Messy Painted Canvas...Zip Cases

Messy Painted Canvas

 

30 x 72 inches

So much FUN to create !

After the canvas is finished,

I like to cut it up and make stuff with it...

These are two halves of a zipper bag...

The zipper is installed on the front side.

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

Such a FUN way to spend the day

at the sewing machine !

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LuAnn Kessi

Messy Painted Canvas....Zip Cases

 

Messy Painted Canvas !

I am creating Zip Cases today

with Messy Painted Canvas...

This is a 6 foot piece of primed canvas

that was painted, stamped and written on...

I am using it to create these zip cases...

Each one is different...

They are FUN to create

and FUN to give away !

I start out with 2 pieces of canvas,

a zipper and a zipper pull...

I cut the zipper to size and add tabs on the ends...

The zipper is sewn to the first piece of canvas

and I use the cut off section of the zipper

as a handle...

The zipper is sewn to both sides of the case...

I round off the bottom corners

and sew it all together....DONE !

6 x 9 inches

The BEST part is...

they are 2 sided and look 

completely different on each side.

So many looks

from one piece of Messy Painted Canvas

It's FUN to add zippers and pulls

to coordinate with the zip cases...

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LuAnn Kessi

Quilt Retreat......Day 2

 

I brought my vintage Yo Yo top to the retreat

for Show 'n Tell:

It was made during the depression

and is approaching 90 years old...

It has inspired me to create my own Yo Yo top...

I carry mine in this canvas dowel bag:

I made this a few years back...

My Yo Yo top is getting larger and is

outgrowing the dowel bag...

This is a much larger dowel bag:

I ice dyed and machine quilted the fabric,

then my aunt created the bag for me...

I have decided to make a larger 

canvas dowel bag

to carry my ever-growing Yo Yo top:

Debbie and Linda want to make a bag too...

Here is some messy painted canvas that we

created in 2020

This is a 2 yard piece of canvas

that will be come my new dowel bag...

The bag body and sides are cut out

and ready to stitch together...

The outer shell of the bag is together...

I am stitching together the orange batik lining

and the canvas bag together...

The bag is ready for the dowel handles...

It was a FUN break to get away from the machines

and head into the kitchen to paint our dowels...

While the paint was drying,

we created the bottom support for the bags...

I used the orange batik lining fabric

to cover my heavy cardboard support...

Here it is finished and ready

to transport my Yo Yo top around...

Dowel Bags

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LuAnn Kessi

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2020......Highlights

 A look back at 2020...

January 2020

I needed a fresh start for 2020.

My sewing area went from this:

to this:

February 2020

Calving Season begins @ the Kessi Ranch

Playing with Rayon Threads

March 2020

The Turkey Vultures are BACK

Calving Season....continues:

Fertilizing the Hay Fields

Playing with Improv

April 2020

Improv Technique 2

Improv Technique 3

Improv Technique 4

Improv Technique 5

Improv Technique 6

Improv Technique 7

Improv Technique 8

Sunflower Quilt Finished

May 2020

Zipper Pulls

Working Cattle.....Spring Round Up

June 2020

Improv Quilt Top

Messy Painted Canvas

July 2020

Tassel Necklaces

Haying Season

Cattle Drive to Summer Pasture

August 2020

Form Fitted Face Masks

Wyoming

September 2020

Plowing

English Paper Piecing

Peek-A-Boo Zip Bags

Thread Shed

Idaho Quilters Retreat

November 2020

Feeding Cattle

Orange Peel/Pumpkin Seed Quilt

December 2020

Beaded Sewing Stilettos

Transparent Vinyl Zip Cases

Giddy Up....Horse Quilt

Looking forward to lots of creativity

in 2021

Wishing you all the BEST in the New Year !

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LuAnn Kessi