Love It and Leaf It in Avon Park, FL. Developed and taught by Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

Teaching LIVE in Avon Park, FL: Part One

Well, after two years, I finally got to teach an in-person class recently. I taught the class “Love It and Leaf It” to a welcoming group in Avon Park, FL. Of course, we had fun!

Rose did a great job on her quilt. Don’t the veins make it pop?

Love It and Leaf It in Avon Park, FL. Developed and taught by Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

Lorri had a beautiful piece of hand-dyed (looking) fabric which she was able to use for all the different colors. Very creative and effective.

Love It and Leaf It in Avon Park, FL. Developed and taught by Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

Kay chose a dark blue for her background, which was equally effective.

Love It and Leaf It in Avon Park, FL. Developed and taught by Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

And Janice chose green. Don’t all these varieties look awesome?

Love It and Leaf It in Avon Park, FL. Developed and taught by Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

This was only a three hour class so, you can see they got A LOT done. Most of them had their pieces quilted. All that was left to do was to face them and pop them in a frame.

I’ll show you the remaining photos in the next post.

Ellen Lindner

 

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