My Tips n Techniques

Friday, October 23, 2015

Fantasy Fish Class...


Welcome to Permission 2 Play!

We are creating Fantasy Fish...



Fantasy Fish Class Samples





P2P Instructors:
Virginia Gregory
Nancy Bryant
LuAnn Kessi
Kathi Borrego (not pictured)





Fish Fabrics...






Students choosing fabrics...









Instructor LuAnn Kessi demonstrates fusing fabric:







Fish body is fused onto fabric...






We are working with light boxes 

to help in placing the fish pattern





We are building the fish on teflon sheets




Watch the students make a fantasy fish:



























You can find this pattern in Susan Carlson's book:

Free-Style Quilts: A No Rules Approach


































































Students:  Machine Quilting the background





Instructor Nancy Bryant 

helps a student squaring up her quilt



Here comes the Show n' Tell:




























Fantasy Fish.......try one.....they are so much FUN!



Please join us next month:


Thermofax Aprons
Thursday, November 19, 2015 @ 1:00
JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop
Philomath, Oregon


Pictured above:

Kathi Borrego, Virginia Gregory, Lou Schaefer,

Jan Bressler, Nancy Bryant, LuAnn Kessi




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


Many Thanks for the support of:

OSU Folk Thrift Club of Corvallis, OR
Mary's River Quilt Guild
Donations made by private individuals
JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop
Good Samaritan Hospital
Samaritan Regional Cancer Center
Corvallis Clinic Oncology
Project H.E.R.

You make this class possible!


Monday, October 19, 2015

Thickened Dye......Part 1



Last Thursday I printed with thickened dye...




Today I made the time to get them washed up:


This piece was scraped with a credit card 

then stamped with a cup





After batching for 3 days it is ready to rinse out...






When I pulled it off the print board...

check out the print directly under it:


I decided to remove the print board cover 

and process it as well.





When I pulled off the second print,

the print board itself was printed also...



1 print went through 3 layers of fabric...





This is the bottom layer.....





I cut the top off my print board so I could process it...









My print board is down to the batting layers...

I need to re-cover it with fabric,

but it is worth it!



Everything went into the washer and dryer:


Time to heat up the iron and get it pressed...



Here are the final fabrics:


1st layer print





2nd layer print





3rd layer print



Here are a few more fabrics created with thickened dye:


Printed, still wet....ready to batch




 I printed the screen with chartreuse green dye:


Here is the washed and dried fabric.......chartreuse green



Circle Screens......ready to print:



Here they are printed and ready to batch:



Here it is washed and dried:






Spirals created with a syringe...




Washed and dried fabric





Screen created with a syringe





Printed screen.....ready to batch




Fabric washed and dried


There's more......I will post them soon!






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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi