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 apple to teach you the concepts.
My students and readers have had really good results with this technique. See what I mean:
The download is only $9.95. Find full details here.
Enjoy,
Ellen Lindner
Building a background and adding definition.
This is a tiny little auction piece, only 8 x 6. I think it’s pretty successful. I made it for SAQA, which will be having a benefit auction with many such small quilts. I didn’t think I’d have time to make an auction quilt this year, but the deadline was extended AND I had a…
These are the words a delighted customer used after installing her purchase in her home. Take a look. Doesn’t it look like it was made to go there? Her beautiful kitchen has recently been remodeled and I think Vine Ripened looks great in this environment! One of the things that convinced her to make this…
Siena is a small medieval town in the heart of Tuscany. The city center is maintained to look the way it did in the 1300’s. It’s very picturesque (or, it would be, if seen on a sunny day. It was rainy and overcast for us.) The piazza and the town hall tower are the center…
The ladies in my Grow with the Flow class learned a lot and got such excellent results! Here’s Eldora with her quilt. Didn’t she do a great job? First, they learned how to create an ombre background, with a horizon line. These were pretty to start with, but then the students added skinny accent pieces and everything…
Wow! Last weekend I had the great pleasure of attending a retreat for the Florida members of SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates.) It was FABULOUS in every possible way! There were 26 of us in a lovely rustic setting. Soon, dyed and painted fabrics were hanging everywhere. When we ran out of clothes line the…
