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Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Play Day........Fish Printing



The Art Sisters gathered @ the Quilt Palace 

to do some Fish Printing

aka.....Gyotaku Fishing Rubbing


Please Note:

at the end of this post is a video

so you can watch how this is done.



Here is how our Play Day went......Enjoy!



After our resident fish printer, Kathi, gave us a demo...

Nancy jumped right in to give this a try!






We are printing from this Fish today...






Nancy's Fish Print






So much detail on this fish print.

We are using cotton fabric.






We all gave it a try!

























This is Kathi out on the Pacific Ocean here in Oregon




After the real fish printing was done...



We cracked open the box of rubber replica fish...

Kathi purchased these from Dick Blick online












A large variety of rubber replicas...













The rubber replicas also print with lots of detail...







Nancy printed fish on a piece of sun print fabric







Nancy also created place mats for fish dinners...







She applies craft paint to a bass replica fish...







You can see the Bass place mat in the center of this image.

These are Nancy's fish prints for the day.







Kathi tried white acrylic paint to see how her fish would 

print on very dark fabrics......they show up quite well.







Kathi printed the rubber frogs.....they print really well.







I printed several rubber fish on a piece of ice dyed fabric.



We plan to teach this as a Permission 2 Play Class:

August 27, 2015 @ 1:00
Instructor:  Kathi Borrego
Technique:  Gyotaku Fish Rubbing



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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,


LuAnn Kessi

Monday, July 27, 2015

Garden Flags Class...





In July the Permission 2 Play group

gathered together to create

Garden Flags...


Here's a peek into our class:



How FUN are these to display in your flower bed...

























Small metal flag poles





Stencils





Fabric Markers















The students got busy...





Tracing...





Coloring...






Designing...





Instructor:  Virginia Gregory















The students are getting DOWN with Garden Flags...




























































































It's always wonderful...

to give yourself permission 2 play!



Next P2P Class:

Thursday, August 27, 2015
1:00 - 4:00
Instructor: Kathi Borrego
Gyotaku Fish Printing
JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop
Philomath, Oregon


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 the 4th Thursday of each month at
JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop, Philomath, OR

If you are interested in joining this class contact:

LuAnn Kessi   kessi@pioneer.net

Our Best To You,

Instructors:
Nancy Bryant
Virginia Gregory
Kathi Borrego
LuAnn Kessi