At the recent SAQA retreat, you could work on your own projects or take time out for one of the many excellent demos. One of the first I attended was put on by Sally Dutko and Pam Richardson, as they explained their process to us. Sally’s work was used for most of the in-progress examples….
The retreat I attended recently had a very interesting and fun ice breaker activity. Karol Kusmaul led us on a HIGH SPEED collaborative portrait making exercise. Since she works exclusively with recycled clothing that’s what she provided for us. Each table of about 8 people had a bag on monochromatic selections, with buttons, cuffs, etc….
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…
Have you ever wished there was a faster way to add beads to your wall quilt? There is: glue! Check out the tutorial in the Learn with Ellen section. Ellen Lindner P.S. There are a bunch of other tutorials in my Articles section.
I decided to make a tiny quilt for a fund raising event for SAQA, (Studio Art Quilt Associates.) Since it only needed to be 6″ x 8″ I just pulled out some small fused scraps and had fun creating a quick composition. (I started with a brightly colored landscape idea, but quickly took a detour.)…
My latest quilt, Initial Response, is now complete. Find more information here. I’m REALLY happy with this quilt! Especially the color scheme, which was new to me. And, it went together easily, since I let the initial hand dyed fabric (center) give me lots of cues. I selected the name, Initial Response, mostly because I liked the…
In addition to the gorgeous indigo, my fabrics dyed with Procion mx dyes also turned out well. I didn’t have time to thoroughly wash them at first, so I draped them around my back porch for drying. So pretty! Believe it or not, these fabrics were made by simply wadding and scrunching up a piece…
Wow! Wait till you see these fabulous results from our dying day. We began to get an idea of what lay ahead as Gabriele unfolded her pieces and hung them up. Aren’t these awesome? Gabriele used colored fabric for some of her dying, like the yellow and blue one below. And check this one out!…
Are you a Star Trek fan? Do you know about Klingons? They’re a very fierce fighting clan who’s motto is “It is a good day to die.” So, when I headed out the door to a recent dye session my husband pronounced it as “a good day to dye.” And indeed, it was. The weather…
Well, I just wasn’t happy with the in-progress quilt I showed you last time. It seemed a little static. I tried to analyze what needed to change and I referenced my original black and white sketch. Wait a second. It was different from the working sketch I’d been using: At some point I had switched…