Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Collages............

I was playing with Picasa 3 yesterday and made collages of my 16 patch quilts.  I'm not including the orange one I made last year because the top isn't done yet.  It needs to be wider.  This is the garden series: Peony Garden, Zinnia Garden, and Blueberry Patch.
I chose photos of blocks, stacks to sew, sewing taking place, and finished quilt top.
There are several choices for layouts for the collages.
I did some sewing on the pastel 16 patch strip sets but you will have to wait until tomorrow to see them.

20 comments:

Sewing Junkie said...

Lots of visual eye candy. Chris

Quiltdivajulie said...

Collages are so much fun and they share so much more about the process than a single snapshot can. Your sixteen patch works are marvelous!

Mary said...

What a beautiful assortment of quilt tops.

Debbie said...

Great visual comparison. Clicking back through your posts, I can see the series develop. In the collage format you condensed the entire process. I can't pick just one....they are all beautiful.

Anonymous said...

They all look fantastic!

Frebblebit

Ann said...

The collage format is very informative of your process. And the smaller scale photos reinforce what we all know: looking at quilts in small scale highlights value placement. Thanks.

cottonreel said...

Oh ! Wanda , how very inspirational to call your quilts of the present your garden series . They really are lovely.
I have always called my such quilts Cottage quilts ,
My friend and myself are off to the quilt show at Birmingham , UK tomorrow . It is the Festival of Quilts

Alice Turcotte said...

OH my...so nice...

Sheila said...

Awesome quilts. A celebration of color! Love the collages. Thank you for sharing your pictures.

Elaine M said...

Lovely eye candy this morning. Love all the extra pictures. Wandaful! Must say my eyes keep coming back to the Peony.

GO STARS! said...

Beautiful! I love the colors and seeing all of the finished quilts together gives a whole different perspective than just seeing them individually.

Needled Mom said...

Oh fun!!!! I love the colors in the collage.

Elaine/Muddling Through said...

It is almost as much fun playing with the photos of the quilts as it is making them. And I LOVE seeing your handiwork in all its splendor.

JJM said...

Another great post today Wanda, really like the photo layout you presented.

Each quilt top has it's own grand look, and to chose a favorite is impossible, they are all beautiful !

JJM

Cathi said...

Oh, what fun to see the collages! The garden series is so lovely - love looking at that collage!

patty a. said...

These quilts are so beautiful! All that color is so fun!

Deb@asimplelifequilts said...

Wonderful post which really shows off these beauties! Such a great idea to do the collages... I'm going to try and keep this in mind for my new large quilt projects.

Mystic Quilter said...

These collages are amazing - must have a look to see if there is anything I can do in Photoshop Elements.
Love the names you have given the quilts.

Elaine said...

I knew it would be amazing and it was. Can't believe you made those thousands of squares in the last couple of months. beautiful!

Brown Family said...

That is a neat way to show off the process!