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Fabric Decoupaged Floorcloths--No-Sew Fun |
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Since the ubiquitous textile design experience of weaving pot
holders on a square metal loom using stretchy cotton loops,
Ellen has been hooked on the broad medium of textiles. Working
on or with fabrics has always had a gravitational pull on her
life. Girl Scouts in her small, southern hometown provided
useful skills, such as righting a flipped canoe, pitching a
tent, making s'mores (of course), and especially needlework.
Ellen has studied and designed professionally in many
branches of needlework, from needlepoint to appliqué to
embroidery and quilting. She has a textile radar that just about
affects her heart rate when she sees a wonderful piece of art or
craft created with fabric. Whether going to London and studying
exquisite crewelwork at the Victoria
and Albert Museum or sitting in church behind Virginia
Avery and studying her joyous wearable art, Ellen is
inspired and happy to see art and skill combined in a medium
that speaks her language.
Ellen created the idea of floorquilts to solve a problem. The
question was how her love of well-designed textiles on the floor
could coexist with her love of dogs in various stages of
development (chewing rug corners being one of the stages).
Floorquilts became the solution.
When she's not giving lessons at the Quilt
Cottage in Mamaroneck, Ellen lives in Rye, New York, with
her husband, Mitch, and their two dogs, Broadway and Charlie.
Ellen and her family, human and otherwise, hope that making and
living with floorquilts will give you and your family many
reasons to smile.
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