Ellen Anne Eddy is a fiber artist whose embroidered wall tapestries defy the concept of quilting tradition, Using exquisite hand-dyed colors and intricate patterns of machine stitchery, her work elevates reconstructed fiber into a  fine art medium. Her designs are drawn from a mingling of the natural world with her dreams and personal visions.  Using hand-dyed fabrics, lames, machine embroidery, appliqué and layered sheers, she creates the illusion of ice, running water, mist and flame.  She peoples her worlds with both real and imaginary life. The most outstanding feature of Ellen’s work is the embroidery.   Intricate stitching describes life in micro-and macrocosm. Fish and bugs, lizards and birds weave in and out of the patterns.  Frogs and cats sing to the night. A cat-fish swims in silent splendor. Salamanders bask in the heat. Her works are vibrant and full of energy.

Education

• B. A., Knox College
• Fine Arts at Boston State
• Bernina Basic Training/Teacher, Loner Participant

Skills/Services

• Fiber Artist
  For 30 years I’ve explored, explained, and produced heavily embroidered tapestry quilts featuring nature and nature fantasy images. My work helped include free motion embroidery, and machine quilting as applique into the quilt art community. My work is available for sale as existent art and as commissions.
• Portfolio Production
  Studied WordPress portfolio development at Lynda.com
  Can either design your portfolio, serve as a mentor,  or guide you through the process.

• Educator/Mentor
  I’m always delighted to teach and have developed numerous classes for quilters on free motion embroidery, applique, dyeing, and  fiber art,. I welcome inquires from guilds, groups, and individuals and will go anywhere as long as my travel and teaching fees  are paid.

Goals:

I am always interested in opportunities to show and  sell my work in gallery settings.

I love to pass on my skills as a teacher and accept teaching venues from guilds, groups, conferences and individuals.

As much as I love working my own art, I also take great pleasure in setting other beginning artists on a firm foundation so that they can create, promote and sell their works in ways that make sense for them. Mentoring is a process that never stops. I am always learning from someone, and someone is always learning from me. I am looking for a number of mentoring/teaching situations where I can share what I know about the business of art and art education.

Major Collections

• State of Illinois Museum, Twilight Time
• National Quilt Museum, Dancing in the Light,
• Waltron Collection,
  In the Clearing,Arctic Dreams, Skinny Dipping Time

Conferences

•  Ann Arbor Quilt Conference, Ann Arbor MI                       2013
•  North Carolina Quilt Festival, Charlotte, NC                        2010
•  IQA  Festival SAQA Lectures, Rosmont, IL                          2010
•  Embroidery Society Featured Teacher                                   2009
•  Minnesota Quilt Festival, Minneapolis, MN                         2008
• Quilters Heritage NC                                                                2008
•  SAQA Lecture, Houston, TX                                                  2007
• NQA Columbus, OH                                                               2006
•  Quilt Odyssey, Hershey, PA                                                   2004
•  Empty Spools, Monterey, CA                                                 2002

Commercial Books

• Thread Magic Garden, C&T Publications                             2012
• Thread Magic: The Enchanted World
  of Ellen Anne Eddy Reprinted  2002, 2005                           1996

Thread Magic Studio Books by Ellen Anne Eddy

•  Many Creatures under Many Skies,                                    2013
• 2011 The Town of Torper
  and the Very Vulgar Day Lily                                                2011
•  Dragonfly Sky,                                                                       2009
•  Ladybug’s Garden,
•  Dye Day Workbook,                                                             2008
• Tigrey Leads the Parade,                                                      2006

Books including Ellen’s Work

•  SAQA Portfolio 16                                                              2014
•  Quilts from the Natural World,
  Martha Seigman                                                                    2012
• 500 Quilts:
  An Inspiring Collection of Contemporary Work                 2011
  Ray Hemachandra (Author), Karey Bresenhan (Author)
•  Quilt San Diego Catalog  p..98                                            1996
•   Robert Shaw, The Art Quilt, Pg. 138                                 1997
•  Connecting Stitches:
  Quilts in Illinois Life Edited by  Janice Issue 2
• Fiber Arts Five Design Book,                                                1995 
• Who’s Who in American Quilting AQS Publications        1997

Magazine Articles By Ellen Anne Eddy

•  Fall Lollypop  Flowers Quilting Arts Magazine                 2011
•  Design Elements: Bobbin Work Appliques,
  pg 46-50 Machine Quilting Unlimted                                2011
•  Breaking the Mold Machine Quilt: Thread Artist          3/2010
•  The Quilter Magazine. Pg.92-93,                                    1/2001
• Cover of SAQA Journal                                                    9/2008
• Sheerly Amazing Quilting Arts Magazine                       9/2006
•  Machine Embroidery, Volumn 8,
  #1 Ellen Anne Eddy, A Natural Wonder,                        4/2002
•  Quilting Arts, Defining the Line Series
  Straight Stitch, Zigzag Stitch, Straight Garnet
  Stitch, Zigzag Garnet Stitch                                      2001- 2002
• Threads To Dye for, American Quilter , Pg. 60-64 6/ 2002
•  Surface Design Journal, P. 52                                          3/ 2002
•  Quilting Arts, Defining the Line,
  Issue, 6, Pg. 50-53.                                                            6/20002
• The World of Embroidery,  The Nature of Nature,
• Ellen Eddy’s Art Quilts, Volume 53, pg. ₁₄.                    1/2001
•  Art Quilt Magazine,
  Ellen Anne Eddy in the Spotlight  pg. 76-77                  12/2001
•  5^th  Nihon Quilt Exhibition Catalogs, Tokyo, Japan         1998
•  Taming the Wild Threads, Quilter’s
  Newsletter magazine,  Pg. 15-17                                         1998
•  Machine Embroidery and Textile Arts, Vol. #2 No. 1
  Textile Showcase, p.3336 1997
• Art/Quilt Magazine Issue #7, pg. 42 Tauer Wass              1997
• Art / Quilt Magazine page 221995
• , Issue 53 Threads,  Back Cover                                      7/1994
•  Vol.18 No.2  Surface Design Journal page 25             12/1994
•  Quilting International  Issue 34 page 48                       3/1994
•  Fiber arts- Profile page 1 4                                             3/1994

Sole Artist Shows

•  Chesterton Art Center                                                      2010
• Featured Artist Santa Barbara Quilt Show                      2008 
• Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden, CO               2007
• Quilt Show, Latimir Quilt Center, Tillamock, OR        2007
•  Featured Artist, Quilting The Quilt                               2002
•  Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago, IL            2000
•  St. Xavier University, Chicago IL 1996
• McHenry County College,                                               1996
• Vale Gallery, Chicago, IL,                                                1994
• Market Street Gallery, Rockford, IL  invitational          1993
• Northern Indiana Arts Association, Muenster, IN       1992
•  Evanston Arts Center. Sole artist. Evanston, IL            1992
• Wild Goose Chase Gallery, Chicago, IL                         1990

Group shows

• Hanging from a Thread, MAQA Paducah, KY             2007
•  F.A.C.E.T .Portrait show, MAQS, Paducah, KY          2010
•  The Kiss, Wichita Falls Museum, Wichita Falls           2001
•  Visions Quilt San Diego, San Diego, CA                      1996
• Endangered Species,
  New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA                    1999
•  Yeiser Show, Paducah, KY                                             1999
•  AQS Show, Paducah KY                                                1999
•  American Quilting Society, Paducah, KY                    1997