This class will help take the fear out of design. Using your own nature photo, you’ll learn how to interpret it in fabric.
Part One focuses on design only, and is appropriate for artists working in any medium. It includes multiple exercises which will give you the skills and confidence you need to design your own quilt. Some of the things you'll be learning include:
- Identifying and placing a focal point.
- How cropping can help a composition.
- Interpreting a photo loosely
At the end of Part One, you'll have at least one quilt sketched.
If you desire, you may continue into Part Two, in which you'll receive highly personalized advice from Ellen about the actual composition and construciton of your quilt. You will learn a raw edge collage technique which will ensure maximum flexibility and speedy results. Some of the things you'll be learning include:
- Working with raw edge fabric collage.
- Getting fabric to do the work.
Notes:
- No artistic skills are needed, but artistic courage is required.
Additional Resources:
- Wonderful examples of Student's Results
- See some of Ellen's nature quilts, along with the photos that inspired them
- Supply
List
- Wondering if this class is a good fit for you and your sewing
machine? Read
Class Requirements, below.
- Find out about the e-Learning
experience: technical issues, privacy, and much more at
How It
Works.
$35,
3 Lessons
June 26, 2015
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Part One Classroom (enrollment required)
Part Two Classroom (enrollment required)
Ellen's starting photo
Cosmo Cotillion, the resulting quilt.
Your quilt will be entirely different, since
you'll
start
with your own photo.
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