Quilting Anniversary.......Slideshow

It's March..... I am celebrating

24 years of Quiltmaking

I took my very first Rail Fence Baby Quilt Class

in 1987

I left class with a completed Quilt Top

I was so excited !

I went home and made lots more.

Here it is 24 years later...

Share My Quilting Journey:

Mary's River Quilt Guild

has invited me to be the Guest Speaker

July 28, 2011

7 pm

Members and Visitors are Welcome!

Please join me as my guest...

I will do a trunk show of my quilts.

Come see them in person.

Mary's River Quilt Guild

Benton County Museum

Main Street

Philomath, Oregon

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts

CLICK HERE to view My Life on the Farm

CLICK HERE to view HOME

CLICK HERE to view The Thread Shed

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full of Quilts,

LuAnn

Fabric Paper......Play Day

Fabric-Paper......Play Day

My friends came over today and we had a wonderful day playing!

We made sheets of Fabric Paper...

It was so much fun.....it was hard to quit!

This is a muslin fabric foundation.

Newspaper print words are glued down on top of that.

Colored tissue paper is glued down as the final layer.

This is a muslin fabric foundation.

Torn pieces of a road map are glued on top.

Cheesecloth is glued down as the final layer.

You can see from this blurry photo just how cool the road map looks.

This is a commercial butterfly fabric.

Colored tissue paper was glued on top.

This is a commercial chicken fabric.

Clothing Pattern pieces are glued on top.

This is a commercial butterfly fabric.

Colored tissue paper is glued on top.

This is a commercial fabric with tissue paper glued on top.

This is a muslin fabric foundation.

A gold metallic fiber and a cranberry red yarn are glued on top.

White tissue paper was glued down as the final layer.

This is a muslin fabric foundation with paper words glued on top.

Then it was covered with cheesecloth.

Then colored tissue paper was glued down to everything.

This is a muslin fabric foundation.

Found papers are glued down.

Cheesecloth is glued on top.

Tulip Spray Paint was used for the yellow center and green borders.

I added stenciled leaves to this piece of fabric paper after it dried.

We are working from the book

Stitch Alchemy

By: Kelli Nina Perkins

We are making the

Good Fortune Birds

on Page 78

The bird shapes will be cut out of the fabric paper we created today!

I will keep you posted on our progress...

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts

CLICK HERE: Fabric Paper Tutorial Video

CLICK HERE to view:  Good Fortune Birds

CLICK HERE to view My Art Quilts

CLICK HERE to view our Cattle Drive in the Snow

CLICK HERE to view my Cord Bound Edge Tutorial

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

You Can Do....Anything !

I have a new Muse....

Her name is Sadie...

Please listen closely:

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts

CLICK HERE to view Kindred Spirits

CLICK HERE to view Alone

CLICK HERE to view Success

CLICK HERE to view Courage to Create

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full of Inspiration,

LuAnn Kessi

Visitors...

We have visitors today...

Just outside the back door...

Along the banks of the Big Elk River:

Canadian Geese

Be sure to click images to enlarge

See the goose on the far left...

He is the Sentry.

He stands guard while the other birds eat and rest

The Sentry rests on one foot, but never eats or sleeps...

The geese have landed here to eat and rest before they continue their journey.

We have spent a wonderful morning watching the geese.

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts

CLICK HERE to view The Bald Eagle on the Big Elk River

CLICK HERE to view Slideshows

CLICK HERE to view Journal Quilts

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Oregon Snow.........Slideshow

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 !

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts

CLICK HERE to view Cattle Drive in the Snow Slideshow

CLICK HERE to view The Thread Shed

CLICK HERE to view Jello Printing Class Slideshow

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Mixed Media Class......May 21, 2011

Sign Up Now !

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

kessi@pioneer.net

Cattle Drive......in the Snow

We are moving cattle today...

Come along for the ride!

Enjoy the Slideshow:

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts

Click Here to view Gunnr

Click Here to view my Art Quilts

Click Here to view my Tutorials

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn