Ellen Lindner  is a self-taught quilt artist who calls herself  “the Adventure Quilter” because she loves experimentation with fabrics while creating a new quilt. She also loves to teach and share her enthusiasm for being fearless when it comes to exercising your artistic skills.  Her quilts range from pictorial to modern abstracts and often use high contrasting and vivid colors.  She frequently works in freeform collage using techniques borrowed from traditional quilt making. Ellen is from Melbourne, Florida.   Lecture:  “Adventures while Playing with Fabric”

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	Design Your Own Nature Quilt Friday, March 16 9:30 - 4:30 (with 1 hour for lunch) cost = $45 members, $65 non-members   This will be a design day with no sewing.	Clear plastic page protector (1 or 2) 2 copyright free nature photos, 8x10, in color (See notes) Paper scissors Glue Stick Sketch book or a few unlined sheets of paper Pencil with eraser Fabrics in colors to match or, similar to, those in the photo. Be sure to include all the very darks and very lights. (A small amount of a wide variety is good) Muslin, at least  18”x22”, don’t cut it just yet Sharp fabric scissors Straight pins Notes:  we’re working with nature photos because they’re easiest to interpret in fabric. Good subjects include mountain vistas, landscapes, and vegetation. But your photos should not include people, vehicles or structures. You may include animals, but you should have the drawing skills to interpret them. Try to find graphic images with clearly defined shapes, (ex: mountains) as opposed tones where the colors flow together, (ex: sunset). Also, make sure your photo has enough variety to keep things interesting. Row after row of sand dunes doesn’t work well. Another common photo that may not work well is a flower blossom of one color. The subtle colorations of this are often difficult to achieve with collage. Remember:  You don’t need artistic skills for this class, but artistic courage is required!
	Double Reverse Applique Sunday, March 18 9:30 - 4:30 (with 1 hour for lunch) cost = $45 members, $65 non-members   (plus $5 kit fee payable to the instructor)   We will create an apple and pear quilts using this raw edged applique technique which is extremely accurate. Ellen will share her tricks for staying organized, as well as, how this method can be used to create your own DRA patterns.  This class is for intermediate skill level quilters and participants should be familiar with free motion sewing.	• -Sewing machine that can lower feed dogs • -Presser foot for free motion,(darning foot, big foot, etc) • Light box(we can share 2:1 is best) • Extension cord • Sharp embroidery scissors • Paper scissors • General sewing supplies • Fat highlighter • Black sharpie, regular tip • 3+ colored pencils, each a different color • A favorite color photo, with strong light/dark contrast,8 x 10 is best • Several pieces of tracing paper • Pencil & eraser • (Optional) your photo on a flash drive (If this is Greek to you, this is not necessary to have. We can easily work from the paper copy) • Fabric, threads and such; Sulky Totally Stable (or other lightweight iron-on stabilizer that can be torn away later), 2 -14 x 16” pieces white fabric such as muslin for bases • Small scale or subtle prints work well for the apple; background and shadow fabrics can be larger prints. Directions are given for a green fruit. However, other colors are stunning and work well if the values (light vs dark) correspond to those on the pattern • Clear monofilament thread. • Medium gray thread, (or threads that loosely match your fabrics) Class Preparation: Do these steps twice, once each for apple and pear. Be ready to sew both. • Join two pieces of stabilizer together to create a 14 X 16 piece • Using a black Sharpie, trace the pattern lines (but not the numbers) onto the non-fusible side of the stabilizer. Finish drawing in the 12” and 13” squares, and the horizontal line. Label with the pattern numbers. • Put the stabilizer, fusible side down, onto the white base fabric. Iron together • Iron all fabric, Label fabrics using the key on the pattern. • Set up your machine with monofilament in the bobbin and grey thread in the top. Increase top tension to approx.. 7. • Class patterns will be mailed soon after GAAQG’s January quilt day or as soon as you register.