Lectures and Workshops

Ellen Lindner is a VERY enthusiastic quilt maker and teacher! She finds the design process wonderfully exciting, and loves to share this excitement with her students. She likes trying new things, and encourages her students to do the same.

Workshops: (All skill levels, unless noted)

Hands on learning, fun, and experimentation are the emphasis during workshops.

Class: Design Your Own Nature Quilt
(One day without sewing or 2 days with sewing. Two days recommended.)

Class sample: Cosmo Cotillion

This class will help take the fear out of design. Using your own nature photo, you’ll learn how to interpret it in fabric. Multiple group and solo exercises will give you the skills and confidence you need to start your own design. A raw edge collage technique will ensure maximum flexibility and speedy results.

These are just a few of the things you’ll be learning:
            -         Creating a sense of depth.
            -         Identifying and placing a focal point.
            -         How cropping can help a composition.
            -         Getting your fabric to do the work.
            -         How to work with raw edge collage.
Note: No artistic skills are needed, but artistic courage is required. Kit fee.

Class: Instant Art Quilt (3 hours)

Class sample: After Image

Have you ever bought a fabric that’s so gorgeous you were hesitant to cut it up? Now, you can use the beauty of that fabric to QUICKLY and easily make a fantastic art quilt! Following Ellen's instructions, you’ll tear your fabric, then arrange those pieces onto a base fabric, following a predetermined plan. Your results are guaranteed to be awesome. Not only that, but this process is so fast that you’re likely to have it quilted by the end of the class, and possibly even finished with Ellen's easy technique! You’ll be amazed at your quick and beautiful results!
See Ellen's samples here and the supply list here.

Class: Adventures in Double Reverse Applique
(3 hours: apple only) or (6 hours: apple and pear)

Made by student Ellen Anderman

Check out the killer project(s) for this class! This raw edged appliqué technique is extremely accurate. Ellen's tricks for staying organized will ensure that your class time is efficient, productive, and free of frustration. You'll also learn tips for making your own DRA patterns. Note: This class is for intermediate quilters. Participants must be familiar with free motion sewing.

Class: Adventures in Painting Fabric (3 or 6 hours)

Brush, sponge, flick, spray, stamp, fold, scrunch, layer. These are just some of the techniques you’ll use to create ABSOLUTELY AMAZING fabric yardage, on your very first try! Using a wide variety of tools and tricks, you’ll have lots of fun as you explore the vast potential of painting on fabric. The photos above show what some first time painters have accomplished! Kit fee. (Note: This class must be taught in an area with non-porous, or protected, flooring.)

Class: Adventures in Color (6 hours, no sewing) Kit fee

Do you want to learn more about using color to enhance your quilts? Then this is the workshop for you. Using paper only, you'll work through a series of exercises that will make you an expert by the end of the day! Along the way you’ll learn the answers to these questions and many more:
      -         Where can I get inspiration for quilt colors?
      -         How do you work a color wheel? Why is it useful?
      -         What goes with my favorite color? What would be a good accent color with it?
      -         Why don’t all these blues match?
      -         What is a neutral, and how do I choose one?

Image - sample workbook page
Sample workbook page

Lectures: (1 hour, All skill levels)

Lectures are informative, inspiring, and maybe even a little challenging. Clear visual aids and explanations make concepts easy to understand. Beautiful quilts, and encouragement will send you home with new confidence and enthusiasm. Note: These are slide lectures, so the room will need to be darkened.

Lecture: Adventures while Playing with Fabric

From perfect points, to messy raw edges, Ellen Lindner has done it all. Follow along on her creative journey, as you view beautiful quilts, hear inspiring stories, and learn valuable techniques. Ellen is very eager to encourage creativity in others, and will share many ideas to spark your own artistic adventures.

Lecture: Adventures in Color

Color is the first thing we notice about a quilt. It either attracts us or repels us. Learn how to avoid color surprises in your quilts, and how to get color to work for you. Basic color theory is explained in simple terms, and demonstrated with fabulous quilts. A variety of different color combinations are discussed, from subdued to dramatic. Click here for a sneak peak!

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