Exhilarating Class in Stuart, FL

Exhilarating.  That’s the best word to describe my recent class in Stuart, FL.  Students came to our “Design  Your Own Nature Quilt” class with their inspiration fabrics, lots of fabric and quite a bit of artistic courage.  After a morning learning about design and sketching their planned compositions, they got to work.  And every one of them made excellent progress!

Before I show you their results, take a look at all the fabric Theresa brought!  Yes, folks, that IS a laundry basket.  She wins the prize for “Most fabric brought to class.  Ever.”  As you might imagine, she received quite a bit of good-natured ribbing about this.

Design Your Own Nature Quilt class with Ellen Lindner. AdventureQuilter.com/blog

Speaking of Theresa, this was her inspiration photo.

Design Your Own Nature Quilt class with Ellen Lindner. AdventureQuilter.com/blog

And this was her quilt after a few hours of work.  We also spent some time selecting patterned fabrics for the center section.  She’ll add shadows with darker fabrics and it will be fantastic!

Design Your Own Nature Quilt class with Ellen Lindner. AdventureQuilter.com/blog

Maureen used a very interesting photo, taken in Ireland, if I remember correctly.  Because of the complexity, she cropped it quite a bit.  This is consistent with our class motto:
Be inspired by your photo, not controlled by it.

Design Your Own Nature Quilt class with Ellen Lindner. AdventureQuilter.com/blog

And here’s her progress.

Design Your Own Nature Quilt class with Ellen Lindner. AdventureQuilter.com/blog

Those shadows are very effective, aren’t they?  This is progressing very nicely!

Denise’s photo was beautiful.

Design Your Own Nature Quilt class with Ellen Lindner. AdventureQuilter.com/blog

And look how much of it she completed in an afternoon.

Design Your Own Nature Quilt class with Ellen Lindner. AdventureQuilter.com/blog

I’ll have lots more examples to show you soon.

Ellen Lindner

6 Responses to Exhilarating Class in Stuart, FL

  1. Theresa Olson September 17, 2016 at 10:12 am #

    Maureen’s and Denise’s projects look great! That sunflower needs some work! Lol!
    Ok, so let me explain why I brought so much fabric. . .I couldn’t decide what inspirational photo I was going to do, therefore, that meant I had to bring most of my stash! 😃 It made for a good laugh with the class, right? I had a lot of fun that day, however, when I got home, I had to put all that fabric away! Yikes!

    • Ellen Lindner September 17, 2016 at 4:56 pm #

      Oh, the joys of traveling with fabric! 🙂

  2. marthaginn September 17, 2016 at 10:36 am #

    Great report of what sounds like an outstanding class!

    • Ellen Lindner September 17, 2016 at 11:30 am #

      Martha, we always have so much fun!

  3. Jo Ann Jolley September 17, 2016 at 10:45 am #

    What a great time we had learning with Ellen! From the hands-on morning exercises to developing our own designs in the afternoon, we accomplished so much! Thanks so much Ellen for taking us along on your adventure!
    Jo Ann

    • Ellen Lindner September 17, 2016 at 11:30 am #

      Jo Ann, I loved every moment of it, and was very impressed with the progress everyone made!

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