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.
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Ellen Lindner
I’ve heard it said that “God is in the details,” and I believe it. In addition to the HUGE scenery we saw on our trip to the American southwest, we also appreciated many smaller details. Like the trees leafing out in a remote canyon. The petroglyphs that are over 1000 years old. Each motif is…
You can’t work with a bunch of pieces of colored paper without seeing some design possibilities! As part of my online class with Jane Davies, I was arranging, and rearranging, and rearranging again a wide array of colors and shapes. Our first assignment was to make a largish collage with multiple pieces. Mine missed the…
My quilt, Splash, is finally complete. It had a long intermission while I purchased a working sewing machine. But, now it’s finished and I’m very happy! This piece is made largely from fabrics I hand painted. That involved a bit of a learning curve, as did the stitching of the stiffer-than-usual fabrics which resulted. I did quite…
Woohoo! I’m so delighted to finally have my eBooks available as immediate downloads. One is called Personal Workshop: Adventures in Color. It’s jam packed with information: 64 content pages, plus another 22 workbook pages. As the name implies, it’s set up as a personal workshop. There are several pages of information and examples, followed by workbook…
Oh, I forgot how much fun it is to be IN-PERSON with a group of students. Especially when the class is “Floral Improv.” The students were SO excited with their progress and it was exhilarating! See what I mean. Nancy’s quilt, ready for outline stitching. Tee’s background is quilted. Once she adds leaves (optional) she’ll…
Remember the great fabric I used in my quilt Initial Response? I still had half of it, ready to use on the next project. This portion made me think of fall leaves, with the twigs and branches of trees peeking through. Can you see it? That was enough to get me started. From there I cut it into…
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