Autumn Inspiration....

I spent the afternoon capturing the light...

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Back Yard....... Grape Arbor

Grape leaves in late afternoon sunshine

Red Sunset Tree

All summer long the leaves take in all of that beautiful sunshine...

In the Autumn.....they give back all of that sunshine

by turning these gorgeous and glowing colors !

Autumn Blaze Tree

This is my last photo of the day.

The sun is setting and I am losing that beautiful autumn light.

I captured the last of it in this image.

You are welcome to use these images in your personal art work.

I am always happy to share my photography.

This is what I will be doing tonight...

All of our phone books are filled with pressed leaves.

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What do I do with all of these pressed leaves?

CLICK HERE to view Jello Printing

CLICK HERE to view Sun Printing

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Portrait Quilt Class......January 21, 2012

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Adventures in Art Quilts Series

continues at

JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop

1243 Main Street

Philomath, OR 97370

541-929-3795

Adventures in Portrait Quilts

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Instructor: LuAnn Kessi

This is a brand new technique developed by me, LuAnn Kessi

to create Fabric Portrait Quilts.

The best part is, this is a beginner level class.

Yes, you can create a quilted portrait, and you will have great fun learning how!

This process is as simple as coloring in a child's color book.

Come into JLC and view the portrait quilts on display and sign up for class.

Gunnr is a calendar boy:

My portrait Quilt of Gunnr

appears in the 2012 Quilting Arts Calendar

2012 Quilting Arts Calendar

Gunnr is Mr. February

Full Curl

Your portrait can be a person, your pet, a flower, etc.

You will be working from your own personal photo.

You can also work from one of my photos:

Animals, Flowers, Birds

The choice is yours.

You will send me your photo by email or regular mail so that I can digitally alter it and prepare it for class.

Your original image will remain untouched.

The day of class I will provide you with a 13 x 19 inch image on fabric.

You will learn to use Neocolor II Crayons and Inktense Pencils.

Sign up for Class at JLC and Send me Your Image!

Questions?

Contact me at: kessi@pioneer.net

Adventures in Portrait Quilts

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Instructor: LuAnn Kessi

Full Day Class 9:30 - 4:00

Class Description:

This is a brand new technique developed by LuAnn Kessi to create Fabric Portrait Quilts. The best part is, this is a beginner level class. Yes, you can create a quilted portrait, and you will have great fun learning how. This process is as simple as coloring in a child’s coloring book. Come into JLC and view the portrait quilts on display and sign up!

$20 Lab Fee Payable to the instructor the day of class

(Fee covers the printed 13 x 19 inch portrait on fabric supplied by your instructor , Neocolor II Crayons, Paint Brushes, Fabric Medium, etc.)

Class Supply List:

You may use your personal photo of a person or choose one of my flower, bird or animal images.

If using your own image, send it to me in an email NOW so that I can alter the image and get it printed on fabric for you.

A very close up, well lit, clear image in a high resolution of one person or your pet works best.

Email To: kessi@pioneer.net

If your portrait is completed before the end of the day and you wish to begin the quilting process, you will need:

Sewing Machine (cleaned oiled and in good working order w/manual)

Topstitch Needles Size 70 & 80

Free Motion Darning Foot (Be sure you can drop the feed dogs on your machine)

Cotton or Polyester Threads for machine quilting various colors (fine threads size 50 or higher, nothing thick or heavy)

(you may wish to purchase thread at JLC after your portrait has been colored to match your thread color)

My favorite portrait thread is Bottom Line by Superior Threads.

1/2 Yard thin cotton batting

Assortment of fat quarters for borders and backing fabric.

(you may wish to purchase fat quarters at JLC after your portrait has been colored)

Glue Stick

Apron or Smock

I will bring a trunk show of art quilts with me to exhibit at lunch time. You may wish to bring a sack lunch so you can view the trunk show.

