Instant Art Quilts in Mt. Dora
When is an out-of-focus quilt still beautiful? When it’s one of the awesome Instant Art Quilts made by members of the Lake County Quilt Guild. Like this in-progress one made by Joan.
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What’s an Instant Art Quilt? It’s one in which a beautiful hand dyed fabric has been torn and then rearranged, with little contrasting accents added. They’re dramatic and beautiful!
Sandy E. used a striped fabric which produced a very linear design. (Can you tell she likes LOTS of color?)
Three students used the same exact fabric! This is Donna’s version, in-progress.
And here’s Anita’s. As you can see, she decided to go with a road trip theme. See her finished quilt in the IAQ student gallery!
My apologies to Shan, who also used this same fabric. My camera battery was quite low and the photo of her quilt ended up as just a blur of colors.
Pat got creative with her accents and they really POP! Can you tell that many of these quilts are already quilted (before the end of the 3-hour class?)
And Betty’s colors are sizzling! (My poor photo shows part of her quilt hanging off the edge of the table.)
Joyce used a lovely fabric, which is not done justice by my fuzzy photo. She decided on two accent fabrics and I like them both.
Sandy-2 and Kelly also used the same fabric. Here’s Sandy’s, with the quilting complete. Isn’t it gorgeous?
I recommended an angular quilting pattern, in order to catch the fabric edges. Plus, I love to see a big zig-zag out in the middle of nowhere. It shows off the straight lines and also allows a way to change alignment when quilting.
Finally, here’s Kelly’s quilt, finished. Quilted, faced, and with the sleeve attached! (I teach quick ways to do those tasks, but the class isn’t THAT instant! She did the facing and sleeve later.)
In the photo above, she was considering beads, etc. (And, I think her quilt is actually supposed to be vertical.)
Can you tell we had fun in this class?
Ellen Lindner
P.S. Would your group enjoy a 3-hour or 6-hour version of this class? More info here.
