is it? Quiltr is a website that lets you make little digital quilts (quilt images, that is) using your flickr photos and a color picker. It’s somewhere between a tool and a game for quilt lovers and those who just like to play with color, pattern, texture, and shape. Interested? Find quiltr here.
Using quiltr, I made this:
And this:
And this, using my flickr photos.
I want quiltr to be the beginning for other similar projects. I’m having a lot of fun with this technology (I’m using the HTML5 canvas tag), and I see the possibilities for projects that are even better tools. I would love to have real fabric libraries, and more options for scale and placement, and yardage calculators, and on and on…
I hope you think its’ fun. I’ve done a lot of testing, but if you run into problems, just drop me a line.
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FYI, the first time I tried it, I go the message: Oops! Flickr doesn’t recognise the “oauth_token” this application is trying to use.
Tried again a few minutes later and it worked! Really fun way to integrate flickr to other mediums!
Thanks Patrice! I’ll give that a look, and I like the suggestion.
It would also be helpful if in the ‘dimesions’ tab, you could preview what the layout was- it doesn’t need to include the flickr images, but just a super-simple vector scaling of the outline of the pattern would be awesome.
This is amazing. I wrote about making my first quilt on my friends blog – http://www.handpickedhouse.com/2012/01/how-to-make-patchwork-quilt-beginners_15.html
so I’m off to post this finding there.
Wow! That is fantastic! What a great tool/toy all in one! Well done!
What a great idea! I love the images it makes. Good luck with it.
i am so impressed, dorie. you know i am a huge fan. thank you! xo.
Dorie – this is amazing! I can’t wait to play around with it. You are so talented! Thanks for this fabulous tool.
Do you think there will be an option to add more fabrics in the future? I’m looking at the broken dishes pattern and wondering if I could try it with three or four different fabrics that would be randomly assigned to triangles. It would be a great tool to just see if a stack of fabrics would be able to work together cohesively. Just an idea! This is such an amazing tool.
I want there to be *all the options*, and I’m thinking through how to get there. Not sure yet!
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