Quilt Retreat.......Idaho

Last week I was at an Oregon Quilt Retreat.

This week an Idaho Quilt Retreat...

This is my little green 185K Singer and

this is my view at the retreat...

This is the view of the lake out the window...

I brought along fused fabrics so I can

do some design work while I am here...

I also brought along fish printing supplies

so I can lead a class in printing while I am here...

Bags created with fish prints on fabric...

The students had a great time fish printing:

CLICK HERE: Gyotaku Replica Fish

This is the room I share with my aunt...

This is a new composition I am starting...

I am creating a Melody Johnson design

as part of her Focus on Fusing class.

This is an eye I created with fused fabrics...

I am creating a background for the eye...

I added tiny confetti pieces in the background...

I plan to do some thread sketching on

this piece when I get home...

I enjoyed my time in Northern Idaho...

Time to head back to Oregon

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Zinnia Quilt.....Road Trip

We traveled North to Washington State...

The cowboy baled alfalfa hay...

I played with fabric...

I am using Melinda Bula's Zinnia pattern

I hand dyed these fabrics 

this summer just for this quilt

My sister and I shared the pattern cutting...

I brought the press along to fuse the fabrics...

Let the games begin!

The pattern pieces are cut 

and sorted by fabric color...

The pattern pieces are pinned to the fabrics

to help us stay organized...

The plastic overlay helps us place the pattern 

pieces on the teflon sheet underneath...

Here is a peek under the plastic overlay...

We are putting down the base petals 

of the Zinnia.

At this point, all of the base petals are in place...

Here is another peek under the plastic...

Time to begin adding the tiny shadow pieces...

We are using Steam A Seam 2...

The fused fabrics stick 

where you put them.....nice.

Dark pink shadows have been added...

Cranberry red shadows have been added...

The center of the flower is taking shape...

Auditioning greens for the leaves...

We narrowed it down to these greens...

This is my sister's Zinnia

My Zinnia is on the left.

I will finish it when we return home.

At this point the flowers are fused.

We will lift them off the teflon 

and audition background fabrics.

Then we can begin the quilting process.

CLICK HERE to watch Melinda Bula

machine quilt her Zinnia

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Focus on Fusing......2 Color Simple Block Composition

I am enrolled in Melody Johnson's

Focus on Fusing Online Class...

This weeks assignment from Melody:

Design or choose a simple block, using two colors (you may use multiple values of the same color) and make it in small, medium and large, and use it in a composition. 

I chose my 2 colors....

Black and White

I found a few black and white batiks that may 

get incorporated into this composition along 

with my own hand dyes.

Here are my simple blocks in 3 sizes...

I started cutting more squares in all sizes...

Adding more white lines...

I am happy with this composition...

it needs more.

The fused strip on the right works...

Opposite Blocks...

White Blocks with Black Strips

The white blocks add lots of excitement...

Time to add some batiks...

The gray batik softens the composition.

The circles balance out all of the lines.

Black and White Batik on bottom border...

Black Batik on top border...

 Completed Quilt Composition:

The curvy edge treatment helps to

soften up all of the straight lines.

Thanks Melody for a fun assignment!

You can view fused homework assignments

for this class by CLICKING HERE

You can view all of my fusing posts HERE

I will post my homework 

as I complete it each week.

You can check out Melody's class HERE

Every Friday Melody posts a 

new homework assignment.

 Melody is offering this as a FREE online class!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi