Machine Quilting.....with Ralph the Cat

This is Ralph

He lives at the Quilt Palace in Oregon

Every Monday he spends the day with

The Harlan Valley Quilters

CLICK the video below to watch 

Ralph at the sewing machine:

Ralph says... machine quilting isn't so hard,

you just need to relax!

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Painted Fabrics.....Play Day!

The Art Sisters are Playing today...

Watch us Paint Fabric!

Nancy invited us over to work in her studio

She demonstrates Pleated Fabric Painting

Pleated tin foil supports the fabric

Dye Na Flow paints are dripped onto the peaks and valleys

Close Up View:  Paint migrating between folds in fabric

LuAnn (that's me) leads the scrunch and paint technique

I am using both Dye Na Flow and Setacolor paints

diluted with water

Misting with water to help the paints 

migrate across the fabric

Salt sprinkles 

Now, we wait until it is dry to see the results

Kathi demonstrates tie dye fabric painting

I coiled up and rubber banded my tie dye fabric

Nancy pleated her tie dye fabric

Tie Dye Painted Fabrics

Virginia demonstrates shaving cream printed fabrics

We are using Dye Na Flow paints

I am using my finger to marble the paints 

into the shaving cream

Shaving Cream.....ready for printing

Lifting the fabric off the shaving cream

Shaving Cream printed fabric

The pleated fabrics will dry overnight...

These are samples for our upcoming P2P class

Please Join Us:

Thursday, May 26, 2016 @ 1:00

Painted Fabrics Class

JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop

1243 Main Street

Philomath OR 97370

541-929-3795

Below is a video of our Painted Fabric Play Day:

Fabric Wrapped......Rug

Instead of creating a fabric wrapped bowl...

I am making a fabric wrapped rug!

Day 1

I wrapped one inch strips of fabric 

around clothesline rope.

I coiled up the rope and began to

zig zag stitch in a circle...

3/16 cotton clothesline rope

100 feet of wrapped clothesline 

creates a 19 inch circle...

200 feet of wrapped clothesline 

creates a 27 inch circle...

This is what the rug looks like at the end of Day 1

Day 2

300 feet of wrapped clothesline 

creates a 33 inch circle...

400 feet of clothesline creates a 

39 inch circle.

I used 5 yards of fabric and

nearly 2,000 yards of thread.

This is a gift for someone special!

It was FUN to create...

I better make another one soon!

I have an acrylic table on my sewing machine which supported a lot of the rug, it gets heavy when you get over 30 inches, that helped.  The rug stays flat for the most part.  When I was done, I laid it on a flat surface and smoothed it out with my hands from the center out toward the edges and it is flat as a pancake!

This size can easily be washed in my large capacity front loading washing machine, then air dry flat.  You could also take it to the laundrymat and wash it in one of their BIG washers.

CLICK HERE to view my fabric wrapped bowls

CLICK HERE to view a tutorial

by Sewing With Nancy

to create fabric wrapped projects

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Graffiti Sneakers Class...

The Permission 2 Play members are having

great FUN!

Graffiti Sneakers

Permanent Markers

Canvas Shoes

The students begin by spraying their sneakers

with fabric paint,

then they begin to draw on them...

We are doing this merry-go-round style...

after a few minutes, they pass their shoes to the

student next to them...

Each student will draw on every pair of shoes

during the class

Like riding on a merry-go-round,

the shoes go round and round the classroom.

The bottom band of the shoe is protected

with blue painter's tape

Hot Fix Crystals

Students embellish with hot fix crystals

Here comes the.....Show 'n Tell:

Graffiti Shoes

Class photos courtesy of Kathi Borrego

Gather together with your friends...

and make some!

This blog post is dedicated to the memory of

our student, Jane Fleischbein

Jane at the Fabric Wrapped Bowl Class

Jane at the Needle Felting Class

Jane at the Mola Class

Jane at the Psychedelic Pear Class

Jane at the Hum Bug Bag Class

Jane at the Feed Sack Tote Bag Class

Jane, you are missed.

Please join us for our next P2P class:

Thursday, May 26, 2016 @ 1:00

Technique:  Painting Fabric w/Setacolors

JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop

Philomath, OR

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!