Post Commission Celebration

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.

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.)

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.