ha.įind a quilt holder: Sometimes you just need a quick photo or you might find a pretty background you want to use. I gave up caring what my neighbors thought. It was the perfect size to hang a quilt from. The final image gets cropped so only the quilt is showing.įind a cool wall around your town: This wall was right outside my door.
Most of my full shot quilts were taken like this below when we lived in this house. I had to move my couch and wait for a sunny day to do it but it was worth it. Use a light blank wall: My last house had a blank wall juuuussst big enough to photograph quilts on. This backdrop is taped in front of a row of closets. If I can, I’ll add rolled tape to the back instead so I don’t need to Photoshop.įake it: Use a backdrop if you lack the nice blank walls. In this case I’ve just slapped the tape on the front of the quilt and photo-shopped it out. My preference for all quilt photos is definitely natural light though! We also lack the sun for the entire winter so I’ve brought out my studio lights for a little extra help. I’m currently in a temporary place so I’ve been using a fake brick backdrop and taping the quilt to the backdrop. How do you stick it to a wall you ask…? Tape! I use this kraft packing tape for EVERYTHING including sticking quilts to walls ?īelow is the pull back photo from above. My style preference is a white or a very light colored wall and I just don’t have that in my current place. The reason this one is the hardest for me to take is because I lack the blank walls inside my house right now. You can take this photo indoors on a blank wall or somewhere outside. I try to take this full quilt photo of every quilt I make. This full shot of the quilt is the hardest photo for me to take but the most important one in my opinion. So here are the ten pictures to take of your quilts: Actually, I still kind of want to do that. If I didn’t have this online journal documenting my quilts I would probably make up photo books from blurb of the quilts I’ve made every year. I guess I essentially do the same thing just in digital form. She photographed every quilt she made and wrote up a journal entry on a piece of paper. My husband’s grandma was a life long quilter. (Some just take longer to get up on the blog than others) They are all listed here.
It’s since evolved into a little more than that but I still photograph and blog every single quilt. This blog started as an online journal of the quilts I’ve made. I photograph every single quilt because I blog every single quilt. Once they are gone I obviously can’t photograph them anymore so this ensures I have every picture I need. The reason I like to have a shot list is because I give away a lot of my quilts. *Want to see more photos of these quilts? Just click on the image for the blog post.
I thought I would share my quilt shot list here since others might find it helpful and want to know how to take photos of quilts. I was photographing a quilt this weekend and thinking through all of the photos to take of a quilt.