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Great Student Work

By Ellen Lindner on June 12, 2022 in Uncategorized

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 job with floppy flowers, contrast stitching, and that crossword background.

In Design Your Own Nature Quilt, John Ming Mark REALLY got creative with his quilt! This was his inspiration photo. To me, it wasn’t very exciting. But, I could see potential for some interesting diagonal shapes and lines.

This is what he did with it, called “Enchanted Forest.” Isn’t it wonderful? I was amazed at the colors and shapes he brought to his piece! I think it’s very successful.

Gabriele started with a favorite photo of lupines on a shoreline.

Then, she interpreted the shapes loosely and made a wonderful composition, which she calls “Lupines.”

See what I mean? Her flowers are even more interesting than those in her photo! And check out the foliage in the foreground. This is a good example of letting the fabric do the work for you. If I remember correctly, she only used two fabrics in this area.

I have SO much fun working with students and we’re always ALL thrilled with their results!

Ellen Lindner
P.S. Many of my classes are available on-demand as self-paced online options.
P.P.S. I’d love to do a zoom or in-person class for your guild. See my selections.

More Apples in Michigan

By Ellen Lindner on February 23, 2022 in Uncategorized

Here are a few more apples from the Double Reverse Applique class I recently taught for a guild in Oakland county, MI.

Gail’s machine died mid-class. How frustrating! As you can see she got all the way to the very last piece, (the blue background for the bottom.)

Gail was excited about the technique, however, and had all her pear fabrics ready to go for after her machine gets repaired.

Penny, Nancy, and Molly worked in the same location, with the same fabrics. I know they had fun and now they have really great matching apples!

This is a fun and fast class. Let me know if your guild might like to join in the fun.

Ellen Lindner

Double Reverse Applique: Pears

By Ellen Lindner on February 17, 2022 in Uncategorized

In a recent Double Reverse Applique class, the students finished their apples in about four hours and had plenty of time to start on their pears. Aren’t they looking great?

Student results from Ellen Lindner's Double Reverse Applique class. AdventureQuilter.com/blog

Mary S.

I love seeing the different colorways. Each on is unique.

Mary A.

Julie

Cathy

Betty

These ladies really stayed on task quite well, and it shows in their productivity. It’s very exhilarating to be in the class!

You can learn this technique on your own by purchasing the eBook, or the online class.

Ellen Lindner

Double Reverse Applique: Apples

By Ellen Lindner on February 12, 2022 in Uncategorized

These ladies, in Oakland county, Michigan, did a great job in a recent “Double Reverse Applique” class. Check out their awesome apples.

Cathy

Mary S

As you can see, most students made red apples, which was consistent with the class sample. Very striking, right?

Mary A.

Julie

Henya chose lively patterned fabrics

Betty

Can you believe that most of these gals finished their apples in just four hours? Then, it was on to pears. Look for those in the next post.

Would your group enjoy this class? Or, you can easily learn it on your own by downloading the eBook, or enrolling in the online class.

Ellen Lindner

Double Reverse Appliqué at Road at Home

By Ellen Lindner on February 16, 2021 in Uncategorized

Last month I taught three classes for Road at Home, a large quilt show type online event. The first was the ever popular Double Reverse Appliqué. We had fun and the students did excellent work!

First I’ll show you Cindy’s apple, because she was my college roommate! How cool is that? She lives in Minnesota and I’m in Florida, so this was rare interaction. She’s very new to art quilting, but she had no trouble at all.

Trudy’s bright colors pop nicely!

Susan used more muted colors, which gave a completely different effect. (These photos are via Zoom, so the stripey computer effect isn’t really there on her fabrics.)

Kami made very bright and colorful choices!

Of course, not everyone chose a red apple. Doesn’t Chris’ green one look great? And the purple background color is perfect!

Irene’s green apple was almost complete. (Yes, we do the background last with this technique.)

Keitha’s near-solid fabrics really let the value changes do the work. This is what makes it look 3D.

C.J. won a free seat in class and put it to good use. I love the way her apple stands out against her blue-green background fabrics.

Bonnie worked all day with power from a generator. That was a new one for me. As you can see, it didn’t slow her down at all. Nice, right?

Grace missed a large part of the day but still managed to make a good start on her apple.

The class also includes a pattern for a pear. After finishing their apples a couple of students made a good start on their pears. Check out Kami’s BRIGHT colors.

And Cindy made good progress on a gold pear. We worked from light to dark, so we started with the highlight spots: not too exciting. It doesn’t look much like fruit until after about 8 pieces are added.

Another fun and productive class!

Ellen Lindner
P.S. Would your guild like this class? Find out more here.

Win a FREE Online Class!

By Ellen Lindner on December 27, 2020 in Uncategorized

You can win a free class, taught by me, at the upcoming Road@Home virtual quilt show!

But, you have to act quickly. The deadline to enter is January 3rd.

All you have to do is
1 – Like Road@Home Facebook page,
2 – Send me an email indicating which of my 3 classes you’d like to take. Just put the name of the desired class in the subject line, along with “Road@Home.”

See the class links below.

Floral Improv

Double Reverse Applique

Love It and Leaf It

Yes, you can enter for all 3 classes, but you’ll need to send me 3 different emails, each one indicating a different class. You can enter each class contest once, only.

Good luck!

Ellen Lindner
P.S. Click the links below to see student work from these classes.

January Online Classes for YOU

By Ellen Lindner on December 24, 2020 in Uncategorized

Can you imagine life one month from now? After the fun (and stress) of Christmas. After the celebration of a New Year. In the midst of winter weather and a return to normalcy?

Doesn’t an online class sound about right? If so, you’re in luck. Road@Home (aka Road to California, virtual version,) will be January 20-23. I’ll be teaching three classes and there are many others to choose from, as well. See my offerings below.

Want to make a great quilt like this class sample? (Floral Improv)

Or this one? (Double Reverse Applique)

Or this one? (Love It and Leaf It)

I’ve been teaching these classes virtually since August and they work out really well. My students have enjoyed them and we’ve had NO technical glitches.

I think late January will be the perfect time for a change of pace! Click on each class title above to find full information.

Ellen Lindner

Double Reverse Appliqué “in” Ann Arbor

By Ellen Lindner on September 30, 2020 in Uncategorized

I did a second fun Zoom class with the Ann Arbor gals. This time it was Double Reverse Appliqué.

They made great progress. Just look.
Jennifer chose muted colors and they worked beautifully. (BTW, the focus on Zoom is great. It’s reduced here because the image has been copied and manipulated so many times.)

Colleen finished in just a few hours. Can you tell she’s pleased with her results?

Susan used a fabric which featured a subway map of New York City. So, you can guess the name of her piece: “The Big Apple.” I love it!

Claudia took both classes and had great results both times.

June had taken the class before and had already made an apple. So, she jumped ahead and made a pear.

Later, she sent me a photo of the finished project. Great, right? Don’t you love the way the value changes make the pear (or apple) look 3D?

June was pretty taken with this technique and designed another pear of her own. She had fun mixing up the colors and I think the results are fantastic.

Susan also sent me photos of her finished projects. Here’s her “Big Apple.”

And her pear. Nice!

All of these ladies did a great job! We had no trouble communicating via Zoom and it was a lot of fun.

If you want to try this technique, you can learn via my eBook, or my on-demand class. (Or, of course, tell your guild program chair to “bring” me to your guild.) There are so many great ways to learn these days!

I hope you’ve had some fun learning opportunities during this pandemic time.

Ellen Lindner

Apples a la Asheville

By Ellen Lindner on July 31, 2019 in Uncategorized

How ’bout them apples?

These are just a few apple projects from my recent “Double Reverse Applique” class in Asheville, NC. The women were adventurous and flexible. It definitely showed as they created a variety of wonderful pieces.

Here’s Nancy with her apple, also shown above.