Good Fortune Birds Class...

The Permission 2 Play Group

met this week and created

Good Fortune Birds

Take a peek at our class

by clicking on the slideshow below:

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CLICK HERE: Fabric Paper Tutorial Video


Many Thanks to JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop for allowing us the use of their beautiful classroom space. You make all of this possible.

Permission 2 Play is a FREE class offering for cancer diagnosed patients.

Please join us Thursday, May 26, 2011 1:00 - 4:00

We will be Jello Printing on Fabric.

JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop

1243 Main Street

Philomath, OR 97370

541-929-3795

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CLICK HERE to view Healing Stitches Exhibits

The inspiration for Good Fortune Birds came from Kelli Nina Perkins

and her book: Stitch Alchemy.

CLICK HERE: A Reason to Play

CLICK HERE: Mark Lipinski Interview

Tea Bag......Stamping

I am doing some prep work for a class this month:

Adventures in Mixed Media Quilts Class

I thought I would play with my stash of recycled tea bag papers

Click Images to Enlarge:

Tea Bag Papers

Stamped with Pigment Ink and Stamps

Numbers

These can be used as is,

or cut out and used individually.

Cursive Writing

This is a rubber stamp by

Laura Murray Designs

Tree Bark

Circle

These can be used as is,

or cut out and used individually.

Botanical

Text

The lower tea bag was stamped with office style stamps

I collected from thrift stores over the years.

I am always attracted to office products...

Pigment Based Inks

It is important to use Pigment Based Inks when stamping.

Dye based inks are watersoluble,

so if you paint over them or use gel medium they will run.

I plan to incorporate tea bags into a few new class samples

for my upcoming

Adventures in Mixed Media Quilts Class

See you in class soon...

CLICK HERE to view my Mixed Media Class Info

My inspiration to work with recycled tea bag papers

came from

Judy Coates Perez

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CLICK HERE to view my Woven Quilts

CLICK HERE to view Adventures in Portrait Quilts Class

CLICK HERE to view My Very First Quilt

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Friends at the Fence...

Like a flower or vegetable garden,

you must cultivate your creativity to

keep it growing...

Click Images to Enlarge:

After a wet, wet, wet

winter and spring here in Western Oregon,

I was feeling damp, musty and in need of some sunshine.

Last week...

the SUN arrived !

The sunshine lured me out of the Thread Shed...

I haven't had a productive week in front of the sewing machine

or at the design wall...

But, I feel so inspired and so motivated...

With each sunny day I made the choice to stay

out-of-doors...

I planned outdoor activities,

like varnishing screen printing frames...

Working in the flowerbeds...

Spending time with the camera

taking photos of what was going on in the yard

from all of this sunshine!

I was feeling the sun on my skin,

breathing the fresh air...

and taking the time to re-charge my batteries.

Take the time to notice the little things, like an apple blossom.

When you least expect it...

you are cultivating your creativity.

After a week out doors, I am ready to get to work in the

Thread Shed...

I have so many ideas jumping around in my head,

I can't wait to get started !

The images above were taken while playing in the yard with Gunnr.

Whenever there is activity in the yard,

the yearling cattle must come to the fence to satisfy

their curiosity...

our Friends at the Fence.

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CLICK HERE to view the Hollyhocks

CLICK HERE to view Home

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

ARt Cloth Round Robin......Reveal

The Art Cloth

Round Robin Group

had their BIG Reveal today...

Watch the cloth as it evolves from Round to Round

Click Images to Enlarge

Nancy's Art Cloth:

Round 1

Nancy painted and sun printed w/Setacolors

Round 2

I used tree branches as a resist and spray painted w/Tulip Fabric Paint

Round 3

Kathi created leaf stamps and put leaves on the branches

Round 4

Virginia made a moon w/Lumiere

Nancy's Art Cloth is finished

Virginia's Art Cloth:

Round 1

Virginia painted and sun printed w/Setacolors

Round 2

Nancy Wiped & Swiped over tape to create the plaid pattern

Round 3

I used a big jar lid and stamped circles w/textile paint

Round 4

Kathi created a silk screen and added green lines

Close Up shows detail of silk screen:

Virginia's Art Cloth is finished

This is Kathi's Art Cloth:

Round 1

Kathi painted and sun printed w/Setacolors

Round 2

Virginia over-painted and sun printed w/Setacolors

Round 3

Nancy Stamped w/Textile Paints

Round 4

I used found objects to act as a resist and stamped over them w/Lumiere

Kathi's Art Cloth is finished

My Art Cloth (LuAnn):

I painted white fabric w/Setacolors,

then placed objects on top and sun printed the cloth...

This is the result of the sun printing:

Round 1

LuAnn sun printing w/Setacolors

Round 2

Kathi made a stamp w/string and stamped black on the edges

Round 3

Virginia over-painted w/Neocolor II and Setacolors

Round 4

Nancy placed an object on the cloth as a resist

and sprayed alcohol ink over the top.

My cloth is finished.

There you have it....the BIG Reveal.

We are planning another Art Cloth Round Robin in the fall

w/Dyed fabrics.

We will keep you posted with our progress.

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CLICK HERE to view Art Cloth 2010 Slide Show

CLICK HERE to view Textile Art Workshop

CLICK HERE to view Jello Printing Workshop

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn