LuAnn Kessi: 2011

Saturday, December 31, 2011

2011...A Year......in Review

It is New Year's Eve....

I am looking forward to the year ahead in 2012...

I am also reflecting on 2011

Here are a few highlights

a trip down memory lane:

January 2011

Midnight in the Garden

Exhibited at Stitches in Bloom Show

Oregon Gardens

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Winning Photo Entries in

Western Cowman Magazine

Oregon Wheat Field

The Embrace

February 2011

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Gunnr Portrait Quilt

Chosen for 2012 Quilting Arts Calendar

March 2011

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Celebrating: 24 Years Quilting

April 2011

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Featured Quilter Article

May 2011

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Completed Portrait: Day Dreaming

June 2011

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Adventures in Portraits Quilt Class

July 2011

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Trunk Show

25 Years with Needle & Thread

August 2011

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We made it to Colorado...

September 2011

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Learning to Dye in the Microwave!

October 2011

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Sweet Sixteen Long Arm Arrives!

November 2011

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Christmas Giftmaking: Dyeing Sox in Microwave

December 2011

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Challenge Quilt Revealed: Nature Walk

Here's to even more FUN in 2012 !

Wishing you ALL continued success in all you do.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Screen Printing.....with help from my friends

I recently spent a FUN day Thermofax Printing

with some of my favorite friends...

I made another one of my work shirts.

These are great smocks to wear while doing messy

surface design techniques!

I have been known to run into town and go shopping

in these shirts...

The bird screen belongs to Kathi.

This is a photograph that she took and had made into a screen.

The bubbles and lines are screens I borrowed from Virginia.

The census screen belongs to Kathi also.

Her great grandfather's census.

The red script writing top right

is a screen created by Margaret Applin Designs

The ABC and skinny lines screens were created

by Lynn Krawczyk/Fibra Artysta

Lynn also made the Birds on a Wire screen.

Thanks to all of you for enhancing my art work!

This is how I spent the day today:

I spent the morning turning white wash cloths

into ORANGE

TURQUOISE

The GREEN ones are rolled up and stuffed into a

wooden crate for gift giving soon!

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CLICK HERE: Microwave Dyeing

CLICK HERE: Margaret Applin Designs

CLICK HERE: Fibra Artysta

CLICK HERE: Thermofax Printing on Shirts

CLICK HERE: Thermofax Printing Class

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Science and Art.......Together

Science and Art.....come Together

For everyone who sews for the AAQI, I know you do so because you care deeply about finding a cure for Alzheimer's. Let me assure you that what you do matters. Every single stitch counts. Your art touches people in a most special way. Just look at the faces of the people below holding the quilts you made!

University of Michigan

Research Team

with Ami Simms

It is unusual for researchers and those who fund them to ever meet. AAQI volunteers have had this opportunity three times. It is an extremely rewarding experience.

CLICK HERE: Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative

CLICK HERE to view My Quilts

CLICK HERE: From Heartbreak to Hope Video

CLICK HERE: Sparrow - Inktense Portrait on Fabric

CLICK HERE: Purple Name Quilt on The Quilt Show

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi