"She Has a Great Personality" Complete. Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

“She Has a Great Personality” Complete

I finally got around to properly photographing my latest quilt, She Has a Great Personality. It’s meant to be a self-portrait in the style of a favorite artist. In this case, that artist is abstract painter Jane Davies.

"She Has a Great Personality" Complete. Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

I thought working abstractly would be difficult, but it wasn’t too bad. I had more trouble deciding on some of the details.

I added hand stitching in several areas to help tie it all together.

"She Has a Great Personality" Complete. Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

I’m very happy with it, and I think it represents me pretty well.

Ellen Lindner

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  1. I love Jane Davies work too and I think your quilt is perfect. Representative of both yours and Jane’s style. Great job!

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