Well, here it is, version two now complete: Mid-October. After completely finishing AND photographing version one, I began to think it was too dark. It just didn’t remind me of the bright fall colors I was going for. See what I mean? (Actually, the two quilts photographed slightly differently, but I think you can see the…
Working on this quilt inspired by fall foliage, I added many more little orange bits. Hmm, maybe I got carried away there. I removed a few and it looked better. And here it is finished, called Mid-October. I liked it. But something was bothering me. Ellen Lindner P.S. Have you ever had that nagging feeling that…
Remember the great fabric I used in my quilt Initial Response? I still had half of it, ready to use on the next project. This portion made me think of fall leaves, with the twigs and branches of trees peeking through. Can you see it? That was enough to get me started. From there I cut it into…
I was lucky enough to take a two day class with Pat Pauly. Fabric was flying and Adrenalin was flowing as she challenged us to work without a lot of planning. The purpose of the class was to teach us various ways to jump start an abstract design. One way Pat does that is by…
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…
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…
When quilting my latest piece I decided to mimic the swirls/curves in the background. In addition to machine quilting, I also added some hand stitching around several of the curved shapes. My main reason for doing so was to add contrast to the white curves in the light areas. I intended to stitch around all the…
I recently added paint to a quilt! Gulp! This is something I’ve only done once or twice, so I definitely had to get my courage up. It helped that I had done a bunch of painted exercises a few months ago. So, I did some practice samples, held my mouth just right and gave it a…
After getting so much out of Jane Davies’ book about abstract elements I decided to take an online “class” with her. I put class in quotes, because this was not interactive. You just download the content and do the exercises on your own. More like a book – although she does have interactive classes, too….
Continuing with my abstract exercises, I focused next on line. (Although I’d been using it since the very first exercise.) What kind of line(s) did I like? What came naturally? I’m still trying to figure that out. On the grid above, my favorite line is the one top right. The next assignment was to use…