Designing in Sebring
I had great fun teaching the talented quilters from Art Quilters Unlimited, at their annual retreat. The first class was “Design Your Own Nature Quilt,” which these go-getters fully embraced.
Sally used a wonderful photo she had taken at a botanical garden. She came to class with it already cropped, but sent me the full photo for your reference. I’ve drawn in the approximate crop.
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In class Sally kicked up the colors and contrast. Very dramatic!
Faith’s photo is shown below.
She improved the composition and cropped it. Then, working loosely, she exaggerated her favorite parts. It’s going to be great.
Barbara’s inspiration photo showed masses of tulips in a wooded setting. Flower groupings can be very challenging, but she was getting nice results with her foreground red tulips. (These will be the most difficult.) She’ll apply similar techniques to the other flowers and will have a very colorful and beautiful piece.
Linda worked from a photo of pumpkins. She spent a lot of time deciding on her fabrics. Very wise, since they all need to contrast with one another. She’s going to have fabulous results.
An Irish landscape with blooming heather inspired Candie. She worked loosely to depict the rolling scenery. When this photo was taken she was working on creating a sense of depth, and was making good progress.
It was fun to watch all of this come together. I’ll show you more photos in the next post.
Ellen Lindner
P.S. I teach Design Your Own Nature Quilt both live and online.
