Dyed Fabrics.....Rinsed, Washed, Dried

Here are the results of the morning dye session...

Soft, muted colors...

I am dyeing solid colors to add to my stash...

I really have very few solids

One bright pink fabric with lots of texture......FUN

It was a good morning.....9 Yards

This afternoon I soaked white fabric in soda ash solution:

They spent the afternoon blowing in the wind.

Tomorrow I will do more deconstructed screen printing.

Freckles, the cow mama with her herd of yearling cattle...

She is 30 years and counting!

Freckles is happiest with the cattle...

This is my favorite calf...

He's a beauty

Screen Printing.......Tomorrow!

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CLICK HERE to view: Dyeing Fabric

CLICK HERE to view: Snow Dyeing

CLICK HERE to view: Rust Dyeing

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Fabric Dyeing.....and Relaxing

This is the first day in two weeks our calendar is empty...

Ahhh......sweet, sweet freedom.

I am spending my morning with my hands in the fabric dyes...

I have dyes leftover from a workshop 2 weeks ago.

They have been waiting for me in the frig.

I also have a new to me microwave:

Our cousin dropped by this morning and brought this along.

I plan to run it through its paces and do some microwave dyeing.

The summer sink is set up in the yard,

The microwave, containers and dyes are ready to go...

I was concerned the fabric dyes may have weakened

and exhausted after 14 days in the frig....

The colors are vibrant and what I hoped for.

9 yards of mottled, solid colored, hand dyed fabrics.

I better get these in the washer and dryer!

This was the perfect day to be on the patio...

This is the first Star Lily to bloom this season

I am never alone when I am outside...

The yearling cattle are so interested in everything they see

in our yard...

They peer over the fence at me while I am dying fabrics...

Freckles, the Cow Mama, is in the background.

They are good company.

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CLICK HERE to view: The dyed fabrics

CLICK HERE to view: Microwave Dyeing

CLICK HERE to view: Cattle

CLICK HERE to view: Screen Printing

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Painted Canvas......Class Prep

I spent the morning packing up for class tomorrow...

3 Primed Canvas read to go to class...

A plain WHITE canvas can be a bit intimidating...

Kind of like the blank page to a writer...

Spray on a little of the Tulip Spray Paints

and the canvas becomes inviting...

Tomorrow the students will sit down at the tables and turn this

canvas into an art collage.

I will bring the camera to class so you can see what happens!

More to come...

CLICK HERE to view: Painted Canvas 3

CLICK HERE to view: Painted Canvas 2

CLICK HERE to view: Painted Canvas 1

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Painted Canvas.....Play Day

The girls came over to spend the day...

We decided to have a little FUN...

We pulled out the paints...

Click on the Slide Show below to check out the FUN:

CLICK HERE to view: Painted Canvas May 2012

CLICK HERE to view: Painted Canvas May 2011

CLICK HERE to view: My Challenge Quilts

p.s. We are using primed canvas from Dick Blick online.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Rounding Up....Cows & Calves

We are rounding up Cows & Calves today

It is 9am

The sun is shining

Life is Good!

Click on the Slideshow below:

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CLICK HERE to view: Winding Ways/Wheel of Mystery Quilt

CLICK HERE to view: Woven Sunshine Quilt

CLICK HERE to view: Watch me Work

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Fabric Dyeing Workshop.....Slide Show

We enjoyed a beautiful day in the back yard...

Nearly 50 yards of fabric was dyed!

Click the slide show below to see for yourself:

Many Thanks to the students who traveled all the way out here to Harlan to spend the day at this Fabric Dyeing Workshop! We will do it again sometime...

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CLICK HERE to view: The Thread Shed

CLICK HERE to view: Kessi Farms

CLICK HERE to view: My Art Quilts

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Deconstructed Screen Printing.....Fabrics

It's been 3 days since

Screen Printing Play Day

Tonight I got around to rinsing and washing the

fabrics created with the screens

Here's how the fabrics turned out:

Screen Printed Fabrics on the line...

Bubble Wrap & Non-Slip Rubber Circles Screen:

This screen created the following prints on fabric...

FYI: I used clear thickened paste when printing the screens.

NO dye was added to the paste.

Disposable Gloves Screen:

Back Side of Screen...

Front Side of Screen

I saw Kerr Grabowski do this on a video

Here is the fabric created with the glove screen...

This paper plate holder and cardboard screen created the

following prints on fabric...

Circles Screen:

This Circles screen created the following prints on fabric...

I don't have an image of the screen that created the

following prints on fabric...

This bubble wrap and cardboard screen created the following

prints on fabric...

Last week I made 17 deconstructed screens,

but only used 6 of them at the Play Day...

The remaining screens will wait patiently for the next

Screen Printing Play Day...

This surface design process can be labor intensive to

prep the screens...

But, it's worth it to me!

CLICK HERE to view: Part 1

CLICK HERE to view: Part 2

CLICK HERE to view: Part 3

CLICK HERE to view:  The last of the screen printing

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi