I’m FINALLY winding down on the quilt featuring my brothers. It’s not ready for a full photograph yet, but here are the two faces. I spent A LOT of time on these and I’m happy with them. I plan to show the quilt to some of my family members this week. I know they’ll…
Woohoo, the background of my current quilt is finally complete! Composed and glued and ready for stitching, (but without the green hexie in the center of the photo.) In the photo above, I was considering adding some hexies to the background. Just because I’ve been making a lot of them and to give a nod…
Have you seen the awesome results that can be achieved with Double Reverse Appliqué? Like very accurate portraits. March Journal: Ellen, by Ellen Lindner The portrait above was the FIRST thing I ever did with this technique! That’s how easy it is. Now, I have an eBook about this technique, which uses this awesome…
I own 750 pins: 3 boxes of 250 each. But, that wasn’t enough to compose my current quilt! I use A LOT of smallish pieces of fabrics, so that’s why I use so many pins. See what I mean? Still, I’m very happy with the barns and trees I recently created. I’m especially pleased with…
After separately creating the two men for my “brothers quilt,” it was time to work on the background. I finished up the rough draft of the sky and added the far tree line, (with a piece of blue fabric marking a future silo.). Next it was on to the corn field in the foreground. Since…
I’m happy with the way the quilt featuring my two brothers is developing. Here’s my brother Ricky almost complete. After making the face of my other brother, Todd, it was time to work on his jacket. First, auditioning fabric. Here it is, in-progress. All these little pieces were eventually glued to the muslin base and…
Although I’ve never been to the Asheville Quilt Show, my quilts have. And this year I get to go too! I’m really looking forward to stopping in on Sunday to see my two quilts on display. (And maybe I’ll do some shopping at the vendors too! Hah, “maybe.” I crack myself up!) Maybe I’ll…
I was really impressed with the gals in my recent “Floral Improv” class, in Hilton Head Island, SC. They caught on quickly and were not intimidated by new concepts. AND, best of all, they made some GREAT quilts! Why oh why do I always forget to take in-progress photos? I guess it’s because I’m staying…
I’ve been thinking about making a quilt inspired by this photo (composite) of my two brothers. I took quite a few photos that day and loosely merged 3 to get this composite. In the quilt I’ll leave out the extra arm and the clay pigeon thrower. This will be a special quilt for several reasons. –…
After so much experimentation with paint and collage I was anxious to see if and how it might translate to fabric. I gave myself this assignment: – Make 4 small collages, each with paint used at least once. – Experiment with different ways to get a sheer/transparent effect. – Start with materials immediately on my…