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…
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,…
I’ve been dyeing again. These are the fabrics I created in a week-long session. I tried to repeat motifs and colors so that I might be able to use some of these fabrics together. Like these. Or, a different combination. I don’t use much white, but thought it would be useful for creating contrast and…
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…
In my recent dye session. I played around with mono printing, which is great fun. This was my first piece. The colors were brushed horizontally, but I left the squirted “eyeball” in tact. There was a lot of dye left on the plastic, so I printed a “ghost.” As you can see, the brushed on…
As usual, I really enjoyed my recent dying session. I was trying out a new color, Tangerine, so I did a lot of swatching to get to know how it worked. The swatches above show what happened when I mixed tangerine with each of my other 7 colors, in 3 ratios, and 3 values. Yes,…
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,…