I have a new favorite app: ArtStage (available for iphone only.) The app allows me to digitally hang my artwork in various spaces. What fun! Don’t you love this little setting, above? What makes it perfect for my purposes is that it’s a good size for the size of Happy Family, the quilt. Can you…
Here’s my latest quilt, Happy Family I’m REALLY happy with it and I hope you like it, too. As you can see, I added three loose circles, to add interest. Since there are three members of my immediate family, and because the colors are so upbeat, I decided to name it Happy Family. I got carried away…
I continued working on my latest quilt, using lots of trial and error. This is where I left off in the last blog post. I decided against the strong stripes in the lower left. This closer shot shows how I first, fold the fabrics to audition placement and size. I cut into them when I…
If you’re familiar with my design process you know that I often end up with a challenging “Tetris”-type assembly at the construction stage. To get around this, I decided I’d work in a grid this time. My plan was to cut my selected fabrics into squares of the same size and then to move them…
After making each art piece I like to study it to see if I can figure out what works and/or what does not. I was particularly happy with this recent quilt, Exuberance, so I studied it a bit. My question: “what makes it successful?” I think it has a strong composition, good use of colors,…
In my last post, I showed how I started with a diagonal composition. That was probably a good starting point, but I could very quickly see that it was way to bulky and “regular.” I knew it needed to have some variation and some energy added. So, I started trying new things. First, I got…
I dyed this fabric last year and it’s one of my favorites. I was really happy with the way I had a viable design without doing anything more to it, but HOW do you design with that? I had a false start last year and am now trying again. These are the collection of “featured”…
After finishing up the left 2/3 of my red and yellow “bean” quilt, it was time to tackle the right yellow portion. It came together pretty well. (Still in -progress below.) During these final stages I also considered added some skinny lines, for energy. (See them pinned on at the top in the photo above?)…
Historically, I haven’t been a fan of red and yellow combinations, but for some reason, I now find myself drawn to them. I still think they’re a little jarring, but it seems that I now like that. As evidence, I recently dyed fabrics with these colors. I created a variety, hoping I could use them…
I finished up my little (18 x 18) scrap quilt and I’m pretty happy with it. I’m calling it Seeking the Horizon. Detail shot. All the fabrics are dyed and printed by me. I think they have a lot of impact together! Ellen Lindner P.S. If you read about my quilting problems in the previous post,…