The Garden Composite

Webster says – Garden (GAHR-nd) n. ground for growing flower, fruit, or vegetables – v. cultivate garden.

When I read the challenge for July my first reaction was, “Wow! I’m going to see someone do ‘fried green tomatoes' or at least, ‘home grow’d t’maiders [sic]’” Oh well! I added the vegetable garden myself to make sure we were all-inclusive in our endeavors. There is a hamburger joint in Fort Worth that serves fried leeks that will stop your heart. Now that’s gardening.

This composite came together with ease. I usually do all the “tweaking” first. Then, sit back and study the page and see if my imagination can visualize how they interact. Or, at least, which one will make a good middle of the page image. In a photo, just above center at the one-third line is often where we try to put a point of interest – such as the eye line of a portrait. That’s where I put the composite's “center.” Another photo trick is to put something in the image that will “lead” your eye to other points of interest – like Judy’s butterfly wings. They are right in the middle, but notice how they lead your eye to upper left and upper right, top row, and Alice and Carolyn’s quilts nicely frame Tricia’s garden.

The reds of Nedra’s and Jane’s quilts also frame the butterflies and the sweep of the quilting leads your eyes back to the middle.

Karen, we all know the importance of bees to any garden, be[no pun intended] it flower, fruit, vegetable, or field crop. It’s great you added one of the most significant insects in the 6-legged world to the collection.  [Did you know there are over 200,000 different kind of animals that act as pollinators?]

To start the description of the last row with “and that leaves” Andrea and Kathy” would seem to demean their quilts. Absolutely not! They both fit perfectly in that space, both in color and size to balance the corner and leave room for the label.

Thank you for letting me be a part of such a talented and creative group.

Randy