“Scribbling” on My Quilt
Have you ever scribbled on your art? Join Ellen Lindner as she tries it for the first time.
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Designing with a Message in Mind
Most of my designs start with something visual. I’m inspired by a combination of colors, a particular photo, or the pattern of some fabric. I’m not particularly good at (or comfortable with) designing for a particular theme or idea. Yet that is exactly where I found myself a short time ago. I wanted to create…
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“Rhythm of the City” Complete
My latest quilt, Rhythm of the City, is now complete. It’s made almost entirely with fabrics I dyed myself. I’m very happy with both the fabrics and the composition. I added additional pattern and interest with couched heavy black thread. I think it adds a lot. More information about this quilt Audition this quilt in your home…
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Design Your Own Nature Quilt in Western North Carolina
I had a fabulous time teaching “Design Your Own Nature Quilt” in western North Carolina recently. The students were talented, excited to learn, and willing to experiment. As a result, they produced some amazing quilts in our two days together. After learning some design concepts in the morning, the fabric was flying in the afternoon…
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Traffic Jam
I needed to depict a traffic jam for my hurricane (evacuation) quilt. Thankfully, I had a reference photo. So, I made a colorful replica. I thought it needed to be thick/padded to go with the texture of the raw-edged spirals. However, the bright colors of the vehicles disappeared a little against the bright floral background. I corrected…
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A Splash of Orange
You readers are really great! When I posted my quilt at this stage several of you had good suggestions about how I might improve it. The most common suggestion was to add some orange back in. Something I had considered but rejected. Another tip was to break up the white and to extend the “splashing”…
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And Then I Threw Paint on It
I got this far on my current quilt, before I knew it needed something more. Clearly, the white needed some texture. So, I decided to fling some paint onto it! I practiced first on a piece of muslin, then I just went for it. Amazingly, I did this without any fear! I was READY to break…
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A Wacky Composition
Well, after painting those (challenging) fabrics I had to figure out what to do with them. Since I wasn’t crazy about some of them, I knew I’d need to cut isolated portions and motifs for use. I had NO IDEA what my composition might look like, but I started cutting out sections and MINDLESSLY sticking…
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MORE Trial and Error
After doing LOTS of trial and error on my current quilt, I finally decided to cut it into pieces and to reassemble it. My goal was to add some skinny or small pieces of black, to move the black around the piece more, and to add interest to the composition. Of course, I could cut…
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LOTS of Trial and Error
Good grief. I’ve about worn out my brain cells trying out different ways to proceed with my current project. I was really thrilled with the background composition but felt like it needed to have some more black added. But nothing that would detract from the black already there. Maybe something loose and organic that would…
