Karen Gordon > Patricia UnderwoodJune 27, 2025 at 4:20am
Thank you very much for pointing my 4 out. I'm Karen through + through, but answer to anything really, ha ha ♥️. Some fabulous squares throughout all of these - lots of stripes + diagonals which pleases me xx
J'ai une question technique toute "bête" : pourquoi beaucoup de couvertures paraissent-elles très déformées, gondolées etc sur les photos et quelques rares sur fond gris parfaitement droites et rectangulaires comme la cinquième à partir du haut bleue avec des étoiles de mer ? Y a t'il un moyen particulier pour bien photographier ? Je trouve tellement dommage de mal présenter nos ouvrages !!! Est-ce une question d'ordinateur qui fonctionne mal ? Merci à celle qui me répondra.
I think you have already got the answers that you were looking for, Mireille, but just wanted to add my thoughts.
I used to do what Karen describes her husband doing, standing high up to photograph a blanket lying flat on the ground. Advancing age has recently made me stop doing that, so now I take photos of the blanket lying on the floor, but they are not a picture from directly above, so they look distorted rather than square. Also, my camera skills are minimal, so sometimes the camera isn't quite lined up with the edges of the blanket.
Additionally, the camera on my computer seems to have strange ideas about colors, and the same blanket photographed in the sunshine of South Africa seems quite different colors. Maybe it is the lighting in the room where I take the photo, or just the fact that it isn't natural sunlight.
Karen Gordon > Mireille RéauJune 16, 2025 at 4:23am
Laying a blanket flat on the ground will always show the best shape. I feel holding them up makes the natural gravity + combined weight of the yarns appear a different shape when they are not.
It is difficult for oneself to take a photo of a blanket laid flat as you need height to get a good angle. My husband has to stand on our sturdy coffin-like coffee table to photograph mine.
I'm guessing the ones laid flat + perfect looking have been stitched up + photographed in a volunteers home when space and time allow, and not on a parcel opening day. Hope I've explained myself clearly enough xx
Thanks Karen, Patricia and Sharon for hitting the nail on the head our biggest issue is time at the moment. You may have noticed that recently we have been down to two of us per meeting.
However we are all grateful to all of you for your generosity and the superb squares and blankets you make for our children. Many, many thanks from all of us.
I've read your comment, Mireille, but I think you must be seeing the photos differently from me. Most of the blankets from the latest post are being held up by a volunteer whereas a few of the "perfect" ones have been photographed flat on the ground. Nevertheless I can still see all the blankets quite clearly. Is anybody else having this problem or does anyone have any suggestions?
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Thank you very much for pointing my 4 out. I'm Karen through + through, but answer to anything really, ha ha ♥️. Some fabulous squares throughout all of these - lots of stripes + diagonals which pleases me xx
I see it also says Scotland. Do you make a day trip of it when you post your parcels?
Oh it get funnier, my husband is a Glaswegian!!
J'ai une question technique toute "bête" : pourquoi beaucoup de couvertures paraissent-elles très déformées, gondolées etc sur les photos et quelques rares sur fond gris parfaitement droites et rectangulaires comme la cinquième à partir du haut bleue avec des étoiles de mer ? Y a t'il un moyen particulier pour bien photographier ? Je trouve tellement dommage de mal présenter nos ouvrages !!! Est-ce une question d'ordinateur qui fonctionne mal ? Merci à celle qui me répondra.
I think you have already got the answers that you were looking for, Mireille, but just wanted to add my thoughts.
I used to do what Karen describes her husband doing, standing high up to photograph a blanket lying flat on the ground. Advancing age has recently made me stop doing that, so now I take photos of the blanket lying on the floor, but they are not a picture from directly above, so they look distorted rather than square. Also, my camera skills are minimal, so sometimes the camera isn't quite lined up with the edges of the blanket.
Additionally, the camera on my computer seems to have strange ideas about colors, and the same blanket photographed in the sunshine of South Africa seems quite different colors. Maybe it is the lighting in the room where I take the photo, or just the fact that it isn't natural sunlight.
Merci Sharon pour ces précisions
Laying a blanket flat on the ground will always show the best shape. I feel holding them up makes the natural gravity + combined weight of the yarns appear a different shape when they are not.
It is difficult for oneself to take a photo of a blanket laid flat as you need height to get a good angle. My husband has to stand on our sturdy coffin-like coffee table to photograph mine.
I'm guessing the ones laid flat + perfect looking have been stitched up + photographed in a volunteers home when space and time allow, and not on a parcel opening day. Hope I've explained myself clearly enough xx
Thanks Karen, Patricia and Sharon for hitting the nail on the head our biggest issue is time at the moment. You may have noticed that recently we have been down to two of us per meeting.
However we are all grateful to all of you for your generosity and the superb squares and blankets you make for our children. Many, many thanks from all of us.
Merci Karen
I've read your comment, Mireille, but I think you must be seeing the photos differently from me. Most of the blankets from the latest post are being held up by a volunteer whereas a few of the "perfect" ones have been photographed flat on the ground. Nevertheless I can still see all the blankets quite clearly. Is anybody else having this problem or does anyone have any suggestions?
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