Posts Tagged ‘Color’

Starting a New Quilt: Palm Fronds

I’m having great fun working on my latest quilt.  It’s inspired by a photo I took on an outing with some friends. Click any imagerfor a larger view Don’t you love the way the spiky palm fronds cross?  I think the contrasting values and the resulting shapes are very interesting. Although the photo already had […]

Note for a Friend #6

Ooh, I love the hot fucshia line in “Note for a Friend #6.”  These were the colors I set out to use and I think they’re very effective.  I was really happy with the embroidery, too.  (Click the image for a much better view.)   $59 unframed, or $79 framed/mounted on glass See this post for an […]

Note for a Friend #5

Here’s “Note for a Friend #5.  I didn’t intend to use yellow.  However, my green and yellow scraps share a container.  As I was working some green out, a yellow piece of fabric fell onto my composition and it really seemed to work.  The orange happened in a similar way. I planned to use fucshia in this […]

Note for a Friend #4

“Notes for a Friend,” numbers 4 through 6, feature yellow-greens with bright accents.  Here’s number 4 complete.  I especially like the curly-Q yellow stitching at the top.  (Click the image for a much better view.) $59 unframed, or $79 framed/mounted on glass See this post for an example of the framing. To purchase, email me at […]

Green Notes

No, not money.  More small collages in my “Notes for a Friend” series.  I’m now working on three new green collages, with accents of fuschia, etc. After making the first three red ones, I thought maybe I could do a sort of assembly line process with these next three.  Wrong!  There’s absolutely no substitution for […]

Note for a Friend #2

I’ve been having lots of fun working on these small (5 x 7) collages.  After composing the second one, I began to select threads for hand embroidery.  This photo gives an idea of my lively palette.  LOVE these strong colors! And here’s the final product.  (Click for a larger view.) Ellen Lindner

Wall Interrupted

Remember the quilt I started featuring the old medieval wall in York, England?  Well, I’ve made good progress on it.  Here it is with almost all the components in place. I was happy with the perspective (and happy to have it done,) but it just didn’t excite me somehow.   I realized the inspiration photo had a […]

“Note for a Friend”

I recently made a fabric postcard, and really enjoyed it.  Not only was it fast-ish, but I found that I needed to work slightly differently with the smaller size.  Which made it challenging enough to be intriguing, even on such a small scale. So, I started on a small 5 x 7 piece called “Note for […]

Postcard for a Friend

I’m really fortunate to belong to a wonderful group of fiber artists.  The women all get along beautifully and are completely comfortable with one another.  Add in large doses of creativity and laughter, and we are truly blessed. So, it’s hard when a member moves away.  Thus is the case with our friend, Andrea.  As […]

The Power of Color

I think color is really important in artwork.  So, I was super happy when my quilt, “Crotons,” won the Best Use of Color award at the World Quilt Show – Florida!  How nice! Click any image for a larger view “Crotons”  I often use complementary, or opposite, colors.  The background above sorta falls into that […]