Thursday, June 30, 2011

Time for a change....


Today I spent the day in the Thread Shed...




I emptied out cupboards...





I emptied out drawers...





Two cupboards were removed from the room...





One new cupboard was moved in...





I am busy sorting......





I am busy organizing...





I am creating a new working environment for myself...

It has been over 10 years since
I moved into the Thread Shed...

It's.......Time for a Change.

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CLICK HERE to view the Thread Shed

CLICK HERE to view my Portrait Quilts

CLICK HERE to view my Challenge Quilts


May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn

Monday, June 27, 2011

Permission 2 Play.......Show 'n Tell


Permission 2 Play Students
Show Off
their latest textile art creations


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Jan's Botanical Jello Printed Quilt




Julie's Collage of snippets fabric and metal



Detail View of Julie's quilt




Lois' Botanical Jello Printed Quilts




Marion's Melted Crayon Quilt




Julie's Botanical Jello Printed Quilt




Sandra's Botanical Jello Printed Trio Quilt




Julie's Botanical Jello Printed Quilt

Thank you Students....
Very fun Show 'n Tell



A BIG Thank You to
OSU Folk Thrift Store in Corvallis, Oregon.
We received a grant from them for $300 this year!

This will enable us to purchase needed supplies for our classes
and continue with this FREE class offering.


CLICK HERE to view Jello Printing Class

CLICK HERE to view Melted Metallic Crayon Printing Class

CLICK HERE: A Reason to Play

CLICK HERE: Mark Lipinski Interview



May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn Kessi

Permission 2 Play........Portraits on Fabric Class

Welcome to Permission 2 Play
Portraits on Fabric Class

This is a free class offering for cancer diagnosed patients
No Experience is Required
All class supplies are provided for you
Everyone is welcome to join the fun!

Today we created portraits of flowers, birds & animals
on fabric.
You can view what the students created in the
slideshow below.

Slideshow Song:
House of Love
By Amy Grant

I chose this song because the quilt shop we hold classes in:
JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop
will always represent
a House of Love
to all who enter its doorway


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A special thank you to JLC for providing us with a beautiful classroom space to work.

Thank you to our students who fill the room with such positive energy!

Warm Hugs to our instructors who donate their time and talents to lead these classes.

Thank you to our community who supports this class offering in every way possible.

CLICK HERE to view P2P Jello Printing Class

CLICK HERE to view P2P Good Fortune Bird Class

CLICK HERE to view Healing Stitches Exhibit

CLICK HERE: A Reason to Play

CLICK HERE: Mark Lipinski Interview


Join us for our next class: July 28, 2011 1:00 at JLC


May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn Kessi

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Clean Up Cloth.......Sun Printing

My favorite part of working with Textile Paints
is creating
Clean Up Cloths


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Clean Up Cloth

Last week, at the end of a painting session, I put all of the
leftover paint on a white piece of fabric.

Sometimes I wet the white fabric first, and sometimes I don't.
This time I left the white fabric dry, then poured the leftover
paint all over it and scrunched up the fabric.
I also sprinkled a little kosher salt on top.

The secret is to put it out in the sun.
That is when the magic happens.
Allow it to completely dry.

When you open it up you have a lovely
batik-like fabric.
Press it with a hot iron to set the paint.

Stewart Gill offers an excellent line of textile paints.
However, so does Pebeo/Setacolors
They all perform well for Sun Printing on Fabric.

I have no affiliation with these products.

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CLICK HERE to view Sunprinting

CLICK HERE to view Rust Dyeing

CLICK HERE to view Flour Paste Resist


May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Screen Printing Play Day...

Virginia invited us over to her sun room
for a screen printing play day:



Virginia Screen Printing








Thickened Screen Printing Paste




Work Table for mixing up
Thickened Dye Paste




Dye




Virginia's piece is coming along nicely







Yellow Thickened Dye Paste







Blue Thickened Dye Paste




Virginia treated her screen with Elmer's Gel Glue
in a circular design to act as a resist during
the screen printing process




This has been screen printed and is covered in
plastic and ready to bach for 24 hours










Elmer's Gel Glue on a silk screen
acted as a resist





Flour Paste Silk Screen
Tree Image scratched into dried flour





Tree Screen Print





Covered in plastic...



I took my screen prints home and let them bach
for 24 hours...


This pieced has been washed & dried.
This was a white piece of fabric that I wrote on with a
tjanting tool and hot soy wax.
Then I screen printed blue thickened dye paste over it.
It was my first effort at soy wax, and I see that I should have
written slower to allow more soy wax to penetrate the fabric.
This is a good candidate for discharge techniques.





This piece has been washed and dried.
It is a commercial batik that I thermofax screen printed on
with orange thickened dye paste.





This is a white piece of fabric that I covered with yarns and
fibers to act as a resist.
Then I screen printed over the top with
blue thickened dye paste.
This is a good candidate for more surface design techniques





This is the blue circle fabric that I showed earlier while it
was on the work table covered in plastic.
It started out as a white fabric that was stamped with hot
soy wax with circles to act as a resist.
Then I screen printed over it with bright blue thickened dye paste.
Again, I can see that I should have allowed more soy wax
to penetrate the fabric to create a better resist.
This is a good candidate for discharge and further surface design





This pink piece has been washed and dried.
I applied soy wax to white fabric as a resist, then screen printed
over it with pink thickened dye paste
I needed a heavier application of soy wax.
This piece is a good candidate for discharge techniques.





This is a commercial batik that I thermofax screen
printed on with black thickened dye paste




The black dye could have been darker...
Next time I will know to add more dye to the thickened paste
to get the deep black color I desire.


My first experience with soy wax and thickened dye
screen printing taught me plenty.
I am anxious to try these techniques again with
the benefit of what I have learned.

I am satisfied with the fabrics I created.
I plan to do additional surface designs to them to enhance
the fabrics and create a layered depth of texture.

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CLICK HERE to view Sun Printing on Fabric

CLICK HERE to view Thermofax Screen Printing

CLICK HERE to view Textile Painting


May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Adventures in Portrait Quilts........Class Slideshow

Saturday found me in Philomath, Oregon at
JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop (JLC)

JLC has an ongoing series of classes:
Adventures in Art Quilting

Today I lead a class in
Adventures in Portrait Quilts

Check out the slideshow below to see how our day went:


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Many Thanks to my students for sharing their art and to JLC for their beautiful classroom space.

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CLICK HERE to view Photoshop Elements Portrait Tutorial

CLICK HERE to view Neocolor II Portrait Tutorial

CLICK HERE to view Cord Bound Edge Tutorial

CLICK HERE to view Thread Information

CLICK HERE to view my Art Quilts


May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn