Adventures in Quilt Photography

Who knew trying to get that perfect shot of a quilt could be hazardous to your health?!

Has anyone ever gotten a concussion from taking quilt pictures?!!!

What about the flu?!

My (well, our family's) Christmas present from my sister is this beautiful gift quilt she made and shipped to us in Montana just in time for Christmas!

She even embroidered all of our names...including Max!

I just LOVE it and wanted to take ~~a million~~ the perfect picture to show everyone.

The weather would just not cooperate. There wasn't enough snow for my skiing husband's liking...the sun didn't make an appearance for days, but the wind sure did!

The day we flew home, the wind disappeared and the sun and snow arrived. Isn't that always the way?

That morning (very early in case you can't tell by the lighting) I convinced my husband to help me take pictures at a location I had scouted for just this purpose.

Did I mention the temperature also dropped quite a bit? I suggested he take pictures from the cozy warmth of the car, while I stood outside and held up the quilt.

He kept trying to get me and the mountains in the picture, but I was envisioning the quilt in front of the Christmas-like trees with the sparkling lights. I convinced him to switch places and let me take the pictures ;-)

That's when I slipped and landed flat on my back....right as another car pulled up. Ouch!!!

How about some humiliation to go with that headache?!

It's nice to know others take pictures of this beautiful scenery....but somehow I think I was the only one out there adding a quilt to the vistas ;-)

Still trying to get that perfect shot, I made the kids join us in hiking up the ski bridge. By that time, the wind was back and it was getting even colder.