Still testing one of my blog features. Here’s a little eye candy in appreciation for putting up with this.
This is Carefree, on of my favorite pieces. It features my son and two of his cousins skipping down my parents’ farm road.
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Ellen Lindner
When dyeing fabric, it’s not at all unusual for me to wash out a fabric, decide it needs more, treat it (again) with soda ash, and continue on. Such was the case with this one. The eyeballs/ovals on this piece were originally pale yellow. Well, that was just creepy! It looked like a lot of…
Well, it happened: I got completely stumped on my current quilt and have decided to scrap it. I’ll show you what I’ve been up to and what I’ve learned from it. I started with what I thought was an interesting sketch. And if I wanted to make a quilt with 3 lines in it, on…
Well, after two years, I finally got to teach an in-person class recently. I taught the class “Love It and Leaf It” to a welcoming group in Avon Park, FL. Of course, we had fun! Rose did a great job on her quilt. Don’t the veins make it pop? Lorri had a beautiful piece of…
I really had fun on my most recent dyeing session. I did two things that were new to me. #1 – I used a piece of garden fencing (I think that’s what it is) as a stencil. It made a nice big bubble motif and, because of it’s size, it covered a lot of space…
I’m very happy with my latest piece, Exhuberance. See more photos and information. And here’s a photo of what it might look like installed in an interior. I love that I can show it to scale like this! Ellen Lindner
After admiring the arch and curl of a Croton leaf, I decided I wanted to make a quilt with those same lines. And because I thought it should roll up for shipping (or lay flat) but still be malleable for display, I knew I’d want to put wire into it. Which is what plunged me…
It works! Thanks!