Our recent snowfall has inspired me to gather together all of our snow photos from the last few years and put them together into a slideshow...
Enjoy !
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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Mixed Media Class......May 21, 2011
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Adventures in Mixed Media Art Quilts
Instructor: LuAnn Kessi
Saturday, May 21, 2011
9:30 - 4:00
JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop
1243 Main Street
Philomath, Oregon 97370
541-929-3795 Call to Register for Class
Class Description:
Come and experience the fun of incorporating fabric, paper, wood, metal and fibers into your quilts.
Start out with an inspiration: birds, flowers, horses, dogs, etc. and build on that theme by adding layers of interesting found objects.
Instructor will provide the found objects, you will bring your inspiration as a starting point.
Learn simple techniques to bring your quiltmaking skills to the next level of Mixed Media.
You will create a journal size quilt in class.
Come into JLC and view the Mixed Media Quilts on display!
Beginner Level class, however, you will need sewing machine skills to do simple machine quilting later in the class.
Lab Fee $15 to cover supplies used during class.
Class Supply List:
Mixed Media Journal Quilt Class
JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop, Philomath Oregon
Saturday, May 21, 2011
9:30 - 4:00
Choose a theme for your journal quilt: Birds, Flowers, Animals, whatever you are interested in.
Bring along a photo, magazine cut out, an actual object etc. of your theme inspiration.
Sewing Machine cleaned and in good working order w/Manual
Free Motion Darning Foot for machine quilting
Topstitch Sewing Machine Needles
Variety of thread colors in cotton or polyester
Basic Sewing & Rotary Cutting Supplies (fabric & paper scissors, rulers, cutters, etc)
Variety of Fat Quarter Fabrics (you may want to wait until after class begins to choose fat quarters from the quilt shop that coordinate with your theme.)
Batting - very thin cotton (approx. the size of a fat quarter of fabric 18x22)
1/2 yard Fusible Web
Glue Stick
Smock or Apron
Sack Lunch
Instructor will provide the mixed media objects: Paper, metal, cording, fibers & various findings.
(There is a $15 lab fee to cover the cost of these items)
Students will learn:
To work with a theme and create a journal size quilt to reflect that theme.
Techniques for incorporating unconventional objects on your quilt surface.
Basting your quilt layers together
How to work with various thread types and colors.
Couching Cording & Fibers to the quilt surface.
Free Motion Quilting for Art Style Quilts
Corded Binding Technique
Fast Fused Binding Technique & Label
Various Hanging Options for Displaying your Quilt.
We will also be playing with Stamping on Tea Bags!
CLICK HERE to view Tea Bag Stamping
Visit my blog to view my Mixed Media Sample Quilts:
The Audition Bird Quilt: http://luannkessi.blogspot.com/2010/03/quilting-mixed-media-bird-quilt.html
In The Moment Rust Quilt: http://luannkessi.blogspot.com/2010/03/mixed-media-rust-quilt.html
Life's Doorways Horse Quilt: http://luannkessi.blogspot.com/2010/04/mixed-media-horse-quiltdone.html
CLICK HERE: to see My Quilts
Please contact me if you have any questions.
LuAnn Kessi
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Cattle Drive......in the Snow
We are moving cattle today...
Come along for the ride!
Enjoy the Slideshow:
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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn
Snow Day.....2011
Remember as a child when you woke up in the morning
to find out school had been cancelled...
because of a SNOW DAY !
Welcome to My World:
7 am I stepped out the back door
and this is what I saw...
Little Snow Cakes on top of the fence posts!
Click Images to Enlarge !
Across the river the Cow Barns are covered in Snow
Gunnr was more than happy to join me outdoors:
He is staring over at the barn...
Gunnr is letting me know that he sees...
a yearling calf taking shelter in one of the horse stalls
This little yellow building is...
The happiest place on earth...
The Thread Shed
All of my quilted textiles are born in this building
Yes, I am a Jersey Girl Originally...
