Ellen Lindner: Art & Creativity

I’m winding down on the design phase of my Croton quilt.  Here it is with everything pinned in place – except for the vein fabrics.  (The fabrics aren’t really this bright, though.)

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I’ll add the vein fabrics by slipping skinny pieces of fabric under the adjacent larger pieces.  (It’s easier to hold everything in place with the little guys on the bottom.)  I’ll probably use a little glue to hold them in place.  And definitely LOTS of pins throughout!

My construction technique is rather unusual, I guess.  I don’t make a quilt top before stitching it to the batting.  Instead, I just leave everything pinned together, layer it with batting, and start stitching.  The stitches holds all the design fabrics in place, as well as adding wonderful texture.  

Ellen Lindner
P.S.  You can read more about my process here.