Permission 2 Play Quilt Exhibit at Lunafest 2010

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Lunafest

LaSells Stewart Center in Corvallis, OR

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Permission 2 Play Journal Quilts

On exhibit during Lunafest

Kathy Haywood

Hanging the P2P Exhibit

Kathi Borrego

Hanging the Exhibit

61 Journal Quilts Exhibited

Created by Members of the Permission 2 Play Class

Sponsored By: JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop

The quilts were enjoyed and admired all evening!

Viewers were amazed by the diversity of textile techniques.

A Special Thank You to Kathy Haywood...

You've Come a Long Way Baby!

Thank you to all of the P2Play Members for allowing us to exhibit your quilts and share them with the public. This was an evening of awareness and spreading the word about Permission 2 Play.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Permission 2 Play - January Class

Techniques Class:

Students learned to Couch Fibers, Escape Hatch Finish Treatment, Alternative Edge Treatments, Satin Stitch Edge Treatment, Traditional Bindings.

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Couching Fibers in Circles

Couching Fibers with Nancy Bryant

Student: Kathy

Satin Stitch Edging with Cindy McNutt-Kaestner

Student: Barbara

Escape Hatch Finish with LuAnn Kessi

Student: Janette

Bindings with Virginia Gregory

Student: Jan

Couching Fibers was a popular technique with the students!

Couching Fibers........in Circles

Completed Journal Quilts from Previous Classes:

Painted Fusible Class

Cindy McNutt-Kaestner

Painted Fusible Class

Cindy McNutt-Kaestner

Painted Fusible Class

Cindy McNutt-Kaestner

Painted Fusible Class

Nancy Bryant

Photo Transfer

Janette Merriman

Foiling on Fabric Class

Janette Merriman

Foiling on Fabric Class

Virginia Gregory

Foiling on Fabric Class

Virginia Gregory

Foiling on Fabric Class

Kathy Haywood

Foiling on Fabric Class

Kathy Haywood

Shaving Cream Stenciling Class

Kathy Haywood

Shaving Cream Stenciling Class

Martha Baltram

Permission 2 Play meets the 4th Thursday of each month in Philomath at JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop from 1 - 4pm.

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Rebuilding a Blanky...

He Still Loves it....

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Peyton with his Blanky

My niece came over with her son's blanky.......very much in need of some tender loving care. This 30 year old quilt, that belonged to her husband as a baby, was now being loved by their son, Peyton.

The 30 year old fabrics were quite faded, and many of them in shreds with the batting exposed and no binding in sight...........it was very well loved.

Time for: OPERATION REBUILD BLANKY.

My niece found the very same vintage fabric online and within a few days it arrived in her mailbox.......this alone is incredible......don't ya think?

Along with some new flannel backing and a new satin binding.......we rebuilt the blanky.......tucking the old blanky inside for the batting layer.

I waited on pins and needles to hear whether or not Peyton would accept his rebuilt blanky or reject it....

An email arrived with the image of 3 year old Peyton smiling & holding his blanky.......the caption read:

He Still Loves it!

Now this is what quilting is all about!

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

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Quilting on the CBS News...

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Moose Lodge........Quilting the Border

One thing left to do.....Quilt the Border

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Auditioning Border Threads

I want something blendy, not high contrast.

YLI Variations FAWN

It has a very subtle color change.....just what I want.

Border Quilting

I decided to stick with meandering lines in a North to South direction.

There is a lot of curvy quilting in the center of the quilt.

I thought gentle, sweeping lines of quilting in the border would quiet this down and give your eyes a place to rest when viewing the quilt.

Another relaxing day of simple stitched lines.

Very therapeutic and fun.

Ready for the binding...

Back Side of Moose Lodge......Flannel Fabric

The 60 wt Bottom Line thread was perfect in the bobbin.

It blends in nicely with the background fabric, and there is no thread build up.

This was a pleasure to quilt. I thought of my Uncle Charlie as I relaxed and stitched away on his quilt. I am anxious to visit him next month and surprise him with Moose Lodge.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Moose Lodge.......Quilting the MOOSE

Time to Quilt the Moose...

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I was tempted to do lots of threadplay on these guys....nah!

I chose a simple line of stitching following the silhouette of the moose.

After all, I think there are 12 of these guys in the borders.

Threadwork would have taken days!

I started at the top of the front leg, on the edge.

I followed the shape of the leg down to the hoof.

Then I went back up the other side of the leg.

I inlined all four legs, then echo quilted back over to where I started.

Then I just echo quilted the lines moving in a North to South direction.

The moose are heavily quilted, it added texture, and didn't take very long.

The moose come in all shapes and sizes on this quilt.

Even this tall skinny moose quilted up nicely in the same manner as above.

She who is lazy.....pays for it later!

My rule of thumb is to clean out the bobbin area between every new bobbin.

It has become a habit.....but for some reason...today.....I didn't do it.

It came back to haunt me!

I started breaking bobbin thread. I re-threaded the bobbin and re-threaded the top several times, but it kept breaking.

I took off the throat plate and what a mess!

That heavy YLI Green Variegated thread really built up a lot of lint in just a few hours.

Look at that linty mess in the bobbin area!

It was creating a tangled mess out of the bobbin thread and causing it to break!

I work more with trilobal polyester threads anymore, which don't have lint build up.

I forgot just how fuzzy those heavy cotton threads can be!

Learned my lesson.......clean out after every bobbin!

This little flashlight lives in the drawer next to the sewing machine.

It comes in handy when I need to see underneath into the bobbin area.

Quilting the Border Background Next...

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May Your Bobbin Always Be CLEAN and Full,

LuAnn