Last month I taught three classes for Road at Home, a large quilt show type online event. The first was the ever popular Double Reverse Appliqué. We had fun and the students did excellent work!
First I’ll show you Cindy’s apple, because she was my college roommate! How cool is that? She lives in Minnesota and I’m in Florida, so this was rare interaction. She’s very new to art quilting, but she had no trouble at all.
Trudy’s bright colors pop nicely! 
Susan used more muted colors, which gave a completely different effect. (These photos are via Zoom, so the stripey computer effect isn’t really there on her fabrics.)
Kami made very bright and colorful choices!
Of course, not everyone chose a red apple. Doesn’t Chris’ green one look great? And the purple background color is perfect!
Irene’s green apple was almost complete. (Yes, we do the background last with this technique.)
Keitha’s near-solid fabrics really let the value changes do the work. This is what makes it look 3D.
C.J. won a free seat in class and put it to good use. I love the way her apple stands out against her blue-green background fabrics.
Bonnie worked all day with power from a generator. That was a new one for me. As you can see, it didn’t slow her down at all. Nice, right?
Grace missed a large part of the day but still managed to make a good start on her apple.
The class also includes a pattern for a pear. After finishing their apples a couple of students made a good start on their pears. Check out Kami’s BRIGHT colors.
And Cindy made good progress on a gold pear. We worked from light to dark, so we started with the highlight spots: not too exciting. It doesn’t look much like fruit until after about 8 pieces are added.
Another fun and productive class!
Ellen Lindner
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Enjoyed your class.
I’m so glad, Susan!