Ellen Lindner: Art & Creativity

After completing our small zinnia inspired quilt tops, it was time for some more fun.  We cut our pieces both vertically and horizontally and swapped quadrants!  Each person kept one of their original quadrants, and received three from others. 

The quadrants shown below were made by (from top left, clockwise:) Ellen Lindner, Bev O’Connell, Barbara Bilbo, and Dij Pacarro.

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Of course, we knew they wouldn’t match up and that was part of the fun.  We considered it charming.  Plus, we knew we’d have fun working with them from this slightly challenging start.

These are my four quadrants, made by (from top left, clockwise:) Bev O’Connell, Lisa-Marie Sanders, Martha Wolfe, Ellen Lindner.

We’d already decided that it was acceptable to rearrange the four quadrants, so I did so.  Like this:

Our rules say that we can alter the four quadrants in any way, as long as the centers stay placed in the center and as long as it retains the required dimensions.

So, I began to think about the changes I might make.
– What if I raised the right half some, to make the bright colors match at the top?
– Maybe I should add some more pink in the top left corner.
– And what about the big discrepancy where the pink/orange of the two right halves meet?  Do I need to address that, or let it be “extra charming.”  If I did want to address it, what could I do?

I’ll show you my decisions in future posts.

Ellen Lindner