LuAnn Kessi Quilt Exhibit.....March 6 - 30

My Quilts will be on display at

Creekside Coffee Co./Wine Vault

Philomath, Oregon

March 6 - March 30, 2012

Nature Walk

Midnight in the Garden

Woven Sunshine

Pepper Dish

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts

CLICK HERE to view: Nature Walk Slide Show

CLICK HERE to view: Midnight in the Garden Slide Show

CLICK HERE to view : Woven Sunshine

CLICK HERE to view: Exhibit Quilts

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Feeling Groovy Quilt...

Day 1

I have had these fabrics on the design wall

for a few weeks...

I am planning a birthday quilt for our youngest son.

Brad came out to the Thread Shed and looked

at the design wall and said,

"Feeling Groovy"

So I guess this quilt has a name and I haven't even cut

one piece of fabric for it yet!

Marcia Derse Fabrics

for

Feeling Groovy Quilt

Today I pulled the fabrics off the wall and

started the ironing process...

40 different fat quarters

That should make a queen size quilt...

After all of the ironing,

I cut them into 8 inch squares:

Why 8 inch squares?

That is a good size to get the most out of a fat quarter

Plus, the designs are large, so I don't want to cut

the fabric into small pieces and lose the cool surface designs.

100+ Blocks

I am inspired by this Happy Hour Book.

Everything is all packed into a Pizza Box...

It is ready when I am.

Last week I dropped my Nikon camera...

on the floor....eek!

While I am seeking repair work,

I am using my old Olympus camera.

Glad to have it...

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts

CLICK HERE to view: Grampa's Shirt

CLICK HERE to view: The Design Wall

CLICK HERE to view: Art Cloth

CLICK HERE to view: Painted Fusible

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Permission 2 Play....Good Fortune Birds

Grab a seat.....class is about to begin:

We are making Good Fortune Birds

Instructor: Kathi Borrego

Kathi explains.....Stitch Fabric Paper

Fabric Paper

Class Samples:

Owls by Kathi Borrego

Hearts by Nancy Bryant

The students are eager to jump right in

and give it a whirl...

Phyllis

Instructor: Virginia Gregory

assisting students with fibers

Students: Wendy and Marian

Jan

Glueing the birds before they are sewn...

Students: Barbara & Lois

Linda

These Good Fortune Birds

will be on display at the

Samaritan Regional Cancer Center

in Corvallis, Oregon

for the patients to enjoy!

The inspiration for Good Fortune Birds came from Kelli Nina Perkins

and her book: Stitch Alchemy.

Please join us in March:

Paper Doll Quilts

Instructor: Virginia Gregory

CLICK HERE: Fabric Paper Tutorial Video

CLICK HERE to view: Good Fortune Birds Slide show

CLICK HERE to view: Paper Doll Quilt Slide show

CLICK HERE to view: Healing Stitches Exhibit

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

Many Thanks to JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop in Philomath, Oregon for your support. This class would not be possible without you!

A BIG Thank You to OSU Folk Thrift Store, and those who provide funding to purchase the needed supplies for these FREE classes offered to cancer diagnosed patients.

Warm Hugs to our instructors who lead these FREE classes in textile art techniques.

CLICK HERE: A Reason to Play

CLICK HERE: Mark Lipinski Interview

Please Join Us: March 22, 2012 @ 1:00 - 4:00

JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop in Philomath, OR

Instructor: Virginia Gregory

Technique: Paper Doll Quilts

Our Best To You,

Nancy Bryant

Virginia Gregory

Kathi Borrego

LuAnn Kessi

p.s. Unfortunately, I dropped my camera and was only able to take the first few images before it seized up.....fortunately, Nancy Bryant had her camera along and was able to capture the images from the remainder of class. Thank You Nancy!

Permission 2 Play....Discharging Fabric Class

I am catching up on editing photos tonight...

I was unable to attend the January Permission 2 Play Class

due to Gunnr's foot surgery.

Fortunately, I work with three of the very best instructors

who donate their time and talents to lead these monthly classes

FREE to all cancer diagnosed patients.

Instructor Kathi Borrego stepped in as photographer for me,

so the photos in the video below are courtesy of Kathi.

The Show Must Go On !

Enjoy

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

Many Thanks to JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop in Philomath, Oregon for your support. This class would not be possible without you!

A BIG Thank You to OSU Folk Thrift Store, and those who provide funding to purchase the needed supplies for these FREE classes offered to cancer diagnosed patients.

Warm Hugs to our instructors who lead these FREE classes in textile art techniques.

CLICK HERE: A Reason to Play

CLICK HERE: Mark Lipinski Interview

Please Join Us: March 22, 2012 @ 1:00 - 4:00

JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop in Philomath, OR

Instructor: Virginia Gregory

Technique: Paper Doll Quilts

Our Best To You,

Nancy Bryant

Virginia Gregory

Kathi Borrego

LuAnn Kessi

CLICK HERE to view more Fabric Discharging

Design Wall.....Marcia Derse Fabrics - Lighter

Marcia Derse Fabrics

on the

Design Wall

Today the mailbox was full of more Marcia Fabrics...

Marcia personally cut fat quarters from her lines of fabric

and mailed them to me...

How nice is that!

I was in need of lighter colorways to go with the

darker Marcia Fabrics I already had on the Design Wall...

Here are 13 lighter fabrics:

I pinned them over the top of the darker fabrics...

That really brightened things up!

Now I am ready to begin my next project:

A birthday quilt for our youngest son.

"Feeling Groovy"

with Marcia Derse Fabrics !

CLICK HERE to view My Quilts

CLICK HERE to view: Nature Walk Quilt Slide show

CLICK HERE to view: Sunflower Quilt Slide show

CLICK HERE to view: Midnight in the Garden Slide show

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Calypso.....Binding

Day 9

This morning I completed the

quilting in the borders:

This leaf vine in the borders compliments

the fiddlehead ferns quilted in the center of the quilt.

The wool batting has so much loft...

It enhances the quilting stitches.

Freckles is keeping me company today while I put

the binding on...

20 inch Square Up Ruler.....

This ruler is a MUST for squaring up quilts,

especially larger quilts like this one.

CLICK HERE

to view the same border quilting on Nature Walk

The binding is pieced, pressed and ready to go!

After the machine work is done...

I will find a cozy chair to sit and hand stitch the binding

to the back side of the quilt.

I might just have this done by Saturday?

More to Come~

CLICK HERE to view My Quilts

CLICK HERE to view: Calypso Border Quilting

CLICK HERE to view: Fiddlehead Fern Quilting

CLICK HERE to view: Jello Printing

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi