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pamkasperi 04-07-2011 11:12 PM

the quilts always look crooked...lay them on the floor; have someone hold them; pin them on the way; put on a hanger...tonight both quilts I posted - I went back - looked at the pictures and they look crooked. The green soccer quilt is a little - I think I pulled too hard when I was quilting at the end - couldn't get the right touch and found myself gripping it white knuckle like. But its only a little bit off - 36.3 vs. 36. The other quilt I posted looks crooked but I measured it all the way and its fine...

They aren't great quilts - but their mine - but I have to find a way to photograph them so they don't look so bad....

Quiltforme 04-08-2011 12:03 AM

Just hang them crooked then it will even out :) I love the green one you did!

katier825 04-08-2011 03:47 AM

Try hanging them on pants hangers over a curtain rod, shower rod, etc. I put up a tension rod in front of my closet doors and hang from that if they're small enough to fit.

karenpatrick 04-08-2011 04:25 AM


Originally Posted by katier825
Try hanging them on pants hangers over a curtain rod, shower rod, etc. I put up a tension rod in front of my closet doors and hang from that if they're small enough to fit.

Katie, this doesn't have anything to do with the topic but I LOVE your avatar quilt.

ghostrider 04-08-2011 04:50 AM

There are lots of websites addressing the question of how to photograph quilts, but this is one of the best I've found for quilters, not photographers. http://www.hollyknott.com/stq/index.htm

Scrap Happy 04-08-2011 05:09 AM


Originally Posted by ghostrider
There are lots of websites addressing the question of how to photograph quilts, but this is one of the best I've found for quilters, not photographers. http://www.hollyknott.com/stq/index.htm

Ghostrider, thanks for the link I’ve book marked it.

Scrap Happy 04-08-2011 05:10 AM

Pam, I’ve seen the pics of your beautiful quilts and they didn’t look crooked to me. All I saw was how beautiful they are!

mommamac 04-08-2011 05:26 AM

a couple of ideas:

put them on a bed

drape them over a railing

amma 04-08-2011 08:55 AM


Originally Posted by ghostrider
There are lots of websites addressing the question of how to photograph quilts, but this is one of the best I've found for quilters, not photographers. http://www.hollyknott.com/stq/index.htm

Thank you for sharing this link :D:D:D

Dina 04-08-2011 09:18 AM

I don't think it matters if they look crooked. You know they aren't. It's similar to a purple quilt I made that photographed blue. I knew it was purple, but it sure was blue in my camera.

Turns out I like it in blue so much that I made a blue one too!

Cameras sort of have minds of their own, I decided.

pamkasperi 04-08-2011 11:50 AM


Originally Posted by Dina
I don't think it matters if they look crooked. You know they aren't. It's similar to a purple quilt I made that photographed blue. I knew it was purple, but it sure was blue in my camera.

Turns out I like it in blue so much that I made a blue one too!

Cameras sort of have minds of their own, I decided.

I had that on one of my quilts - turned on all the lights still came out blue - took it outside still came out blue....my camera didn't like green that day!!!


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