Twigs, an art quilt by Ellen Lindner. AdventureQuilter.com

“Twigs” Complete

For the first time I worked on two quilts at the same time, finishing them up very close together. Here’s the latest, Twigs.

Twigs, an art quilt by Ellen Lindner. AdventureQuilter.com
Twigs

I’m very happy with it. And here’s a detail shot.

Twigs - detail, an art quilt by Ellen Lindner. AdventureQuilter.com

The dark twigs were done in the dyeing stage. The white ones were added after piecing, with acrylic paint. As you can see, I used the same stencil for both.

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Ellen Lindner
P.S. After neglecting it for quite some time, I’m finally hemming and altering clothes. At only 5′ tall, I do a lot of that!

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