Quilts in Gardens Tour.....2011

I spent Saturday attending the

Quilts in Gardens Tour

Sponsored by the

Mary's River Quilt Guild

in Corvallis, Oregon

Here are a few images I captured:

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OSU Horticulture Center

Private Garden

Black Eyed Suzy

View through a Grape Vine...

Basket Quilt

Pink Coneflower

CLICK HERE to view a slideshow of the tour

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts

CLICK HERE: Mary's River Quilt Guild Website

CLICK HERE: Mary's River Quilt Guild Blog

CLICK HERE to view Permission 2 Play Classes

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Paul Harvey in Utah...

I never leave home without Paul Harvey

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Paul Harvey Quilt

Utah

When we are on the road...

I always sleep better with Paul Harvey.

Arches National Park

Utah

101 Degrees

To appreciate just how big these rocks really are...

check out the cars in the bottom of the photo !

Why did I name my quilt Paul Harvey? READ HERE

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Colorado Trip....

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Our first two days in Colorado were Heath's days off, so he took us sightseeing and hiking all over the Eagle, CO area.
The rest of the week Brad and I have been exploring on our own, then meeting up with Heath for dinner in the evenings.

More To Come..... 

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn Kessi
 

Heath....working in Colorado

For all you Quilters out there...
I will be blogging about our Colorado trip for a few days,
so these will be Non-Quilt related posts.

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Heath is working for Parks & Rec for the Forest Service in Colorado this summer. I took this photo last week up at White Owl where he was building picnic tables at an elevation of 11,000 feet.

The skies are so gorgeous here.

More to come..... 

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn Kessi

Rocky Mountain High....we reached Colorado

We are visiting our son in Colorado. He is an intern here for the Forest Service for the summer. Our Oregon mountains back home look like mere hills compared to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. This image is Heath, Brad & Gunnr in White Owl at an elevation of over 11,000 feet. Click image to Enlarge.

My sketch book is full of images of the mountains, aspen trees, lakes, valleys, wild flowers and so much inspiration for a new landscape quilt I will begin when we return to Oregon.

I did get to Golden Colorado earlier last week to visit the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum...

I am using Brad's laptop, which is nothing like my sweet Mac computer at home, so I am struggling downloading and editing our travel photos. I will post more images as time allows.

Hoping to take my Paul Harvey quilt hiking tomorrow, so I can get a few photos of Paul in this gorgeous Rocky Mountain country. 

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn Kessi

Inspiration.....from the Flower Bed

When I am in need of inspiration for my next quilt,

I count on help from Mother Nature.

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Climbing Rose in the back yard

Pink Dahlia...

Glads & Dahlias

Bed Frames make great fencing for the flower beds

Spider Dahlia

Old Fashioned Hollyhocks

All of this inspiration just outside the front door !

As always, if you are inspired by any of my photography,

feel free to use it in your personal art work.

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts

CLICK HERE to view Zinnia Portrait Quilt

CLICK HERE to view Iris Portrait Quilt

CLICK HERE to view Bed Frames for the Flower Beds

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full of Inspiration,

LuAnn Kessi

Trunk Show.....

If you missed my Trunk Show

25 Years with Needle & Thread

at the Mary's River Quilt Guild

in Philomath, Oregon...

You can watch the slide show from that evening:

CLICK HERE

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts

CLICK HERE for the Thread Shed Tour

CLICK HERE to view Quilting My Journey

CLICK HERE to view Adventures in Art Quilting Classes

CLICK HERE to view Portrait Quilts

CLICK HERE to view Quilt Label Tutorial

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Finish It Up.........P2P Class

We are finishing up art quilts today...

The quilts will be part of the

Permission 2 Play Quilt Exhibit

at the

Samaritan Regional Cancer Center

Corvallis, Oregon

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Permission 2 Play

Fabric Stash

Neocolor II Water soluble Crayons

Inktense Water soluble Pencils

Marian and Kathy are working on their

Neocolor II Portrait Quilts today.

Virginia is helping Brenda with a border design

for her Neocolor II Portrait Quilt

Kathi is assisting Marian with applique stitching

on her Neocolor II Portrait Quilt

Marian is coming along nicely and is nearly finished

with her quilt.

Kathy is working on a Neocolor II Portrait quilt

of a baby goat

Donna, our classroom helper, is helping students choose

border and binding fabrics

Neocolor II Portrait Quilt

Lois

Jello Prints Class

Kathy

Jello Prints Class

Barbara

Neocolor II Portrait Class

Phyllis

Neocolor II Portrait Class

Jan

Paper Doll Class

Cynthia

Neocolor II Portrait Class

Janette

All of the students put the finishing touches

on their quilts in class today.

It's wonderful to finish up a project.

It gives you that incredible feeling of accomplishment.

What a RUSH !

Please come and view these amazing art quilts on exhibit now:

Samaritan Regional Cancer Center

501 NW Elks Drive

Corvallis, OR 97330

541-768-5303

August 1 - 31, 2011

CLICK HERE to view the Quilt Installation

CLICK HERE to view Permission 2 Play Show 'n Tell

CLICK HERE to learn more about Permission 2 Play FREE Classes

CLICK HERE: A Reason to Play

CLICK HERE: Mark Lipinski Interview

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Sun Printing Workshop...

15 Students spent the day in the back yard

painting fabric and sun printing..

Watch the slide show to see how our day went:

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CLICK HERE to view my Trunk Show

CLICK HERE to view more Sun Printing

CLICK HERE to view my Art Quilts

CLICK HERE for the Thread Shed Tour

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Come see the Quilt Exhibit...

We spent the morning installing the new

P2P Quilt Exhibit

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Feature Quilts, including personal stories,

are in the main lobby of

The Samaritan Regional Cancer Center

501 NW Elks Drive

Corvallis, Oregon

Everyone is welcome to view the quilts

in the main lobby area.

Quilts are also on display in the Private Patient Lobby

The Permission 2 Play students & instructors

invite you to come view and enjoy the quilts on display.

This exhibit will be on display

through October 1, 2011

Instructors:

Virginia Gregory, LuAnn Kessi, Kathi Borrego

and Nancy Bryant (not pictured)

wish to thank our students for sharing their

art quilts and inspiring all who view them.

CLICK HERE to learn more about joining

our Permission 2 Play FREE Textile Art Class

This exhibit is part of

Quilt County

and

The Mary's River Quilt Guild

CLICK HERE to view more exhibit locations

CLICK HERE to view P2P Portrait Class

CLICK HERE to view P2P Jello Printing Class

CLICK HERE to view Healing Stitches Exhibits

CLICK HERE: A Reason to Play

CLICK HERE: Mark Lipinski Interview

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi