Quilting and Photography are two of my greatest loves, and recently I have been able to put them together. One of our EQ Artists, AnneMarie Chany, brought us a few quilts to photograph.
Moccasin by AnneMarie Chany – Gen X Quilters
The first quilt, Moccasin, she called her “Fourth Child” when she dropped it off. Her design is phenomenal with quilting just as stunning. Read more about her creation process for this quilt.
We decided to go to the Wood County, OH Historical Society to take picture’s AnneMarie’s quilts. The structure that the quilt is hung on is an Oil Derrick, which was used to mine natural gas in the late 1800’s. We waited until the exact second that the wind died down to shoot this photo. Wind only stops for seconds at a time most days in windy Bowling Green, OH.
Alternate views of Moccasin
Purple Bonfire by AnneMarie Chany – Gen X Quilters
Purple Bonfire was AnneMarie’s 2016 Block of the Month. Even though it’s over now, you can still check it out!
We were chasing the shadows around the grounds of the Infirmary, and found a bench by the log cabin. I really love how the modern quilt looks in front of the old log cabin.
Alternate view of Purple Bonfire
White Chocolatier by AnneMarie Chany – Gen X Quilters
There is old farming and blacksmithing machinery scattered across the grounds. This machine had huge wheels, which was a great way to display a large quilt.
The Historical Society was the perfect place to mirror AnneMarie’s quilts. Many of her quilts take traditional quilt block and pair them with modern colors and layouts.
White Chocolatier is AnneMarie’s 2017 Block of the Month. Learn more and follow along!
Alternate Views of White Chocolatier
The New York Beauty Hoop by AnneMarie Chany – Gen X Quilters
This was the first Hoop Quilt that AnneMarie created. She made it with a New York Beauty block she found in EQ7.
You can read more about how she constructed this quilt here.
Alternate views of The New York Beauty Hoop Quilt
This was just a quick look into our photo shoot. To learn more about AnneMarie visit her EQ artist page.
07-05-2017
11:30 am
I appreciate that you are trying to make art with your photography but you do a disservice to the quilt and its designer when you fold the quilt. To truly appreciate the balance of a quilt, or any piece of art, we need to see it in its entirety.
07-05-2017
7:32 pm
Unfortunately, folding is necessary is this digital age. There are those online who time and again will print out a photo of a quilt that is taken flat, with no folds. They have no scruples about using this photo to make the pattern without paying the designer.
Yes, storing with folds can be an issue. For a short photo shoot however, it is usually the best way to show the essence of the quilt without giving away the pattern, block by block. (IMHO).
09-29-2017
12:31 pm
In my opinion, when quilts or quilt blocks are so easily copied they shouldn’t be for offered sale, there’s nothing special about them, patterns and copyrights should be for unique things. You’re simply buying a technique of sewing pieces of fabric together. As an example, a few days ago I visited a blog by someone that was selling a pattern to make a Variable Star block. That particular star is offered free all over the internet, one can easily see it’s made with 3 sections sewed together, you need 4 flying geese and 5 plain squares of fabric. Perhaps it was the first block she ever made and she was proud of that and wanted to be reimbursed for her effort? She had every right to make that block and offer it for sale, but who is going to buy it when they can get if for nothing?
I think being able to design quilts is a left brain/right brain thing (and we’ll never be able to understand each other). The first time I heard someone say that they couldn’t make a quilt without a pattern, I opened my big fat mouth and blurted out “You can’t make a quilt without a pattern?!”
I was instantly horrified I insulted someone like that. I’ve made so many quilts without a pattern, including my first 10 or so. I cut out shapes of fabric and sewed them together. (yes, there were many things I did wrong with the first quilt, but I learned from my mistakes). I just assumed everyone could make a quilt without a pattern. Since that incident so long ago, I’d estimate there are many more “can’t” make a quilt without a pattern vs “can” make a quilt without a pattern.
(I’ve kept my mouth shut when someone tells me the can’t)
I often save photos of quilts I see or like. I use them to expand my EQ skills. When they’re unique I feel challenged to recreate them in EQ (how did he or she do that?). I may save photos of 10-20 quilts per week. But recreating them in EQ is all I do, I don’t intend to ever make them into a real quilt, there’s not enough time, I’d long be dead before I could accomplish it. I never share these EQ designs, nor do I ever sell anything quilt related, EQ designs, blocks, quilts or patterns of anything. Although after my death, my heirs will be able to sell my fabric stash and my other earthly goods