| Quilt Backgrounds | |
scanned by Jacci Howard Bear
These quilt backgrounds are from scans of actual quilts. The smaller tiling graphics are shown on this page. Right-click on the image and save it to your hard drive. For the others, click through to see and grab the larger images.
Number 1
This orange/yellow graphic will put the quilt remnant down the left side of the screen with the remaining area white or whatever background color your specify (it's transparent).
Each of the following five use the same aqua and yellow quilt pieces but create different patterns when tiled on the background.
Tile these images for overall patterns, each different.
Number 2d
This background puts a narrow quilt-strip (same colors as above) down the left side of the page, leaving the remainder white.
Number 2e
This background puts a narrow strip of aqua quilted triangles down the left side of the page leaving the remainder white.
Number 3
For a subtle effect, this background puts a very narrow, rough-edged strip of off-white quilt down the left side of the page. On high resolution screens another larger strip of quilt will show on the right side of the screen.
Each of the following three use the same maroon and gold quilt pieces.
Use this dark over-all pattern in moderation. You may want to lighten it in an image-editing program for a more subtle effect.
Number 4b
This background puts a narrow quilt strip down the left side of the page. A light tan from the quilt covers the remainder of the background.
Number 4c
Here's a different type of background, best used on short pages with only a small amount of text. It puts a strip of quilt across the top of the page and a textured background on the remaining area.
Number 5
The strip of multi-colored (pink/blue/green) quilt along the left of the page fades out to white on the rest of the page.
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