Collage Houses.....1-2-3

I spent the day preparing new class samples

for  House Collage Class next week:

Fusible Timtex....cut into house shape

Now the FUN begins:

Fuse fabric scraps onto the Timtex house...

I put on a few scraps, then fuse, then add more scraps...

This is the third little house.....they are addicting!

This makes a good background....but they need a focal point.

 I pulled out the stencils:

I decided to go with a bird theme.....the RAVEN is my muse

 Then I pulled out the Thermofax Screens:

Margaret Applin just made this feather screen for me...

These are becoming......bird houses!

The last house is stenciled and screened...

They still need something more:

I pulled out my lunch box full of found metal objects...

The metal house numbers play nicely with the stenciled numbers.

Fused Collage Houses

The students will be able to complete these in a 3 hour class.

Labels fused to the back.

Rusted Fabric scraps made great backing fabric.

I decided to do a final photo shoot with the RAVEN:

All of the sudden.....GUNNR is interested in what is going on

Yup, he is up on the table to get a personal introduction

to the RAVEN...

Let's shake hands Mr. Raven:

I'm Gunnr.....nice to meet you!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Green Quilt......Binding

Day 8, 9 and 10

I spent day 8 and 9 machine quilting...

12 hours to get this quilted...

The quilting went very quickly...

I quilted lots of straight lines and squares...

My favorite guy requested simple, masculine quilting...

which translates to no girly feathers on this quilt!

Here it is Day 10.......Binding Day!

Omnigrid 20 inch square up ruler...

Trim up perfect square corners.....every time!

I used all of the leftover green fabrics for the binding strips:

450 inches of binding......ready to be pressed...

I am ready to sit down and get the binding stitched on...

This coffee can method helps feed the binding flawlessly

 onto the quilt......works perfect every time!

The binding sits between my feet:

By 5:00 the binding was on and it was time to go in and fix dinner.

Good Vibrations

109 inches

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Design Wall.....

The Design Wall.....is FULL

I have 4 projects going on at once...

the center of the Hexagon Text quilt is complete...

 I plan to add hexagon borders to this,

trying to decide on border colors?

 House Collages:

The house collages are class samples

for a class on December 13th.

I have a third house to make, and then embellish them.

Leftover fabrics from the hexagon quilt for this house collage...

Home Dec fabrics for the larger house.

African Mask:

I have barely begun on this mask...

It is a class sample for January 24 class.

 Dyeing 2 Design Class:

I am taking an online class......Dyeing 2 Design

This is part of my homework with monochromatic design.

All of this will have to wait until I get the quilting done

on the Green and White Quilt...

I better get back to stitching!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Green Quilt.....Basted & Ready to Quilt

Day 7

I started this quilt last spring...

I haven't touched it since July....eek!

It is now basted and ready to go under the needle:

Green & White Quilt  109 inches

Time to audition thread:

I spooled all of these threads out onto the quilt surface.

I am hoping to find one that blends with the white and the greens.

This creamy yellow thread will work for the top...

Sulky PolyLite 60wt

Made in Italy

 Thread for the back of the quilt:

This is Yellow thread, but reads brassy in this photo.

It blends nicely with the yellow and green backing fabric.

Top and Bottom Threads

Sulky PolyLite is a newer thread on the market.

It is light weight and doesn't attract too much attention...

Just what I am hoping for.

 I have been playing with quilting motifs:

Since this quilt is for my favorite guy, I am trying to keep

the quilting masculine.

I always make a few extra blocks so I can play around

with some free motion quilting:

The creamy yellow thread blends in beautifully with the

white and dark green fabrics

Testing out threads gives me a chance to warm up my

quilting fingers!

The bobbins are filled...

The tension is adjusted just right...

I am all warmed up and ready to stitch...

The quilt is on the Sweet 16 table...

The table is 6 feet wide...

 This is where I will spend the rest of the day:

I am thinking 3 or 4 days to get this quilted.

More to Come!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi