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Please use this image with my compliments. See the July 8, 2016 post for some ideas about what to do with it.

Ellen Lindner
Please use this image with my compliments. See the July 8, 2016 post for some ideas about what to do with it.

Ellen Lindner
I really enjoyed my visit to the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival 2023, held in Hampton, VA. The winning quilts were, of course, wonderful. You can see them all here. Here are a couple of my favorites: Toroweap Overlook, by Sandra L Mollon. This won Best Wall Quilt. It’s amazing! Age is Relative, by Sandy Curran, which…
I like challenges. As a result, I’m currently working on an abstract self-portrait. It all came about when my art group, Dirty Dozen Fiber Artists, came up with (another) self-portrait challenge. This one was to be inspired by another artist. After some online searching and thought I decided on one of my favorite contemporary artists,…
I decided to make a tiny quilt for a fund raising event for SAQA, (Studio Art Quilt Associates.) Since it only needed to be 6″ x 8″ I just pulled out some small fused scraps and had fun creating a quick composition. (I started with a brightly colored landscape idea, but quickly took a detour.)…
There’s a VERY intriguing exhibit at my local textile museum right now. The word basket really sells these pieces short! Some are utilitarian and beautiful in their simplicity. But others are large and sculptural and amazingly creative. The details to these pieces are extraordinary, so I’m going to show you only one piece. Here it…
My latest quilt is complete! As you can see, I decided to square off the edges. These colors are true. My earlier ones were shot in the studio. This one got proper lighting. The dark colors of the quilt, combined with yellow streaks, reminded me of a cool evening, in VA, watching the lightnin’ bugs…
Still testing one of my blog features. Here’s a little eye candy in appreciation for putting up with this. This is Carefree, on of my favorite pieces. It features my son and two of his cousins skipping down my parents’ farm road. Click for a larger image Ellen Lindner