ENCORE: Pretty Painted Pumpkins
Just in time for Thanksgiving, I thought you’d enjoy seeing last year’s post about painted pumpkins, once again.
Here’s the teaser image:

Find the full post (on my old blog) here. Enjoy!
Ellen Lindner
Just in time for Thanksgiving, I thought you’d enjoy seeing last year’s post about painted pumpkins, once again.
Here’s the teaser image:

Find the full post (on my old blog) here. Enjoy!
Ellen Lindner
My raw edge collage techniques involves lots of layering. Sometimes perfectly wonderful fabrics get covered by something else later. However, I don’t typically rescue those underneath fabrics. Instead, I tell myself that I bought the fabric to use and if it’s function is to support later fabrics, and to give me flexibility then it has…
I stopped counting when I got to 250. TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY unique color swatches! More than, actually. These are the swatches showing what each of 7 different basic colors looks like when mixed with the remaining color, Turquoise. Each color combination has been mixed in 3 different proportions, and 3 different strengths. Here’s Lemon…
Are you a Star Trek fan? Do you know about Klingons? They’re a very fierce fighting clan who’s motto is “It is a good day to die.” So, when I headed out the door to a recent dye session my husband pronounced it as “a good day to dye.” And indeed, it was. The weather…
I quilted my latest quilt and was pretty happy with it. But, as I studied it, one spot bugged me. I thought this spot was too busy and that a solid piece of fabric would look better. Should I applique a different fabric over the current one? Maybe something brown or purple? As I auditioned…
What fun! At the invitation of QuiltFolk magazine, I showed up for a beach photo shoot, along with six other quilters and our respective bundles of quilts. The first request was for us to show the photographer our quilts – IN THE PARKING LOT. Talk about a trunk show! It was almost comical. They asked us…
If you’re near Stuart, FL I think you’ll really enjoy the Uncommon Threads exhibit at the Court House Cultural Center. It includes a wide variety of fiber art: wearable, works with fabric, works with paper, and a wide variety of mixed media. This piece, by Meryl Ruth was my favorite. I just love the body language, especially…