I have lived in Oregon for 30 years
Just outside the Thread Shed
Growing on the Arbor
These tiny little buds are braving the snow...
This is the corral fence just behind the Thread Shed.
The livestock are good company while I sew.
The corral fence makes a good perch for the birds.
Grape Arbor
CLICK HERE to view the Grape Arbor last fall
Luckily these little apple trees
haven't bloomed yet...
This is pretty much the tour around the yard...
I am heading back in to make some breakfast...
Gunnr and Suzy are ready to go back inside too !
After breakfast we are moving cattle...
I will post more images of the cattle drive when we get back!
CLICK HERE to view: Cattle Drive in the Snow
CLICK HERE to view the Thread Shed
CLICK HERE to view Birds
CLICK HERE to view more Snow Images
May Your Bobbin Always Be Full of Snow,
LuAnn
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Quilting is not my only Passion...
If you have followed this blog for any length of time
you know that
Quilting is not my only passion...
Cattle, Horses and Dogs are a big part of our lives here on the farm.
These animals inspire my quilts,
and usually end up in my quilts.
I enjoy watching this video from time to time,
and thought it was time to share it with you.
This is the story of Skidboot...
CLICK HERE to view our Dogs
CLICK HERE to view our Cattle
CLICK HERE to view our Horses
May Your Bobbin Always Be Full of Animals,
LuAnn
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Gunnr is......... a Calendar Boy !
Announcing the 2012
Quilting Arts Calendar Artists!
Gunnr
12 x 12
Gunnr is ......... a Calendar Boy !
Gunnr 8 weeks
This is the first day our eyes met....
Nicholas & Gunnr 2006
Our son brought Gunnr, his puppy, home to meet us.
Gunnr quickly became part of the family...
Gunnr just adores our Jack Russell, Suzy
They spend lots of lazy days in the Thread Shed
asleep under the sewing machine:
So......you can see how I was inspired to create a Gunnr quilt.
Actually, I have made several quilts with Gunnr on them over the last few years.
My most recent quilt was picked as a finalist in the
This year’s theme, Getting Pet-ty inspired hundreds of you to depict your beloved furry or feathered friend with fabric, thread, and heaps of love. From the countless entries received, the decision to winnow the lot down to 13 was very difficult. We saw lizards, llamas, parrots, horses, mice, dogs, cats, iguanas, you name it.
Congratulations to the following artists whose art quilts will appear in our 2012 calendar:
LuAnn Kessi “Gunner”
Faith Cleary (Untitled, cow)
Nancy Brown “Opie and Mittens Go Birdwatching”
Sue Clayton “My Pet Llama”
Susan Brubaker-Knapp “Trouble in the Pumpkin Patch”
Susan E. Connor (Untitled, cat with fish bowl)
Lisa Encabo ‘Cutie says, “FEED ME! Throw my ball.”’
Nancy Hayes “Jazz Fetch!”
Loreen Leedy “Cautious”
Amber McIntosh (Untitled, frogs)
Joan Sowada “Agnus Ready”
Nanette Zeller “A Perfect Storm”
Jill Packer “The Iconic Miss Isabella (Iguana)”
Nancy Brown “Opie and Mittens Go Birdwatching”
Sue Clayton “My Pet Llama”
Susan Brubaker-Knapp “Trouble in the Pumpkin Patch”
Susan E. Connor (Untitled, cat with fish bowl)
Lisa Encabo ‘Cutie says, “FEED ME! Throw my ball.”’
Nancy Hayes “Jazz Fetch!”
Loreen Leedy “Cautious”
Amber McIntosh (Untitled, frogs)
Joan Sowada “Agnus Ready”
Nanette Zeller “A Perfect Storm”
Jill Packer “The Iconic Miss Isabella (Iguana)”
CLICK HERE: to see My Quilts
CLICK HERE to view the Thread Shed
CLICK HERE to view more about Suzy
CLICK HERE to view my Adventures in Mixed Media Class
May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn Kessi
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