Visit LuAnn’s Blog to view Portrait Quilts:

http://luannkessi.blogspot.com/search/label/Neocolors%20II

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts

CLICK HERE to view a Portrait Class Slideshow

CLICK HERE to watch me create Gunnr's Portrait Quilt

CLICK HERE to watch me work on the Full Curl Portrait Quilt

Looking forward to seeing YOU in class!

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full of Portraits,

LuAnn

Shaving Cream Stenciling......Play Day

I set aside time on the calendar to

Play with my Friends...

Shaving Cream was one of the ingredients

we played with!

Enjoy the Slideshow:

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts


CLICK HERE to view Shaving Cream Printing Class

CLICK HERE to view Microwave Dyeing Play Day

CLICK HERE to view Adventures in Art Quilting Classes

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

You are worth the time...

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Good Bye Sweet Suzy

Suzy the Quilting Doggie

1995 - 2011

Dogs aren't our whole lives...

But, they make our lives whole.

Good Night,

LuAnn

Don't cry because its over - Smile because it happened

Sweet Sixteen.....All settled in

The Sweet Sixteen

is set up in the table and ready to Quilt

Click Images to Enlarge:

We brought the Sweet Sixteen home over a

week ago and it is finally settled in to the Thread Shed

It sits across the work table from the Bernina

It has 2 side tables...

They open up to create a 6 foot wide quilting space

The table is very slick and slippery...

The quilts will just glide along the surface during quilting

This is the view as you sit down to quilt...

I like working from this side of the machine

Touch Screen

My favorite part of the Sweet Sixteen

It is so easy to adjust the tension in

the needle thread and the bobbin thread

I am working fast and furious to put the final touches on

4 quilt tops I have in progress...

They will be under the needle soon...

and we can let her stretch her legs!

Gunnr isn't as impressed with the Sweet Sixteen

as he is with the new rug in the Thread Shed!

If you want to see more about the Sweet Sixteen:

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts

CLICK HERE to watch Video

CLICK HERE to view Part 1

CLICK HERE to view Part 2

CLICK HERE David Taylor Video 1

CLICK HERE David Taylor Video 2

CLICK HERE:  Sweet Sixteen Webinar

CLICK HERE to view the Design Wall

CLICK HERE to view My Tutorials

CLICK HERE to view our Cattle

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Winding Ways........Piecing the Rows

Winding Ways aka Wheel of Mystery

This was up on the design wall all summer.

I took it down so I could get to work designing my

2011 Challenge Quilt:

I pieced 4 rows together this morning.

They are all pressed on the ironing board.

There are 4 more rows to piece.

They are on the back table by my sewing machine.

All 56 of the 10 inch blocks

were sewn by hand while I traveled.

This was one of my take-along-quilts.

The blocks are simple to piece...

but tricky when it comes to which way you press the seams!

I developed this pressing technique to allow the blocks

to lay perfectly flat after pressing...

I snipped the seams half way through the curve,

which allows the seam to press either way.

This pressing technique allows the quilt to

lay flat as a sheet of paper, like you see in the image above.

Here are the last 4 rows to piece together...

My work for the afternoon.

Piecing the rows is not for the faint of heart...

especially if you don't like to pin.

Intensive pinning every 4 inches to keep all of the

points and seams aligned.

I will post more images when I begin the design work

on the borders.......stay tuned!

Suzy the Quilting Doggie

You haven't seen little Suzy on this blog for quite awhile...

She spent the day with me piecing this quilt.

She napped under the sewing machine in her bed.

Suzy is 16+ years old.

In this last year she has become blind, deaf and suffers from dementia.

She no longer knows who I am and is scared from my touch.

It has been months since she would stay out in the Thread Shed with me.

Today she gave me the gift of her company while I sewed.

It was a good day.....for both of us.

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts

CLICK HERE to view Suzy's Portrait Quilt

CLICK HERE to view Gunnr's Portrait Quilt

CLICK HERE to view my Challenge Quilts

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn