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Saturday, May 28, 2011

Permission 2 Play.......Jello Printing Class


The Permission 2 Play Group
Found their groove today.....

We played with Jello

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CLICK HERE to view Neocolor II Class

CLICK HERE: A Reason to Play

CLICK HERE: Mark Lipinski Interview



May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn

Friday, May 27, 2011

Pink Chalk Fabrics........Winner


Many Thanks to

They were a sponsor of the


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The fabrics I won arrived in the mail today.
Pink Chalk Fabrics has such speedy delivery!
They also carry the coolest fabrics around.

CLICK HERE to see my winning entry




The wind and rain today covered the yard with
Flowering Cherry Blossoms...


From a distance...
the yard looks like pink snow.

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CLICK HERE to view Adventures in Portrait Quilts Class

CLICK HERE to view Sun Dyeing

CLICK HERE to view Play Days


May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Portrait Quilt........Completed


This Portrait is going under the needle today...


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I pulled out some of my favorite quilting threads:
Bottom Line by Superior Threads
Variations by YLI

The Thread Section of this blog
will explain more about these threads.




I have narrowed the thread choices down to these...





Bottom Line Black for her eyes.
Variations Teddy Brown for her hair.





Bottom Line Tan for her face and hands.





Robinson Anton 24 KT Gold Rayon
for the birds and flowers





YLI Variations Meadow Green for the background.





The portrait in the center of the quilt is sewn on top of the backing fabric.
It is not pieced into the green fabric.
I didn't want seams to distract from the thermofax printing on the green fabric.





To sew the portrait down on top of the green background,
I used a decorative stitch and green thread.





I am pleased with the quilting on the face...





I matched the thread colors as much as possible to the portrait.
From a distance the thread work is subtle.





As you get closer, you can appreciate the quilting stitches.
They create lots of texture and movement in the background.
I will finish this off with a Cord Bound Edge Treatment.





" Day Dreaming"
Portrait in Fabric
19 x 25 inches

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CLICK HERE to view Beginner Portrait Quilt Class Information

CLICK HERE to view the earlier work done on this portrait

CLICK HERE to view Learning to Fly Portrait

CLICK HERE to view Cord Bound Edge Treatment Tutorial


May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Adventures in Mixed Media Quilts...

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Many Thanks to JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop in Philomath Oregon for offering this Adventures in Art Quilting Series, and for their beautiful classroom space we worked in today.

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CLICK HERE to view Adventures in Portrait Quilts Class

CLICK HERE to view my Tutorials

CLICK HERE to Watch Me in the Thread Shed


May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Lilly Portrait #2


This image inspires me...


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This image was altered in Photoshop Elements 4
then printed onto cotton sateen fabric





It was then colored and painted with
Neocolor II Watersoluble Crayons
and Inktense Pencils




Today I trimmed down the fabric portrait
and I am ready to audition border fabrics...



I recently created Thermofax Printed Fabrics.
I pulled out a few to see if they would work
with this portrait:


Pink Batik with white thermofax printed dots
I like it a lot...




Dark Blue Batik w/thermofax printed gold lines...
Way too dark




Brilliant Blue Batik w/thermofax printed gold lines
I like it, but the color is too intense





Green Batik w/thermofax printed coneflowers
I like these orange coneflowers,
but there isn't enough fabric for a border treatment





Green Batik w/thermofax printed birds
I also like these orange chickadees,
but there isn't enough for a border treatment either.


I left the piece for awhile just to get away from it...

When I came back I decided the soft green fabric with the orange thermofax prints went nicely with the hair and complexion of the portrait:


I pieced the two thermofax fabrics together
to create a big enough piece for the border treatment.

It is sandwiched together with batting and backing fabric
and ready to go under the needle...

CLICK HERE to see the earlier work on this portrait

CLICK HERE to see this portrait completed

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CLICK HERE to view Thermofax Printing

CLICK HERE to view Learning to Fly Portrait

CLICK HERE to view Cord Bound Edge Tutorial


May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn

Friday, May 20, 2011

Mixed Media.......Packing for Class



I spent today packing up supplies for the
Mixed Media Class
tomorrow...





These are some of the found objects that you will be
playing with tomorrow if you are enrolled in my
Mixed Media Class



With all of this inspiration here in front of me,
I couldn't help but start a new Mixed Media Quilt:


I will bring this along to class tomorrow and show you
how I attach everything to the quilted sandwich.

I hope to see You in class !

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CLICK HERE to view Mixed Media Class Information

CLICK HERE to view my Neocolor II Portrait Quilts

CLICK HERE to view Portrait Quilt Class Information


May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Mixed Media.......New Class Sample


I recently stamped these tea bag papers


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I decided to use a few of them in a new
Mixed Media Class Sample Quilt:



This is a piece of fabric that was Rust Dyed
last summer.
It will be the foundation for this mixed media piece.




Auditioning a few tea bag papers
and metal embellishments...





The stamped tea bags show up nicely on the lightly rusted areas





Auditioning a few found papers





At this point...
all of the tea bag papers have been fastened down with
soft gel medium




Playing with the placement of the
metal leaf light switch cover




Not sure which orientation feels right
for the light switch cover...





This lay out seems balanced.

I will hand sew the metal embellishments on
after all of the machine quilting is completed.





Waxed Threads

I will bring this to class as a sample
and couch down these waxed threads.

I hope to see YOU in class !

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CLICK HERE to view Adventures in Portrait Quilts Class

CLICK HERE to view the Sunflowers Quilt

CLICK HERE to view Midnight in the Garden Challenge Quilt


May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn