Wow, I’ve just finished THREE commissions for a major medical facility in Rochester, MN. I can’t tell you how good it feels to finally ship them off!
All 3 quilts were to be very similar to this one, Garden Frolic.
Garden Frolic, Ellen Lindner
The first two were meant to hang together, 9″ apart. These are the finished pieces, Garden Two-Step I and II. (Shown with the appropriate space between them.)
Garden Two-Step #1 and #2
I was happy with them. It wasn’t that artistically exciting doing something so similar to an earlier quilt, but I didn’t really mind it.
Then came number 3. Again, very similar to the original, but larger. I altered the background color and composition slightly, but the client didn’t go for it. So, I had to change it to be more like the inspiration quilt. Although I was happy with the resulting quilt, I was mostly happy to finish it!!!
This is Garden Boogie, although the photo is a little dark. The colors are actually very similar to those shown above.
I was happy to receive this commission. BUT, I didn’t enjoy making so many similar quilts and I don’t plan to do it again!
Ellen Lindner
P.S. I’ve done other commissions with more artistic latitude and I enjoyed those very much. See a couple in the links below.
Congrats on the commissions! I love these quilts. So fun!