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Posted by Edna Pearl on October 4, 2009, 8:08 pm
These encouraging remarks are a very good reason to continue to post
pictures!
These two projects are favorite colors. I thought my color tastes were
unremarkable until I started looking at other people's quilts here at RCTQ,
and realized how many different and beautiful aesthetic choices there are,
and that my color choices are, in fact, special to me and sometimes shared
by others.
ep
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> Edna Pearl wrote:
>> It is conceivable that I have succeed in uploading two photographs to
>> Picassa.
>> http://picasaweb.google.com/juliester/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCK3vtrCtktiqLg#
>> The first is the Welsh-style mini-quilt that I have finished.
>> The second is my infamous taffeta-and-satin quilt top, a very dark-toned
>> quilt top spread out on a white floor. The photo is awful so I'll try to
>> explain it. The patchwork is taffeta Shoo-Fly and the borders are black
>> satin. The patchwork area is tailored to the bed (more or less) (or
>> would be if it was lying on a bed) so the black satin border drapes
>> nicely (as I hope it will continue to do when I have quilted it). You
>> can kind of see the pink flowers on a black background in this photo, but
>> it is impossible to discern the flocked red flowers on the purple
>> background. It's really very pretty, if I do say so myself, though it
>> looks like a mud puddle in this photo.
>> I hope I managed to upload these photos and I hope you can see
>> *something* in them.
>> ep
> Woo-hoo! Photos!
> Your Welsh style mini is so striking with the red, black, and white. Great
> job!
> While yes, the taffeta-satin quilt pics are a little...um...bad ;-) now
> at least we have an idea of what you're are talking about. I really love
> your choice of colors on both quilts.
> Best regards,
> Michelle in Nevada
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>> It is conceivable that I have succeed in uploading two photographs to
>> Picassa.
>> http://picasaweb.google.com/juliester/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCK3vtrCtktiqLg#
>> The first is the Welsh-style mini-quilt that I have finished.
>> The second is my infamous taffeta-and-satin quilt top, a very dark-toned
>> quilt top spread out on a white floor. The photo is awful so I'll try to
>> explain it. The patchwork is taffeta Shoo-Fly and the borders are black
>> satin. The patchwork area is tailored to the bed (more or less) (or
>> would be if it was lying on a bed) so the black satin border drapes
>> nicely (as I hope it will continue to do when I have quilted it). You
>> can kind of see the pink flowers on a black background in this photo, but
>> it is impossible to discern the flocked red flowers on the purple
>> background. It's really very pretty, if I do say so myself, though it
>> looks like a mud puddle in this photo.
>> I hope I managed to upload these photos and I hope you can see
>> *something* in them.
>> ep
> Woo-hoo! Photos!
> Your Welsh style mini is so striking with the red, black, and white. Great
> job!
> While yes, the taffeta-satin quilt pics are a little...um...bad ;-) now
> at least we have an idea of what you're are talking about. I really love
> your choice of colors on both quilts.
> Best regards,
> Michelle in Nevada