Quilting Foiled Fabric

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This is the red fabric piece I foiled a few days ago.

It looked best set against black border fabric.

Very dramatic...

I decided to let the motifs and angles of the foiled images determine my quilting lines.

I marked straight quilting lines with Easy Mark Chalk.

Most of my quilting is no-mark free motion.

However, sometimes I mark guidelines, especially if I desire a straight line.

Easy Mark Chalk comes in a thin sliver and you can draw a very thin line.

Using a ruler, I followed the straight lines of the foiled grid image across the surface of the quilt with the Easy Mark Chalk.

The quilt top is marked and ready for machine quilting.

I have chosen this gold thread, it is NOT metallic, but appears to be when stitched.

Robison-Anton 24 KT Gold Thread

I machine quilted right on top of the chalked straight lines.

What I love about Easy Mark is it stays in place. It is NOT chalky, and does not bounce all over the fabric when you sew over the top of it.

You simply iron the Easy Mark Chalk with an iron and it disappears!

That is the very best part of this product.

Very easy removal.

IMPORTANT: Use Parchment Paper or a Teflon Pressing Sheet to iron over the top of the foiling.

No More Chalk lines

I quilted straight lines to follow the foiled grid lines.

I quilted swirls to match the foiled swirls and the curved pattern in the red fabric.

I found a video online that demonstrates how to do the swirl quilting like I did on this quilt. CLICK HERE to view the video.

Allowing the motifs and fabric design to determine your stitching....

Fun!

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

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Couching Foiled Fabric

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I decided to add fibers on top of the quilting lines across the center of the foil fabric.

My favorite way to couch threads is using my free motion feet.

Above you can see the 3 different free motion or darning feet I use.

I started out with the darning foot that is a half circle shape.

This gives me perfect visibility when I am trying to follow a line on the quilt surface.

Stitch in place a few times to anchor the fiber down.

Then slowly top stitch along the fiber.

I do not zig zag as this compresses the fibers, and I want them to remain fuzzy.

When couching a very fuzzy fiber I use the big plastic darning foot.

It does not snag the fibers like the open toe foot sometimes does.

End your stitching line with several stitches in place to tack the fiber down good

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This image displays fibers couched down, you can barely see the stitching.

On the right side I have 2 more quilting lines to couch over yet.

This is what the original piece looked like after it was foiled...

This is the completed piece...ready to bind.

"Golden Moments"

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May Your Fabrics always be Foiled,

LuAnn

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Foiling on Fabric

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Foiling glue was applied to the metal swirl and stamped on the surface of the fabric.

Then foil glue was applied to the plastic grid on the left, and stamped on the surface of the fabric.

Then BoNash adhesive crystals were sprinkled like salt across the surface.

I waited a few minutes for the glue to become tacky.

Then I placed gold and silver foil sheets on top of glued areas and heat set it with an iron, using the side of the iron to burnish the foil onto the fabric.

The fabric remains soft, not stiff at all.

Foil glue was applied to different sizes of circles and stamped across the surface of the fabric. Not too much glue, or it will take too long to dry.

The gold foil sheet on the right was placed on the fabric and burnished with the side of a hot iron.

IMPORTANT: There are several glues suitable for foiling, so be sure to read the directions for the particular glue you are using.

I like the Jones Tones Foil glue because it is formulated to dry quickly, and it is thick and does not run as easily as others I tried.

IMPORTANT: Rinse the glue off everything immediately.

Wash-As-You-Go

This old iron with a Teflon sole plate is perfect for foiling.

Nothing sticks to it.

The background for this piece was leftover from a jello printing class.

I used a plastic needlepoint sheet to make the grid design in jello.

I painted foil glue onto the lid of the alcohol bottle and stamped dots all over.

Then I spooled out adhesive threads onto the fabric surface.

Next I placed various colors of foil sheets on the surface and burnished them with the side of a hot iron.

I dipped a sea sponge in foil paint and dabbed it across the surface of the fabric.

Next I sprinkled BoNash crystals over the top.

Once the glue was tacky dry, I placed lavender foil sheets on top and burnished them with the side of a hot iron.

The fabric remains soft.

It is good to work on more than one project at a time.

Foiling is a hurry up and wait game.....you can work on several things while waiting for the glue to become tacky enough to put the foil on top.

I dug around and found this yellow satin fabric for the borders.

The machine quilting simply follows the shapes in the yellow fabric.

Tomorrow.......Couching Fibers across this quilt.

Good Night,

LuAnn

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Evolution of a Quilter -Virtual Tour of Exhibit 11

This is the last posting of quilts included in my current quilt exhibit in Corvallis, Oregon.

I thought it fitting to end this virtual quilt tour with one of my earliest quilts and my newest quilt. Perhaps this will give you some insight into how I have evolved as a quilter in the last 22 years.

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A Log Cabin Built for Brad

This is one of my earliest quilts. Created in 1989 after I took a Log Cabin Quilt class in Corvallis.

This is my very first attempt at Hand Quilting.

As long as I have this quilt, I will have my very first hand quilting stitches documented.

LuAnn McDonald Kessi

Harlan, Oregon

http://luannkessi.blogspot.com/

Techniques: Machine Piecing, Hand Quilting

“What we call the beginning is often the end.

And to make an end is to make a beginning.

The end is where we start from.”

T.S. Eliot

Woven Sunshine

This is the last quilt I have created to date...

I have always admired the woven quilts of

Anna Faustino. I purchased her book

“Simply Stunning Woven Quilts” in 2008. This quilt is my very first attempt at creating a woven quilt.

It was an absolute joy and pleasure to create.

I completed the quilting in the Spring of 2009.

LuAnn McDonald Kessi

Harlan, Oregon

http://luannkessi.blogspot.com/

Techniques: Woven Piecing, Fusible Machine Appliqué’, Free Motion Machine Quilting, Threadplay,

Original Design of Appliqué

You can't use up creativity.

The more you use, the more you have.

--Maya Angelou

Dedication

This quilt exhibit is dedicated to my three favorite guys: Brad, Nicholas & Heath

You have seamlessly incorporated my passion for quilting into your lives for the past 22 years.

You inspire much of my work and have a genuine appreciation and respect for what I create.

We have worked together as a family through the years with everyone helping out with household chores so that I may have more time to do what I love.

Brad, you make all of this possible. You have taught me to see the “big picture” in life.

I treasure our life together.

I love you all ~

LuAnn McDonald Kessi 2009

You can view my quilts in person if you are in the Corvallis, Oregon area.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

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Evolution of a Quilter -Virtual Tour of Exhibit 9

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Suzy

Suzy is a 14 year old Jack Russell Terrier who spends just as much time in the Thread Shed as I do. She loves everything to do with quilting, especially when it involves sleeping in her bed under my sewing machine!

If there is a cozy quilt left lying around, she will find it and snuggle up for a little nap time.

Suzy is such good company and the best quilting dog

I could ever hope for.

LuAnn McDonald Kessi

Harlan, Oregon

http://luannkessi.blogspot.com/

2008

Techniques: Photo Transfer to Fabric, Free Motion Machine Quilting, Threadplay and Couching,

Original Design.

The Guardian

This is an image of my neighbors with their dog, Tony.

As soon as I snapped the camera, I knew this was destined to become a quilted textile someday.

Dogs are not our whole life,

but they make our lives whole. --Roger Caras

Old dogs, like old shoes, are comfortable.

They might be a bit out of shape and a little worn around the edges, but they fit well. --Bonnie Wilcox

He is your friend, your partner, you defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart.

We Miss You Tony~

2009

LuAnn McDonald Kessi

Harlan, Oregon

http://luannkessi.blogspot.com/

You can view my quilts if you are in the Corvallis, Oregon area.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

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Evolution of a Quilter.....Virtual Tour of Exhibit 8

Virtual Quilt Tour Continues...

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Memories of Yellowstone

While traveling through Montana in 1997 on our family vacation to Yellowstone Park I found this pattern , Buffalo Camp, at a quilt store in Missoula.

