My latest quilt, Autumn Skyline, exclusively uses fabrics dyed by me.
Initially inspired by fall trees, it evolved into an urban park.
It has extensive quilting throughout.
Isn’t it amazing what quilting adds to the final product?
Ellen Lindner
I dyed this fabric last year and it’s one of my favorites. I was really happy with the way I had a viable design without doing anything more to it, but HOW do you design with that? I had a false start last year and am now trying again. These are the collection of “featured”…
I was excited to work with the red and blue-green fabric I had recently died. I pulled out all my other dyed fabrics in those colors and began to explore my options. This was the starting fabric. As you can see above, it was missing a chunk on the bottom right corner. So I evened…
My latest quilt has been coming together nicely, even though the fabrics are a little bit diverse. The colors, patterns, and values of the fabrics have dictated what looks good where and the fabric sizes have determined what will actually fit where. Things evolved on the design wall as I folded and auditioned fabrics in…
Ghost printing yields pale, delicate results. Like this. All you do is run clear printing paste through a dirty stencil. The paste picks up the color remaining in the crevices and dilutes it to a lovely pastel. Isn’t it pretty? Deconstructed screen printing (DSP) is quite different. Thickened print past, usually colored, is drawn onto…
In my last post, I showed how I started with a diagonal composition. That was probably a good starting point, but I could very quickly see that it was way to bulky and “regular.” I knew it needed to have some variation and some energy added. So, I started trying new things. First, I got…
I had forgotten how much fun it is to cut colored paper and glue it down. But, the ladies in my Adventures in Color class, in Carlisle, PA helped me remember! Gee, did we have fun! In this class I encourage table mates to share their materials. This adds to the fun, since everyone is…