Fun with Floral Improv – LIVE!

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 be ready to stitch.

Floral Improv class with Ellen Lindner. AdventureQuilter.com/blog

Pat is ready to stitch her piece.

Floral Improv class with Ellen Lindner. AdventureQuilter.com/blog

Lisa S. worked outside her comfort zone, but isn’t it great?

Floral Improv class with Ellen Lindner. AdventureQuilter.com/blog

Lisa M used more muted colors. Hers is also ready for stitching.Floral Improv class with Ellen Lindner. AdventureQuilter.com/blog

Normally, this class runs for 6 hours. We only had about 5, but everyone, like Laura below, completed their compositions in that time.

Floral Improv class with Ellen Lindner. AdventureQuilter.com/blog

Like Laurel, (quilt below,) they’ll add some defining stitching on the poppies, in black.

Floral Improv class with Ellen Lindner. AdventureQuilter.com/blog

I was really thrilled with the progress made in this class! EVERY student got excellent results. I’ll show you the remaining students’ work in the next post.

Ellen Lindner

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