Sidnee Snell (visit website) retired from her career as an engineer and started quilting about 20 years ago. She has developed a way to look at photos and use computer software to create her amazing quilts. In this interview she shows images of works in progress to explain her design process and specifics about her favorite tools and how she uses them.
Here are some additional resources mentioned by Sidnee.
PDF Pattern Printing
https://shop.boltfabricboutique.com/collections/pdf-printing
Preferred Scissors
https://www.flyshopnw.com/products/all-purpose-scissors-straight (the current design of the curved version is too curved for me)
Adobe Illustrator Image Trace tutorial:
https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/image-trace.html
Aurifil Cotton Mako 50 weight:
https://redrockthreads.com/pages/aurifil-thread
Link to Art Beat Oregon video:
https://watch.opb.org/video/oregon-art-beat-quilter-sidnee-snell/
The SAQA Oregon Region invited Sidnee to speak online about her work and design process. This video recording is a relaxed and informative walk through how she thinks about looking at things in photos we might miss, about her foundation applique process and lots more.