This quilt represents one of my first attempts at free-motion machine quilting and machine appliqué.

Blue Ribbon Benton County Fair 2001

LuAnn McDonald Kessi

Harlan, Oregon

http://luannkessi.blogspot.com/

Techniques: Machine Piecing, Fusible Web Machine Appliqué, Free Motion Machine Quilting

Everyone of us is creative. We have the ability to weave the magic of creativity in our everyday lives. This creative light can shine from the center of our heart and radiates for all to see and be inspired by. When we choose to live in that creativity, the joy becomes infectious. --Unknown

Tatanka

(Indian for Buffalo)

My husband’s respect and admiration for the buffalo inspired me to create this original design for him.

This was the very first quilt created in my new Thread Shed Brad built for me in 2001.

LuAnn McDonald Kessi

Harlan, Oregon

http://luannkessi.blogspot.com/

Techniques: Machine Piecing, Fusible Machine Appliqué, Free Motion Machine Quilting

Blue Ribbon Benton County Fair 2002

Establishing goals is all right if you don't let them deprive you of interesting detours. --Doug Larson

You can view my quilts in person if you are in the Corvallis, Oregon area.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

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Evolution of a Quilter -Virtual Tour of Exhibit 7

The Quilt Tour continues with images of my family

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Birthday Surprise

Our son, Nicholas, came home on his birthday and surprised us with his new boxer puppy, Gunnr.

Just as we stepped outside to take a photo...it started to snow so beautifully.

I had a great deal of difficulty printing out this image on fabric.....it took so many tries to get it right.

This quilt is the result of my misprinting efforts.

I love the shattered effect.

2009

LuAnn McDonald Kessi

Harlan, Oregon

http://luannkessi.blogspot.com/

Children will not remember you for the material things you provided, but for the feeling that you cherished them.

~Richard L. Evans

Blanket Thief

This photo of my mother in law, Betty, is one of my favorites. It was taken during an auction to benefit the Oregon Sheep Breeders Association. The blanket she is holding is up for bid.

Photo courtesy of Jan Jackson,

Capital Press Newspaper

LuAnn McDonald Kessi

Harlan, Oregon

http://luannkessi.blogspot.com/

2009

Of all the things you wear, your expression

is the most important.

— Janet Lane

I Do the Limit

This is an image of Grandma Barker from 20 years ago.

She is celebrating her 90th birthday this year.

She still bakes homemade bread every week and shares it with her family.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDMOTHER

~ We Love You ~

2009

LuAnn McDonald Kessi

Harlan, Oregon

http://luannkessi.blogspot.com/

“What the next generation will value most is not what we owned, but the evidence of who we were and the tales of how we lived.” --Ellen Goodman

You Rogue

This was created as a memory quilt to celebrate a beautiful day on the Rogue River fishing with my favorite guy. These are photos taken on that day. The water was so clear, you could watch the trout follow the lure right up to the bank.

LuAnn McDonald Kessi

Harlan, Oregon

http://luannkessi.blogspot.com/

2007

Techniques: Photo Transfer to Fabric, Free Motion Machine Quilting, Traditional Hand-Sewn Binding., Original Design.

We do not remember days......we remember moments.

~Cesare Pavese

Peace

I found these images of our son, Heath, on the computer in a picture file. I think he was trying out our new iMac built in camera. I was inspired to use them in this quilted design. They go great with the groovy fabrics I have collected. This quilt will come as a complete SURPRISE to Heath. He doesn’t know I found the images.

2009

LuAnn McDonald Kessi

Harlan, Oregon

http://luannkessi.blogspot.com/

There are souls in this world who have the gift of finding joy

everywhere...and leaving it behind them when they go.

~William Frederick Faber

If you are in the Corvallis, Oregon area you can see my quilt exhibit in person.

CLICK HERE for the info.

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

To see my New Work CLICK HERE

To see the Thread Shed CLICK HERE

To see my Exhibit Quilts CLICK HERE

To see Tutorials CLICK HERE