New Bed Frames for the Garden...

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It was such a gorgeous day today, I pulled myself away from the sewing machine to spend the day out of doors.

I found these metal bed frames at thrift stores over the winter months.

It is now time to put them to work in the garden.

Brad set up wooden fence posts in the back yard to hold up the bed frames while I painted them.

First coat is........Primer

These young yearling calves find anything we do in the yard just fascinating!

We are a spectator sport...

Calves......just over the fence

The calves were very interested in the paint spray can.

5 Bed Frames........a beautiful sage green color

Gunnr is always good company when I am outdoors.

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May Your Garden be full of Bed Frames,

LuAnn

Quilted Sunshine...

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Quilted Sunshine

Tablerunner

Quilted Sunshine Tablerunner

Look what you can make with those 5 inch charm square packs you have in your stash!

Quilted Sunshine Detail

I was just notified this morning that my tablerunner is part of a slideshow and contest on THE QUILT SHOW.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Quilted Zipper Bags.......Orange

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Quilted Orange Zipper Bags

8 x 8 inches

This week I am in need of gifts for family & friends so I made a few bags.

This is my own Homemade Recipe for great bags and you can make 5 of them at once in an afternoon!

Quilted Pink Zipper Bags

If they look familiar, it is because I made the pink ones above for holiday gift giving.

You can find my Tutorial if you CLICK HERE

I hope you will give them a try. It is a great way to use up strips of fabric and also great practice for your machine quilting skills!

CLICK HERE to see the bags Linda created using this tutorial

CLICK HERE to see Elyte's bag

CLICK HERE to see these zipper bags in Tasmania

Morning Cattle Call

Our weather here in Western Oregon has been sunny and bright.

It makes feeding cattle much more pleasant.

My Silhouette in the Oregon Sunshine!

Have a Quilty Day...

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Image Transfer Homework Completed...

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Lily Image Transfer

The top layer is fusible web

The bottom layer is commercial cotton with metallic swirls

With this method of layering, you get 2 prints for the price of one!

Layers separated:

Top image is the printed commercial cotton

Bottom image is the printed fusible web.

The fusible absorbs most of the ink during the printing process.

LuLu's Lily

14 x 18 Journal Quilt

I cut the fusible Lily layer into wavy strips.

I placed every other strip on top of the commercial cotton Lily print.

This created the light and dark strip effect.

I covered it with a teflon pressing sheet and fused it all together.

LuLu's Lily

Detail of Quilted Vine in Border

The free motion quilting for me, is like icing the cake!

I used a green variegated 12 wt thread with a 100/16 topstitch needle.

The heavy thread really shows off on this variegated pink border fabric.

Good to have my homework done and turned into the online instructor in time. I had a Feb 14th deadline. She will now send me the next lesson in this free class offering.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Keeping a Journal...

I have kept a handwritten journal since 1991......wow almost 20 years now. I didn't realize it had been that long. I have always felt that I should expand on the written word and include images along with the words, so the reader has a better understanding of what I am trying to convey. After watching this You Tube Video, I am convinced I need to add images.......I think you will agree.

Start your own journal today,

LuAnn

W. Cleon Skousen (1913-2006) shares his way of keeping a personal journal.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Photo Transfer.........Homework

Work before Play

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Quilter's Freezer Paper

This product makes printing on fabric fast and easy.

After it is ironed, it does NOT curl at the edges!

I signed up for a FREE online class:

Image Transfer Techniques

I need to complete my homework....or I will not be given the next lesson.

So today I spent the day working with freezer paper & cool fabrics I want to experiment with in the printer.

Iron Freezer Paper to the back side of the fabric

Be sure to iron it well at the corners so it will feed properly through the printer.

Trim the fabric to fit the 8.5 x 11 inch freezer paper

Fabric & Freezer Paper ready for the printer

The lesson called for white or light fabrics....

I just had to throw some textured fabrics in the mix!

Photo Transfer of State Fair Zinnia on Fabric

I use an Epson CX6000 with Dura Brite Inks, so I do not need to pretreat my fabric.

This is a photo I took last year in front of our house.

The crackle texture on the fabric is wonderful!

Photo Transfer of Glass on Fabric

My cousin sent me this image of her first attempt at Hand Blow Glass.

As soon as I saw it, I knew it would become textile art.

I love the stars and moons fabric it is printed on.

Photo Transfer of Henry the Rooster on Fabric

Last summer we discovered that Henrietta was really a Henry.

I took this image of Henry eating a blade of grass.

The leaf fabric shows up best on the upper portion of the print.

Photo Transfer of Frozen Leaves on Fabric

I took this photo last fall after a heavy freeze.

This was printed on plain white fabric.

Photo Transfer of Lily on Fabric

This print is two layers: Fabric with fusible web on top.

I was hoping to achieve 2 prints at once.

This jammed in the printer, so I fed it through again, which created the double image.

I peeled the fusible web off - it is the lower image.

The fabric image is the faded one on top with the swirly fabric.

It is time to send these images in to the online teacher, then she will send me Lesson 2.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn