“Stitched” Exhibit – Part Two
Continuing on with quilts from “Stitched: Embracing the Quilt as Fine Art.”










All art quilts were made by Florida members of SAQA, Studio Art Quilt Associates. More images to come!
Ellen Lindner
Continuing on with quilts from “Stitched: Embracing the Quilt as Fine Art.”










All art quilts were made by Florida members of SAQA, Studio Art Quilt Associates. More images to come!
Ellen Lindner
Woohoo, the background of my current quilt is finally complete! Composed and glued and ready for stitching, (but without the green hexie in the center of the photo.) In the photo above, I was considering adding some hexies to the background. Just because I’ve been making a lot of them and to give a nod…
After trying several temporary background colors, I decided to make one side white and one side red. I started with a new temporary background. The purpose of this is so I don’t have to compose against my pure white design wall. It helps me visualize. This was first stab at a new composition. I could…
Have you seen the awesome results that can be achieved with Double Reverse Appliqué? Like very accurate portraits. March Journal: Ellen, by Ellen Lindner The portrait above was the FIRST thing I ever did with this technique! That’s how easy it is. Now, I have an eBook about this technique, which uses this awesome…
Our favorite thing in New Orleans was a visit to Laura Plantation, about 1 hour west of the city. Our tour guide was EXCELLENT! She made the distinction between a Creole plantation and a French one, saying that this land was a plantation before it was part of the United States. That is, before the…
Or is that “God is in the details?” Either way, it was the details that often demanded my attention at the World Quilt – FL, which was recently held in Orlando. As you might expect, many of the most exceptional quilts were the winners from the World Quilt traveling competition. Several of them had abundant…
I’ve shown you some of my fabric dyeing challenges, as well as over-dyed corrections. But, sometimes everything comes out exactly as I had hoped. This little scrap is one such example. I made it with a two step process. First, I scraped dye through a stencil in a couple places. Then, I cleaned my squeegee…