Challenge Quilt 2011.....Part 2

6 weeks ago I began my challenge quilt...

This Memory Album was my inspiration:

I just love this color story...

I decided to do some sun printing ...

I think I matched the colors fairly well to the album

Here it is 6 weeks later and I am finally

getting back to the prints:

I used scraps of white fabric to print on,

so they are all odd ball sizes...

I decided to pull out some of my surface design

fabrics I have created the last couple of years...

Maybe some of these will find their way into

the challenge quilt?

I started to trim the odd ball sun prints:

Trimmings...

This is where I am now...

The blocks don't fit into rows because they are

odd ball sizes.

I think with some partial seams this will work.

This is a gorgeous fabric I purchased from

Vicki Welsh:

It is just begging to be included in this quilt...

Here are a few of my hand dyes pinned on the wall:

Vicki's hand dye is on the left...

This challenge has a big REVEAL

on December 12, 2011

I can't show you much more at this point

sorry...

I will show you bits and pieces here and there

as I finish this.....stay tuned.

CLICK HERE to view Challenge Quilt Part 1

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts

CLICK HERE to view Challenge Quilt 2010

CLICK HERE to view Challenge Quilt 2009

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Sweet Sixteen...

Saturday found me back in Portland at the

Machine Quilters Exposition....

This is what lured me back:

Handi Quilter Sweet Sixteen

Sit Down Long Arm Machine

I like the Touch Screen Display and the Big Class M Bobbin.

You can set the speed, Needle up/down, the brightness of the light

and the foot pedal is so responsive.

My 100 inch quilts will be a breeze on this big machine!

Lucky for me, my favorite guy came along:

He loaded up the table and the machine and we are on our way!

Winding our way through the convention center...

We found the elevator...

Just barely enough room to squeeze onto the

elevator...

Getting off the elevator down in the

Parking Garage...

Finding our way back to the pick up...

Just enough room to slide in the table...

Everything is loaded up!

It looks like we have a new Driver...

Gunnr is in the Driver's Seat

The whole family came along to pick up the new

Sweet Sixteen

I am busy cleaning and organizing the Thread Shed to make room for the new Sweet Sixteen machine. I found a home for my old sewing cabinet to make room for the new table. When I get everything set up and get a quilt under the needle, I will take more photos.

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts

CLICK HERE to view the Sweet Sixteen Video

CLICK HERE to view:  Sweet Sixteen True Stitch Regulator

CLICK HERE to view 1oo inch quilt on my Bernina Machine

CLICK HERE to view my Feather Weight 221 Machine

CLICK HERE to view my New Home Machine

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Machine Quilters Exposition.......Slideshow

I spent a few hours in Portland, Oregon at the

Machine Quilters Exposition

I thought it would be fun to test drive a few

of the sit-down long arm machines

Here are a few of the quilts at the show

that caught my eye...

Enjoy the Slideshow:

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts CLICK HERE to view Class Sample Quilts CLICK HERE to view Textile Painting CLICK HERE to view Sunflower Quilt Slideshow May Your Bobbin Always Be Full, LuAnn

Cattle Drive.....September 2011

I am catching up on photo editing tonight...

I found a file of cattle images from

September 2011

Enjoy the Slideshow:

Personalize a digital slideshow

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts

CLICK HERE to view Cow & Calf Quilt

CLICK HERE to view The Hen House

CLICK HERE to view The Cow Pony Quilt

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Flowers for Mama......Slideshow

I belong to a teeny, tiny quilt guild

in the teeny, tiny valley I live in...

When everyone shows up.....there are 6 members.

Each year we create a raffle quilt for

The Women's Cancer Coalition

Click on the Slideshow Below

to watch us create...

FLOWERS FOR MAMA

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts CLICK HERE to view the 2012 Raffle Quilt CLICK HERE to view the 2010 Raffle Quilt CLICK HERE to view The Harlan Valley Quilters (my tiny guild) CLICK HERE to view The Mary's River Quilt Guild (my BIG guild) May Your Bobbin Always Be Full of Flowers, LuAnn

Free Motion Darning Feet......Improved

Check out this line up of

Free Motion/Darning Feet:

Click Images to Enlarge

These sewing machine feet have been altered

to improve visibility during free motion quilting.

My favorite guy snipped out the front section on the

plastic foot with wire cutters.

(He normally fixes fence with his wire cutters, but they worked great for this too!)

There is no longer plastic in the front of the foot to

obscure visibility during free motion quilting.

Singer 301 Darning Foot

Yes, he even cut the front out of this foot.

It worked like a charm.

Check out this visibility!

When my mother in law found out we were altering

free motion feet, she ran right down with hers!

Here she is with Gunnr:

Gunnr just had to see what was going on at the

kitchen table.

Speaking of Gunnr:

He spent the weekend in Nevada

on the 14th floor of the Nugget Casino

He was a polite hotel guest and enjoyed his stay!

He was a bit disappointed to find out he could not

go see Glen Campbell with us.

To view a video tutorial of altering your

Free Motion or Darning Feet

CLICK HERE

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CLICK HERE to view Adventures in Art Quilting Slideshows

CLICK HERE to view the THREADS I use and Why

CLICK HERE to view Thermofax Printing

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Dye......Play Day

Fabric Dyeing in the Microwave

It's a play day with my friends...

Watch the slide show to see the results:

These are the fabrics from the afternoon dye session

Yes, we even dyed our socks !

Gather YOUR friends together and give this a try...

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CLICK HERE to view Screen Printing Play Day

CLICK HERE to view Snippets Bowl Play Day

CLICK HERE to view Painted Canvas Play Day

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full of Dye,

LuAnn