A Day with Ellen Lindner: Design Your Own Nature Quilt

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I'm trying something different. Rather than teaching for a guild, I'm renting a space in Melbourne, FL and personally coordinating all the class advertising and details. I hope you'll join me on August 1st, for my first class!

August 1, 2011

Design Your Own Nature Quilt
6 hours, no sewing, $65, (includes $5 kit fee)

Class sample: Cosmo Cotillion
Note: Your quilt will look entirely different,
since you'll design it from your own photo

This class will help take the fear out of design. Using your own nature photo, you’ll learn how to interpret it in fabric. Multiple group and solo exercises will give you the skills and confidence you need to start your own design. A raw edge collage technique will ensure maximum flexibility and speedy results.

These are just a few of the things you’ll be learning:
            -         Creating a sense of depth.
            -         Identifying and placing a focal point.
            -         How cropping can help a composition.
            -         Getting your fabric to do the work.
            -         How to work with raw edge collage.
Note: No artistic skills are needed, but artistic courage is required.

Additional Resources:
- Supply List
- Wonderful Student's Results
- See some of Ellen's nature quilts, along with the photos that inspired them
- I've also written more about this class on my blog.

Location: Courtyard Studio, 1419 Highland Ave., Melbourne, FL (old Eau Gallie area)
Time: 9:30- 4:00. Please arrive a few minutes early. We'll take a 30 minute break for lunch. Please pack your lunch. Both morning and afternoon sessions will start promptly.

Please sign up promptly. (This class needs 5 students by July 22nd.)

Can't make a class in Melbourne? Check out Ellen's full teaching schedule, and ebooks.