outtakes of the lake

there is a hillside across the road from our beach house that has yellow blooms coming out (see below). i've admired it at as the lowering sun lights it up every evening before sunset. because of the red hill and yellow flowers, i thought it would make a nice setting for a finish photo for "fall paint lake." one evening, i got my husband to go out and shoot some pictures with me.

this was the setting i had in mind:

i wanted to stand there somewhere near the bush, holding the quilt up.

i ran across the road and stood where i was thinking and my husband took a shot or two. then he said i needed to move further north (left) because the light wasn't really on my spot anymore. the problem with that is there's a lot of road objects just to the left of where i was standing.

he said, "just climb up on that concrete barrier so you can catch the light." it was a little narrow, but i managed to stand on it, and he started shooting.

when i came down, he said, "i got the barricade and everything in the shot." that's when i realized he hasn't assisted me with quilt shoots before, hasn't really seen "quilts in the wild" pictures, and wasn't thinking anywhere along the same lines as i was when it came to the photos.

the few closer looking shots in this series are photos i cropped in on after he took them.

while i was standing on top of the pylon, i was playfully wobbling around, balancing on one foot, and he took a picture. ironically, this is the one photo he zoomed further in on and you can't even see i'm balancing on a ledge 3 feet off the ground, haha. 

it's ok. we tried.

we lost the light at this point and decided to try again another day. maybe. we'll see if we do or not. there always seems to be something going on at that time of day, usually dinner.

so these may or may not end up being my finish shots for "fall paint lake."

this quilt has a lot of cute novelty prints in it. i used a lot more heather ross than i have previously used in non-scrap quilts. it also has that orange-ish red strawberry print and the golden dylan m animal print. if it didn't have these touches, i'd probably rename it something to do with our beach house living. 

the binding is a cadet blue print from the top. it has strings of lights on it that read as random dots on the binding. i'm happy with it.

the backing is two large pieces: a cute grey check from "orchard" by april rosenthal for moda and the luna moth print from heather ross's 20th anniversary collection for windham fabrics. the grey is a great low-volume neutral i use a lot. the luna moths are just pretty and fun. i've used them a few places, as well. i'm not much of a purple fan, but this is a pretty print.

i was able to work both selvages into the backing, one of my personal favorite touches. i got to thinking the other day that for non-fabric nerds this might seem strange. people who aren't into quilting designers and fabrics might wonder why i didn't cut that part off, why i left all the print in. but i love it. i am a big fabric nerd and i do like having the lovely selvages sewn into the quilt so i can forever see them moving forward.

i'm guessing this is the finish post for this quilt. it's not likely we'll get around to shooting it again. it actually makes for a fun story even if it didn't turn out the way i wanted. he'll be a better trained quilt husband next time.