Originally Posted by
Cedar
Now I'm thinking I need a definition of watercolor quilts too. I had thought they were pictures made from tiny squares similar to paint by number designs, but now I'm realize that I may not know.
What is the difference between watercolor quilts, pixel quilts, and postage stamp quilts?
I'm no expert here, but to my way of thinking postage stamp quilts are scrappy with random placement of very small squares (2" or less), with no overall pattern. Pixel quilts have squares very precisely placed so that the overall quilt from a distance is a picture, much like you see on a computer screen. Watercolor quilts are somewhere in between. As you can see on the picture in this link, the little fabric squares are fussy cut and then sewn together precisely to make an image, but the resulting flowers in the fabric flow kind of freely and artistically:
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/433190057880720910/