“Scribbling” on My Quilt
Have you ever scribbled on your art? Join Ellen Lindner as she tries it for the first time.
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Designing with a Message in Mind
Most of my designs start with something visual. I’m inspired by a combination of colors, a particular photo, or the pattern of some fabric. I’m not particularly good at (or comfortable with) designing for a particular theme or idea. Yet that is exactly where I found myself a short time ago. I wanted to create…
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Floral Improv in Bradenton
I recently taught “Floral Improv” in Bradenton, FL. With only five students in the class, everyone got lots of attention and made good progress. Mary was able to complete all of her quilting in class. Check out her fabulous results, in-progress below. See how much the quilting adds to it, below? Carol used her own…
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“Rhythm of the City” Complete
My latest quilt, Rhythm of the City, is now complete. It’s made almost entirely with fabrics I dyed myself. I’m very happy with both the fabrics and the composition. I added additional pattern and interest with couched heavy black thread. I think it adds a lot. More information about this quilt Audition this quilt in your home…
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Test 2 with Eye Candy
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. Click for a larger image Ellen Lindner
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Completing the Composition
After playing around with my dyed fabrics and potential compositions I felt more confident in moving forward. I decided the fabric pieces needed to be something other than parallel. Maybe tilted like this. My first (Round B) arrangement. I liked the tilting, but once again, I had the same problem: this piece was too busy. …
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Designing with Patterned Fabric
After dyeing ALL THOSE FABRICS I was really anxious to cut into them. Of course, I started with one of my favorite fabrics and selected additional fabrics to go with it. Click any image for a larger view The part outlined in purple, above, is all one piece of fabric: one of my favorites. It’s…
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Favorite Background Technique
Now THIS is fun! Scoop up some thickened dye with a stiff squeegee (think large credit card,) and smear it onto some fabric. It spreads into glorious color and makes a very satisfying swishing noise at the same time. I started with yellow and then added yellow-orange,(which looks dark orange when it’s this thick.) But,…
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Oops! Dyeing Duds
You can’t get it right all the time. And knowing that relieves a certain amount of any perfectionist tendencies. I fully embrace the unexpected “mistakes.” Like this one. This was created with a special type of interfacing stencil. It’s shown wet here, which means it’s darker than it will be after washing. BUT. If you…
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“New” Fabric
After over dyeing fabrics from previous sessions, my ordered fabric arrived and I jumped at the opportunity to make some “new fabric.” That is, starting with plain white fabric. I had plans and was excited to implement them! This one was meant to go with a favorite fabric. Therefore, I repeated the pattern and some of…
