My Tips n Techniques

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Snippet Bowl Class.......Slideshow


The Permission 2 Play Group
created Snippet Bowls...

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CLICK HERE to view P2P Portrait Class

CLICK HERE to view P2P Jello Printing Class

CLICK HERE to view P2P Healing Stitches Exhibit

CLICK HERE to view Snippets Bowl Play Day

CLICK HERE: A Reason to Play

Permission 2 Play is a FREE class offering for cancer diagnosed patients.
No Experience is necessary to participate.
All supplies are provided for the students.
Classes are held at JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop in Philomath, Oregon
If you are interested in joining this class contact:
LuAnn Kessi kessi@pioneer.net

Our Best To You,

Nancy Bryant
Virginia Gregory
Kathi Borrego
LuAnn Kessi

Monday, September 26, 2011

Dye......Play Day


Fabric Dyeing in the Microwave


It's a play day with my friends...


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These are the fabrics from the afternoon dye session





Yes, we even dyed our socks !

Gather YOUR friends together and give this a try...


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CLICK HERE to view Screen Printing Play Day

CLICK HERE to view Snippets Bowl Play Day

CLICK HERE to view Painted Canvas Play Day


May Your Bobbin Always Be Full of Dye,
LuAnn


Sunday, September 25, 2011

Quilt Expo......Slide Show


I spent the day in Portland, Oregon
at the
Northwest Quilt Expo

If you want to see what caught my eye
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CLICK HERE to view Play Days

CLICK HERE to view My Tutorials

CLICK HERE to view Flour Paste Resist Technique


May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Colorado.....Mount Elbert 14,400 Feet


Saying Good Bye to Colorado...


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Heath couldn't resist taking one last hike before leaving Colorado





Mount Elbert
Elevation 14, 400 Feet




He is returning home to Oregon...
School begins next week.




Autumn has come to the Aspen Trees


CLICK HERE to view Colorado Slide Show


CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts


CLICK HERE to view My Art Quilts

CLICK HERE to view My Challenge Quilts

CLICK HERE to view My Baby Quilts


May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Inspiration.....from the Flower Bed



As a child I remember my grand father
telling me...
"When you work, you find money"

I would scratch my head and wonder just
what he meant by that?


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As I grew up, I would help out with the household chores
and occasionally find money under the couch cushions.





As an adult, when I work I choose to find...
INSPIRATION


Today we spent the day cleaning out the flower beds.


I would have preferred to spend the day
in the Thread Shed with the sewing machine
humming along...


But, this was a job that could be avoided no longer!




The Roses needed trimming...




and so did the Calla Lilies...




All of the plants need to be tucked away for the winter.




This bumble bee was busy too!




As we trimmed down the flower beds...





There were so many pretty flowers still
putting on a show for us...




We decided to gather them up and bring them
inside to fill a few vases in the house...




We ended up with 5 Buckets of flowers!




Yes, we worked today...
But I found something worth more than money...

I found so much inspiration for my future quilts!


Please feel free to use these images in your personal
art work if they inspire you too!


I am hoping to be in the Thread Shed soon...


CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts


CLICK HERE to view Iris Quilt

CLICK HERE to view Zinnia Quilt

CLICK HERE to view Midnight in the Garden Quilt

CLICK HERE: Featured Quilter


May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Soy Wax...


Earlier this week I played with hot Soy Wax...


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I was having such a great time that I
forgot to take pictures of my progress...



At this stage of the process:
The fabrics have been stamped with hot wax.
I used different kitchen gadgets as stamps.

Then I watered down textile paint and
painted over the entire piece of fabric.
The wax acted as a resist.
The paint did not absorb where the wax was stamped.


After the paint was dry...
I placed parchment paper on top of the fabric and
heat set the textile paint.
This also removed most of the soy wax from the fabric.

Then I placed the ironed fabrics in the
washing machine set on HOT wash.



Here they are drying on the clothesline today:


This was a sampler I created to test out all of
the kitchen gadgets,
to determine which worked best for hot wax stamping




The soy wax worked great as a resist...




The waxed areas remain white like the original
color of the fabric.




I think I will go in again and stamp these same fabrics
with hot wax, paint them, and see what I get.

Also, I plan to stamp hot wax on commerical fabrics, then the waxed area will have some color other than white.


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CLICK HERE to view a Soy Wax Tutorial

CLICK HERE to view another Soy Wax Tutorial

CLICK HERE to view Soy Wax Demo

CLICK HERE for Soy Wax Supplies

CLICK HERE: Featured Quilter

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn

The Latest from Colorado...



We heard from Heath last night...


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Heath is enjoying his last few weeks in Colorado.




His Internship with the Forest Service this summer
has been a positive experience for him.





He has met and worked with some terrific people...




And, learned so much.




He is a different person from when he left Oregon
a few months ago.




Lightning Storms have started fires in the area.
The recent rain has helped get the fire under control,
along with planes flying over with repellent.


CLICK HERE to view Colorado Slide show


CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts


CLICK HERE to view Chintimini Wildlife Rehab Center

CLICK HERE to view Heath's Graduation Quilt

CLICK HERE to view Peace Quilt

CLICK HERE: Featured Quilter


May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn

Working Cattle......Slideshow



I was cleaning out some computer files tonight
and I came across these images from June.
I forgot all about them.

I put them into a slideshow...

Enjoy!


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CLICK HERE to view Cow Portrait Quilt

CLICK HERE to view Cattle Drive in the Snow

CLICK HERE to view Gunnr's Portrait Quilt

CLICK HERE: Featured Quilter


May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn



Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Keeping it in.....the Family



Passing on the Art of Quilting...


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The year is 1999
This is my 8 year old niece, Jamie.
While visiting her in Washington State, we spent 3 days together.
Jamie hand pieced and hand quilted this baby doll quilt.




Here we are in 2001, Jamie is 10 years.
She is learning to piece an Around the World quilt.
She is using a sewing machine we found at a garage
sale for $5.




This is Jamie in 2010.....all grown up!
She is holding a quilt she made in the Thread Shed
when she was 12 years of age.
She designed it on graph paper and pieced it herself.
Yes, she did the applique work too!



Meet my niece, Kindra



This is Kindra at the age of 8 with her very first quilt.
She designed it herself, learned to use a sewing machine
and machine quilted it too!
She kept the Thread Shed humming along...





Here is kindra a few years later with her Star Quilt.
She drew it out on graph paper and designed it herself.
It is machine pieced and machine quilted by Kindra.
She exhibited it at the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show.
p.s. We found a sewing machine at the thrift store
for Kindra that year.




Here I am with my niece and my student, Kindra.
This is the quilt I made for her when she graduated.
Because she is a quilter herself...
she takes excellent care of her quilts!





This is my sister on the right...
After nagging her for 15 years, she finally gave in and came over to the Thread Shed for quilting lessons.
This is the graduation quilt she created for her daughter Kindra.

Am I proud of them......YES
I am jumping for joy!




This is a photo I took of Kindra at the age of 7 years.
She came into the house holding this fledgling bird that had fallen from its nest.




How could I resist...
I just couldn't...
so here it is as a quilted textile.
I used my new Neocolor II Portrait Quilt Technique.

Yes, we are keeping it in.....the FAMILY.


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CLICK HERE to view my Neocolor II Portraits

CLICK HERE to view my Corded Binding Technique Tutorial

CLICK HERE to view the Thread Shed

CLICK HERE: Featured Quilter


May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn