Pretty paper Photo quilts

We did our first field trip together as a craft group back in October, and we went to Ann Arbor (Michigan) to visit the awesome paper craft supply store Hollanders (check out www.hollanders.com). We each came away with lots of gorgeous papers, and about a month later, five of us had created photo quilts (a technique used by Michelle in her art quilts) using some these papers.

Cory used a photo from Peru or Costa Rica (which, Cory?), of lush tropical vegetation, and below is her finished piece. Look at all that textured green-ness at the bottom! There are bits of crafty lichen in there too, among other fibers.



Ellen downloaded a photo of the Portuguese coastline (the Azores), and used the back of one of her pretty papers for a great sunset-in-the-daytime-sky look:



Jess used one of her own photos of Machu Picchu, and brought out the stone walls in the photo to great effect.



Kara made this piece for her grandfather, using one of her own photos. The off-setting of the photo looks great in this piece!



And Mirna downloaded a photo of poppies in the sunset, for a splash of red colour. The black tissue paper with the gold thread she used for her background sets off the reds in the center very nicely!