Pantograph display????

[Janette]

Hi,

How do all of you professional quilters display your pantograph patterns in order for your customer to choose what they want for their quilts?? Rather than unwinding each roll???

Many thanks in advance.

[DoryJM]

I inherited about 60 pantos when I purchased a cabinet from a lady that was going out of business. She had put together a binder with pictures of the pantos (usually 2 per page) and had them separated as to cost. Its a nice way to display.

[Liam]

I have a binder like Dory has seperated into light, medium and heavy quilting. I also have about half of my pantos quilted out on 42" by 6' panels (a lot of new ones I need to do yet). I have 1 or 2 rolls quilted, depending on width and the name of each panto. Heidi had suggested that and my customers like seeing what the pattern looks like quilted.

[Bekah]

Liam and Dory thank you for the advice. now to find the time to actually quilt up the pantos.

I really must quit this day job:P

[Janette]

Originally posted by Liam1964

I have a binder like Dory has seperated into light, medium and heavy quilting. I also have about half of my pantos quilted out on 42" by 6' panels (a lot of new ones I need to do yet). I have 1 or 2 rolls quilted, depending on width and the name of each panto. Heidi had suggested that and my customers like seeing what the pattern looks like quilted.

Sounds like a good idea ! thanks for your great advice, and thanks to Dory too, the display book sounds great too.

[hollyc]

I was recently at a Minnesota quilt shop and they had pantographs done in muslin, about a 12 inch square, edges overcast, and on a ring so you could go through to pick one out. REally good idea I thought.

[DollieBee]

I have a binder with the pantos copied, via black perm. marker, on acetate. The edge of the acetate is then covered with tape to keep the acetate from tearing.

This way the customer can take the panto out and audition it on their quilt to really get the impact of the different designs.

Then the designs are catagorized into 3 sections. Easier pantos, cheaper quilting rate to most complex, most expensive.

[Quilting Heidi]

I got a clear plastic shoe holder and turn the panto's so that you can see the small picture of the panto. It works great for customers and me.

[Janette]

All excellent ideas, plenty to think about, thanks.

[Dave-Jane]

Sometimes the place you purchased them from has a CD available and you can print a sampler book of the ones you have right off the CD.-----

[victoriasews]

I have a photograph album I got at Walmart for a dollar in the photo department. When I do a quilt with a pantograph, or custom quilts for that matter (I just put them in a different album) I just take a picture of it and put it in the album. The album holds just 2 pictures per page, one on the front and one on the back. The album holds 40 pictures. It is small so easy to transport and the customer gets to see the panto actually stitched out. I have 3 albums I displayed when I had a booth at a local show, one for pantos, one for custom and one for freehand. Tons of people browsed through them at the show. It's sort of like having a webshots page without having to carry along a computer.

[quiltermidwife]

Hi Janette

I started quilting my panto's out but have to admit that I have become rather lax at this over time. This is a great reminder to get back to it.

However, normally I will pull out 2 - 4 that I consider suitable and a choice is happily made from those.