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…
My class in Lebanon, PA was small, but the students were enthusiastic. Just look at their great results! Back row, L-R: Christenna, Cheryl, and Ann. Front row, L-R: Donna and Dian I have to brag on Cheryl, who was also my hostess. Her sewing machine gave her all sorts of problems in class, so she…
I finished up my little (18 x 18) scrap quilt and I’m pretty happy with it. I’m calling it Seeking the Horizon. Detail shot. All the fabrics are dyed and printed by me. I think they have a lot of impact together! Ellen Lindner P.S. If you read about my quilting problems in the previous post,…
I had some interesting scraps left over from Waiting for the Lightnin’ Bugs. As you can see, they included many skinny triangles, so I knew that would drive my design. And, because they were so skinny, I knew I’d use a collage technique, rather than piecing them. After creating a background, I started with the brightest…
I made this quilt about 10 years ago. It’s only 12 x 12, but I really like it. I was looking through my photos the other day and I thought this image might look great somewhat abstracted. And increased in size. So, I started working on PIECING it, to be about 24 x 24. Here’s…
My latest quilt is complete! As you can see, I decided to square off the edges. These colors are true. My earlier ones were shot in the studio. This one got proper lighting. The dark colors of the quilt, combined with yellow streaks, reminded me of a cool evening, in VA, watching the lightnin’ bugs…
I quilted my latest quilt and was pretty happy with it. But, as I studied it, one spot bugged me. I thought this spot was too busy and that a solid piece of fabric would look better. Should I applique a different fabric over the current one? Maybe something brown or purple? As I auditioned…
As I continued working on my muted piece, it was time to do a whole lot of tweaking! First, I made more units so I’d have enough to make it more square, rather than horizontal, as it stood when initially auditioned. Squares from earlier units gave me a good starting point. Getting close. As I…
Possible duplicate post When putting away hand dyed fabrics, I noticed that my least favorites, the dark muted pieces, actually looked pretty good together. I decided to make a quilt with them, and to include a few accents of lighter colors. I was headed for a quilting retreat, so I packed up my potential fabrics…
Here it is, Petal Drop. If you’ve been following along, you know it started as part of a quilted (but not faced) quilt. After lots of slicing rearranging and stitching, this is what I ended up with. I stitched the sections back together with a loose zigzag. And used the same stitching on the edge. The statement:…