I went to Chatgpt and asked, Do you have a sunflower pattern that is organic with pieces I can easily cut out? Not block pieces. This is what they came up with.
It was okay, but not what I wanted. So I asked it again.
Let’s try the sunflower again, but make it more whimsical than the last one.
It wasn’t exactly what I was thinking about, but thought it would do. I printed it out the size I wanted. I backed my fabric with a paper-backed fusible interface, and put it over the picture on my light table and traced.
I traced two so I could stack them giving me a fuller sunflower. I cut them out and removed the paper backing. Now they were ready to be ironed to the background fabric.
For the background I’m using these blue scraps for this project. These scraps were just 3-inches wide, that I tore up in five pieces. I pieced them exposing the raw edges. I laid them down on Peltex 72F which is fusible on both sides. I ironed these down to the fusible, then took it to my machine and sewed them down.
I cut the piece to 5 x 7 inches, and added the sunflower pieces. I ironed them down and added a little stitching. Here is my project. I still need to sew the edges and add a backing. I’m not sure what I’ll do with this, but it was fun and fast.
I love this sunflower, so I am sure I’ll be making more pieces with sunflowers.
It’s a fun way to use AI. I’m sure I’ll try it again in the future. Have you thought about using AI to help with your art pieces?
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I asked AI to create a hacienda in the desert and got some interesting results, but it was just for fun and not to use.
I have asked AI to do just one thing and thought the results were rather gaudy. I asked only once, so maybe I could ask again–ha!
If you are interested, you could find my foray into AI here: https://marianbeaman.com/2024/06/12/marian-meets-the-red-queen/
Marian, I asked for an applique iris just to see what they would give me. It wasn’t anything better than I could come up with. I’ll go check your post out right now. Thanks.
Sherrie, Yeah, I really don’t like a lot of stuff they come up with. I was happy with the sunflower since the clipart I found I didn’t like. I could have traced one of my pictures of sunflowers but I wanted to play with it and it was fun.
I haven’t interacted yet with AI, but was listening to something yesterday that encouraged being creative with it, so this was perfect to read this morning. Thanks for sharing your project.
Laurie, It’s come a long way in just this past year. It used to be just to help with words, not facts, but now it does research which is helping me with my genealogy stories. However, information needs to be checked because AI can just spit out anything! I did a little experiment yesterday about my ancestors and it gave me resources to check out. Thanks for dropping by.
Laurie, It’s come a long way in just this past year. It used to be just to help with words, not facts, but now it does research which is helping me with my genealogy stories. However, information needs to be checked because AI can just spit out anything! I did a little experiment yesterday about my ancestors and it gave me resources to check out. Thanks for dropping by.
Lynda, I love to see how other people use AI. I’ve not used it for images yet, so that will be something I will give a try. Did you see my article in the SAQA Journal about AI.
Angie, I sure did! That was interesting.
“It’s fascinating to see how AI is starting to influence traditional crafts like applique. From generating design ideas to optimizing fabric layouts and even guiding precision stitching, AI is enhancing creativity while preserving the artistry of handmade work. It’s a great example of technology supporting, not replacing, human expression.”
Kevin, It is interesting for sure.