Meg’s photo gave her a clear cut design path.
But, she still had to think about how to best depict the background and about the best proportions. This is what she came up with.
Oops, I see she had moved a couple of blossoms as I took this photo. They were actually all joined to the stem at the end. I think the slimmer proportions really play up the vertical nature of this hanging plant.
And then Meg started another composition!
Sarah had an excellent starting photo of flowering cacti.
She wisely decided to include only the main elements, and to zoom in on them. Just look at her results.
She’ll add some hand stitched needles as a finishing touch.
And then she also started on a second piece. This is her photo, a close up view of the edge of a succulent.
She made good progress in the remaining class time.
If I remember correctly, Elizabeth was one of the students who had never made an art quilt. This was her photo.
She didn’t own a stash of fabric and brought a limited selection. But that didn’t slow her down much, as you can see from her quilt. Later, she completely quilted it during class.
Martha worked diligently on her quilt, “drawing” with her scissors as I had shown her.
And here’s her quilt, almost complete.
Kathy’s photo had lots of strong lines from the leaves and delicate shapes and colors from the flowers.
She wanted to play up the flowers but keep the strong leaves. She was willing to edit and resize to achieve that. And just look at her final quilt.
She improved on the colors and sizes of the flowers and represented the leaves in an interesting way. Kathy definitely achieved what she wanted.
I’m SO proud of all these women! They were willing to experiment and to work in completely new ways. As a result, they learned A LOT and they each made a striking quilt. Way to go, ladies!
The students in this class, “Design Your Own Nature Quilt,” always get great results. I’d love to come teach for your group, as well. (But DO plan on the 2 day version of this class!)
Ellen Lindner
