Showing posts with label Discharging. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Discharging. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Silhouette Quilt Top......pieced



I have been discharging lots of 

dark hand dyes this summer...


I put a few up on the design wall and came

up with this composition that appeals to me...






I pieced it together today...

It is the size of a large lap quilt.



Close Up view of Discharge Work:
































Now....what to put on the back?




Hollyhocks growing alongside the guest house:


They are nearly as tall as the house...






Summer would not be summer

without a patch of hollyhocks in the yard!






They are so simple to grow...

drought tolerant, I never water them, ever...

They re-seed themselves.





I have them mulched with hazelnut shells

so I never ever do any weeding in this bed.





Hollyhocks....the perfect flower




While I was taking photos of the flowers...


These two cuties kept peeping at me!

Their nest must be nearby and they don't

want me anywhere around it.






White Crowned Sparrow






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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,


LuAnn Kessi

Sunday, June 25, 2017

Discharging Hand Dyes w/Stencils



It is hay season here in Western Oregon


I am not in front of my sewing machine...






I am behind the wheel of an 

International  Tractor...






I spent 6 hours mowing 

our first hay field...

4 more fields to go.






The yearling cattle kept me company all day.






Getting the hay crop in 

will take a couple of weeks.



In the mean time, here are some

new fabrics I created by

discharging my hand dyes with stencils...


These are mostly half yard cuts of fabric:















































This is an IKEA cake decorating stencil:





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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,


LuAnn Kessi

Thursday, June 22, 2017

Discharging Hand Dyes.....Again


I discharged some hand dyes last week...

I put a few up on the design wall




This composition is about 6 feet tall...

I am working quite large.




In the interest of using up my

discharge paste before it expires...

I had another go at discharging my hand dyes:



I love all of her stuff!





This is a sliding pleat hand dye....very bright.

It discharged nicely.





Stencils






Feather Stencil.....Fat quarter hand dye






Discharge paste brushed on






Stencil






Discharge paste brushed on







Brushed on dark black hand dye






Dark Black Hand Dye







Previously soy wax resist hand dye

Brushed on discharge paste X






Discharge paste stamped on with a

toilet paper roll....then dragged on fabric.






Stamped with a very large stencil brush






Hand painted X






Hand painted circle.....18 inches






Can you tell I was enjoying myself?






I dug deep in the fabric cupboard

for dark hand dyes to discharge...

















It was a day.....well spent!










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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,


LuAnn Kessi