My inventory of quilts has gotten just WAY too big! I estimate that I have 250 in the house. Granted, some of them are only 5 x 7, but most are poster sized or larger. Of course, they’re not all master pieces, but they’re still nice enough to hang as art. So, I decided to…
My slightly abstracted Bird of Paradise quilt is now complete. I intended for this piece to be more abstracted. Therefore, I pieced it, thinking that this would automatically simplify the shapes. Well, apparently my piecing skills are better than I thought, because I found the shapes to be almost perfect. So, I purposefully sliced into…
You may remember this piece that I made last year, Adrenaline Rush. I liked it pretty well, but I never felt like it really sang. So, when my art group had a critique session, I took this quilt for comments. As it turns out, the group liked it very well, except for one thing. I took…
This post is a continuation of things we did in a color class I taught. This one didn’t publish promptly, so you might want to read the other (June 11th) post first. After learning about warm and cool colors, we learned about opposite colors and similar colors. These are easy to identify by looking at…
The Dunedin Fine Art Center, in Dunedin, FL, is currently showing FOUR fiber art exhibits. One features work by Hannah O’Hare Bennett. She showed some flat wall pieces, but I was especially intrigued by her little 3D manipulations. Here you can see lots of small canvasses arranged in a grid. They have quite a presence…
My quilt, Daydream, recently won a Second Place award at an exhibit in Vero Beach, FL. The exhibit was to celebrate the gallery’s 15th anniversary, so the pieces were supposed to be joyful and upbeat. I thought this piece fit the bill and, apparently, the judge did as well. This was a mixed media exhibit, so it…
I had forgotten how much fun it is to cut colored paper and glue it down. But, the ladies in my Adventures in Color class, in Carlisle, PA helped me remember! Gee, did we have fun! In this class I encourage table mates to share their materials. This adds to the fun, since everyone is…
My class in Lebanon, PA was small, but the students were enthusiastic. Just look at their great results! Back row, L-R: Christenna, Cheryl, and Ann. Front row, L-R: Donna and Dian I have to brag on Cheryl, who was also my hostess. Her sewing machine gave her all sorts of problems in class, so she…
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,…
I had some interesting scraps left over from Waiting for the Lightnin’ Bugs. As you can see, they included many skinny triangles, so I knew that would drive my design. And, because they were so skinny, I knew I’d use a collage technique, rather than piecing them. After creating a background, I started with the brightest…