I finished up my little (18 x 18) scrap quilt and I’m pretty happy with it. I’m calling it Seeking the Horizon.
Detail shot.
All the fabrics are dyed and printed by me. I think they have a lot of impact together!
Ellen Lindner
P.S. If you read about my quilting problems in the previous post, you can see that I improved upon it.
P.P.S. I made this for an exhibit called “Reflections.” It sorta has that quality, doesn’t it?
Wow, I’ve just finished THREE commissions for a major medical facility in Rochester, MN. I can’t tell you how good it feels to finally ship them off! All 3 quilts were to be very similar to this one, Garden Frolic. The first two were meant to hang together, 9″ apart. These are the finished pieces,…
Check out these final projects from my “Design Your Own Nature Quilt” class in Stuart, FL. Keep in mind: they only had about 2 1/2 hours to work with fabric. Look what they accomplished in those few hours! Cathy started with a nice photo of cone flowers. She decided to add another one, which filled…
I’ve finished up the series of four pieces made from a stitched indigo sampler. See numbers one and two here. And numbers three and four below. I love the art paper with the circles, above. Piece #2 includes a bit of a dictionary page with the word “amusement” defined. Since I was doing these just…
After seeing a photo of a red beet along with a yellow one, I got the idea to make a quilt in those colors. I set out to dye fabrics in a variety of beet/berry colors, along with some dull yellow ones. Thankfully, I had already done quite a bit of color swatching, so I…
More photos from my students’ awesome work during “Design Your Own Nature Quilt,” in St. Augustine. I know you love the see the students’ inspiration photos as well as where they take them. This was Victoria’s starting photo. She planned to really play up the blossoms. And ended up with this. This is a wonderful…
How blessed I am to live in a country with freedom and democracy! Happy Independence Day to all US citizens! Ellen Lindner P.S. These tiny quilts are from my “Notes for a Friend” series.