As I worked on the abstract quilt, I continued to take clues and inspiration from the original fabric. Since it was very angular, I wanted my pattern to be the same. Can you see how the shapes and lines of the side fabrics are extensions of the central fabric lines? Same for the quilting. First,…
Are you familiar with the work of Rosalie Dace? She’s a fabulous art quilter from South Africa and a highly sought-after art quilt teacher. I’ve been wanting to take a class with her for quite some time and I finally got to at Quilting by the Lake a couple of weeks ago. It was very…
Remember the “project that wasn’t?” After sketching it I decided not to proceed with it. My issue was that it looked too jumbled, and therefore didn’t accurately depict the plant that inspired me. My inspiration photo: The initial sketch: However, I was slow to put the sketch away so it lived on my design wall…
Are you playing along with me? If so, you’ve printed out the liquefied image from the previous post and you’ve found some small compositions within it. I found ten, but I’m only showing you four of them. Again, any one of them would be a great start to an abstract quilt. What did you find?…
I was making good progress on my two large leaf quilts when I got BADLY distracted. The culprit was the book Serendipity, by Susan Carlson. In it she explains her fabric collage techniques. In many ways they’re the same as my own, but with a much higher level of tiny details. It was all SO…
After studying my quirky fabrics, I decided to work with the yellow-green silk that had been screen printed. I knew I wanted to play up the red design with more red accents. Then, I threw in blue and yellow for good measure. After just a little arranging I remembered, “Oh yeah, I’m not really good…
From the Ellen Lindner 1st Edition Art Adventure Dictionary: art-ing, v. the act of experimenting in an artful way Arting is just what I did on a long cross-country flight. These were the supplies I took with me: InkTense blocks, portable water filled brushes, latex gloves, a glue stick, and my sketch book.* First, I tried to…