As “Design Your Own Nature Quilt” continued in Houston, the creativity was flowing and the fabric was flying. This is the view from Susan’s table. I think she may have won for the most fabric brought to class, but the competition was strong all around the room.
This is Nasreen. At first, she seemed none too sure about my methods, but she persevered and was on a roll by the end of class.
Her image included a MASS of poinsettias as the primary subject. She wisely focused on three and ended up with an excellent representation of these colorful flowers.
Darshana had a wonderful inspiration photo.
She translated it to fabric very well. I love those vibrant colors! She’s got a little more tweaking to do, but her composition is basically complete.
Louise spent a good bit of time getting her piece exactly to her liking.
It was time well spent. This is her final piece, with little purple squiggles marking locations for future beading or embroidery.
Judy’s photo showed a plethora of poppies. Like Nasreen, she chose to focus on only a few. Her use of striped fabric added a lot of interest. In the photo below she was beginning to work on buds. Stems and leaves will be last.
Caroline had never made an art quilt before class. However, she came armed with a fabulous photo and a courageous spirit. Here’s her photo. Great, right?
She jumped right in and her piece developed quickly.
She was excited with her progress. And here it is almost complete.
All of these women worked in ways completely new to them and every one of them had such fantastic results. They were excited and so was I!
Still more to come about this class in the next post.
Ellen Lindner
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