Quilt Exhibit....Last Call to see the Show

My quilt exhibit is closing on October 27, 2009.

One week left to see the show...

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The exhibit gallery is a round room, which gives a nice flow to the display of the quilts.

I spent the morning at the exhibit with my very favorite people.

This was my first opportunity to get a full view image of my sunflower quilt measuring 100 x 100 inches square.

Detail view of Sunflower Quilt

CLICK HERE to see more on creating the Sunflower Quilt

Viewing the exhibit with my family was an emotional experience for us all.

It is so rare for any of us to see such a body of our work displayed together in one room.

Many of my pieces are stored away and my family has not seen them for a few years.

Let's just say, the exhibit took us back a few years...

Strength & Courage

2003

Heath & I standing with his graduation quilt.

It was my first big leap into contemporary quilting and original design work.

This quilt represents all the things Heath loves in life.

Birthday Surprise

2009

Nicholas and I are pictured here with his memory quilt.

What great fun we had the day he brought home his new puppy, taking photos in the snow.

Nicholas has a graduation quilt created in 2001.

He has slept under it for 8 years now...and wasn't about to give it up for the show!

Here is the man that makes all of this possible, my favorite guy, Brad

We are standing in front of his favorite quilt, Cabin in the Woods.

It took quite a bit of convincing to get him to take it off the living room wall so I could display it here.

Cowgirl

Here we are with Cowgirl framed under glass.

She spent 14 years riding in the pick up truck with Brad.

There will never be another farm dog like her.

Tatanka

This quilt hangs in our coffee room at home.

Brad has the room decorated in Buffalo.

Memories of Yellowstone

A memory quilt created after a wonderful family vacation in Yellowstone Park.

What a wonderful time we all had at the exhibit together.

I hope you had a chance to visit it yourself.

There is one week left to see the show.

CLICK HERE to see more on this exhibit

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

www.uucorvallis.org

2945 NW Circle Blvd
Corvallis, OR 97330-3937
(541) 752-5218

9:30 - 1:30 Mon-Fri

May Your Life & Family be Quilted Together,

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

Big Board...

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Big Board

30 x 65 inches

This is the best place to press.

Great for pressing quilt backings, blocking finished quilts, large fused applique work, a large design surface and work area.

Bottom side of Big Board

The big board sits directly on top of my regular ironing board.

I can take it on and off easily if I need to.

The wooden slats keep the big board from slipping off my regular ironing board.

The Big Board is not fastened in anyway, it just sits directly on top of the regular ironing board.

"After Midnight"

Quilting on Foiled Fabric is Complete

To see the previous posting on this foiled quilt CLICK HERE

Dancer & Freckles

I have been outdoors enjoying the last of our autumn weather.

As I walk through the fields capturing images with the camera, I am not alone.

Dancer just can't help wandering closer and closer to check out the camera.

Before I know it...he has the camera strap in his lips.

I think this was a hint to stop taking pictures and give him a good scratching.

CLICK HERE to view Big Board Tutorial

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

A Fresh Start...

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A new wall cupboard for the Thread Shed

My son gave me the dark brown wall cupboard for Christmas.

With the crazy year I had preparing for the quilt exhibit I wasn't able to get it put up until today.

Thank You Heath. You know just what I like.

I love cupboards of all shapes and sizes.

They are great for storage and you just close the doors and the clutter is gone!

The big 3 door cupboard on the floor is the island out of our kitchen.

When we remodeled a few years ago, I claimed this for the Thread Shed.

It contains all of my landscape fabrics.

The new cupboard seems happy with all of the rest of the cupboards nearby.

I spend most of my time in this corner of the Thread Shed.

I have a chair on wheels...I can roll around and reach most anything I need while I am at the sewing machine.

This cupboard followed me home from the thrift store last week.

As soon as I saw it I knew it was a perfect fit for the Thread Shed...

My New Kitchen Center

I do not sew in my house. The Thread Shed is a separate building next to our house.

This cupboard worked perfect as a place to put all of my kitchen supplies.

I can spend as much as 12 or more hours a day out here, so I like to have tea, coffee, soup, etc.

The cupboard door opens...

It holds the coffee supplies, soup, crackers, etc.

There is room on the top shelf for all my pressing supplies.

3 Drawers down below hold coffee cups, tea bags, drink mixes and lots more!

Yes, this cupboard was a perfect fit.

I just love to find an old piece of furniture and give it a new life.

Everyone knows...move a piece of furniture around....and it affects everything in the room! The 2 new cupboards forced me into a cleaning and re-organizing tizzy.

Nothing was safe...lots of purging went on.

I am gladly donating these quilt books to my quilt guild for the silent auction next month. I know another quilter will give them a new life in her thread shed.

Now that the Thread Shed is cleaned and organized I have given myself a FRESH START. There are so many projects I am anxious to work on...

This is the first...a Fred Flintstone costume for my oldest son, Nicholas.

It will be fun to work with this bright orange fabric. I plan to mix up black textile paint for the spots on his shirt.

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

Failure: The Secret to Success

This video speaks to the "Perfectionist" in me...

I plan to apply this way of thinking to my creativity, especially when I am experimenting with new textile art techniques.

I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career.

I’ve lost almost 300 games.

Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed.

I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

- Michael Jordan

Raffle Quilt......Women's Cancer Coalition

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In May 2009 the Harlan Valley Quilters of Harlan Oregon pieced this floral quilt top.

It is a Disappearing 9 Patch Technique.

CLICK HERE to view a tutorial.

This week I put a scallop binding on it.

After I marked the placement of the scalloped line all around the edges of the quilt, I sewed the BIAS binding on it....following my marked line.

NEVER cut the edge off until the binding is completely sewn down by machine.

This is a bias edge, and it will stretch if you cut it BEFORE you sew on the binding.

Now you are ready to trim off the excess quilt edges.

I snip directly into where the 2 scallops meet. Cut right up to your sewing line.

Be very careful not to cut into the stitching.

TIP: I like to leave an extra 1/8 inch beyond the edge of the binding.

This gives me a full binding when I fold it over to the back.

You do not want your binding to feel hollow.

You want it nice and full and round.

This is what the quilt edge will look like after you have trimmed off all of the excess quilt edge.

TIP: I like to trim a bit at first, then fold the binding over to the back to see if I have enough edge to fill the binding up nice and plump.

The next thing you need is a 10 hour road trip over to Eastern Oregon 500 miles one way....then back home again......to get the binding sewn down to the back side!

We pulled in the driveway last night at midnight.....and the binding was done!

I just love travel stitching...

This photo with the flash turned off really enhances the quilting stitches.

"Vintage Beauty"

Donated by JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop of Philomath, Oregon

To the Women's Cancer Coalition.

Raffle tickets will be sold through October 2010 for this quilt.

Proceeds will benefit Women's Cancer Programs.

CLICK HERE to see who won this Quilt

May All Your Quilts be Scalloped,

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