Instant Art Quilts in The Villages – Part Two
Day Two at The Villages brought another Instant Art Quilt class. And once again, the students rose to the challenge.
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Brenda worked with a variety of fabrics to create her background: a tricky task that she managed extremely well. A fabric with hot tropical foliage provided the perfect accent pieces.
Kathy also used several different fabrics to create her background. She selected a lovely spring green color for accents. She plans to add leaves in this color, and sheer flowers in a variety of red-orange colors. It will be very springy and organic!
Once arranged, Sharon’s fabric created a natural diagonal effect, which she used to her advantage. The lime green accents play this up very nicely.
Sally’s fabric had drama to spare! She was able to quickly work it into a fantastic design.
Cindy used a gauzy fabric. It added a wonderful textural quality to her quilt. And don’t you love those colors?
The lighter accents of Nancy’s quilt create a wonderful sparkle against the dark background. A nice selection!
Marlene’s fabric produced a beautiful, subtle background. She kicked things up with tiny hot accents. It didn’t take much of that powerful orange-red to do the trick. Very effective!
At first it seemed like Cathy’s fabric didn’t have enough contrast to create an effective IAQ. But then I commented that her background reminded me of looking through vines toward the sky. So, we sketched and experimented, and she created this design. I think the abstracted quality of vines and branches is extremely successful.
All the results were FANTASTIC! What a fun class – for all of us.
Ellen Lindner
P.S. This class is also taught online. Click here for info.
