I was excited to work with the red and blue-green fabric I had recently died. I pulled out all my other dyed fabrics in those colors and began to explore my options. This was the starting fabric. As you can see above, it was missing a chunk on the bottom right corner. So I evened…
These were the fabrics I selected as I started on an abstract quilt with NO plan. Although I didn’t have a plan, I did have a goal. I wanted to use the last of my favorite fabric, the navy and yellow grid, and to let it be the star of the show. BTW, can you…
I was running low on a favorite hand dyed fabric when I decided to make a quilt with it. It’s the navy and yellow grid shown below, indicated by the largest arrow. I pulled every other hand dyed fabric that would go with it and this is the selection, shown above. Smaller arrows indicated two…
Remember that ugly exercise that I’ve been considering? This is the portion of my ugly painted which I selected as my inspiration for a small quilt. I played around with the individual elements in the computer and, at one point, accidentally colored the background red. Which I liked! So, I started pulling fabrics and got…
After making Potager Garden, I had quite a few scraps left over, so I decided to use them to make a small quilt. This is what I had to work with. I began to move them around to see how they might fit together. I didn’t like this first version, though. I thought it needed more yellow,…
I recently taught Double Reverse Applique (via Zoom) for a guild in Concord, MA. As usual, the students had awesome results. Just take a look. They really did a great job! Here are some more great student pieces that I’ve been remiss in showing you: Susan Newsom’s project from Floral Improv She did a great…
Yep, that’s right: ugly. I recently did this cool exercise with my local fiber art buddies, the Dirty Dozen Fiber Artists. We used a book called “Paint Mojo” for prompts about making an UGLY painting. The prompts included things like using a dark neutral in certain ways, painting words, using crayons as a resist, dripping…
I have to admit: it’s pretty exhilarating to be on an episode of The Quilt Show! It went live a few days ago and I’m really happy with the results! Check out the trailer: In this episode I teach three different segments. 1 – Drawing inspiration from a photo. (But not reproducing it perfectly.) 2…
For our second self-portrait challenge, the Dirty Dozen Fiber Artists made quilts in the style of their favorite artists. These included abstract, pop, impressionist, and whimsical styles, to name a few. These were made by Marilyn Seibring and Andrea Luliak. These were made by me, (Ellen Lindner,) Sandy Shenker, and Becky Stack. Jill Brown, Dij…
Last summer, I made a quilt called Beet Salad. I put a lot of work into it, including dyeing all the fabrics especially with this quilt in mind. This was the final result. Although I liked it, somehow it didn’t quite meet my vision. I wasn’t sure what it needed. Recently, (when I finally put…