Yes, I used the online site, My Fabric Designs. They have a wide variety of fabrics to choose from. I bought the most expensive cotton ($17.50 a yard, 50 inches wide). I figured I was putting so much work into this project, I wanted to use the best materials. My Print Designs is located here in Dallas, although I conducted my business with them from their online site. I did call them several times with questions and they were always helpful. Anyway I am very pleased with their work. Takes 10 to 14 days get your fabric. It has instructions to wash on delicate in non-phosphate soap (woolite) and dry on gentle heat in the dryer before using.
I have printed the fabric sheets on my own ink jet printer before That is more expensive in the long run if you are going to print a lot and fabric is of a cheaper quality. I like the colors better on the ink jet (they are RPG format and commercial printing is CMYK color, a slight difference in tones).
I used Civil War print fabric for the borders bought by Fat Quarters on Etsy and Ebay. Kept the colors to grey, black and tan. Some of photos are modern and are color and I converted them to grey-scale.
I am having the fabric borders machine quilted, I want a vine or flower pattern. I am going to hand quilt around each image, just in a running stitch, this should not take long to do, maybe two weeks in my spare time.
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