Inspiration....for the New Year

During the very long and wet 

Western Oregon winters

I inspire my creativity through photography.

Especially, photos of flowers.

They are bright, cheerful and lift my spirits.

Most of the photos here were taken in our yard.

This is my photography.  Please feel FREE to use the

images in your personal art work if you are inspired!

Enjoy the Slideshow:

(you can download images at the end of the slideshow)

This slideshow design created with Smilebox Here are a few quilts I created from my flower images: State Fair Zinnia The rose that grows on the patio Pink Iris from the front flowerbed I hope I have given you some colorful and cheerful inspiration to start the New Year! CLICK HERE to view my Quilts May Your Bobbin Always Be Full, LuAnn Kessi

Year in Review.....2012

A look back at 2012...

January 2012

Snow Dyeing Fabric Slide Show

February 2012

Calypso Quilt Completed

March 2012

New Baby Chicks

April 2012

Feelin' Groovy Quilt completed

May 2012

Inspiration from the Flower Beds

June 2012

Rounding up Cattle Slide Show

Fabric Dyeing Workshop in the Back Yard

July 2012

Deconstructed Screen Printing Slide Show

August 2012

Paul Harvey in Yellowstone

September 2012

Big Bloomers....Quilting Complete

Paul Harvey in the Tetons

October 2012

Thread Shed.....Remodel

November 2012

Hexagon Quilt.....In Progress

December 2012

Green Quilt Completed

It is FUN to look back....

and even more FUN to look forward to 2013.

I THANK YOU ALL 

for following along this journey with me.

Wishing you all the best in the New Year!

2012 Slideshow

CLICK HERE:  My Quilts May Your Bobbin Always Be Full, LuAnn Kessi

Hexagon Text Quilt......Border Treatment

Every Quilt has a story...

This quilt started out its life in 

a bunk house in Yellowstone Park

October 2012

We were in the park visiting our son 

when I began piecing this.

This Quilt kept me company while I was 

nursing a head cold

November 2012

The 8 days I was in bed, I completed 

the center of the Quilt.

December 2012

Adding darker hexagons as a border treatment

We live an hours' drive from town,

so I was able to stitch lots of hexagons while we were

out driving and holiday shopping.

Yes, I am fortunate I can sew while traveling 

in a vehicle.

2 Rows of darker border hexagons added so far...

I think I will add 2 more rows and call it done.

This Quilt is not finished, yet it has provided me 

with comfort while I was ill,  

kept me occupied while traveling hundreds

of miles, and inspired me and fed my soul.

Wishing you many quilted stories in the New Year!

CLICK HERE to view: Grandmothers Flower Garden

CLICK HERE to view:  Fabric Dyeing

CLICK HERE to view:  Classes

CLICK HERE to view My Quilts

May YOUR Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Happy Holidays...

Happy Holidays from Oregon

Gunnr....the Reindeer

This fabric was originally white on white:

You could not see the numbers....until I dyed it

The numbers acted as a resist to the dye, but the

background fabric took the dye very nicely.

CLICK HERE to view:  From The Flower Beds

CLICK HERE to view:  From The Hen House

CLICK HERE to view:  From The Thread Shed

CLICK HERE to view My Quilts

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Dyeing to Design Class.....Homework

I am still working through some assignments in an

online class I took at Quilt University

Dyeing to Design

Lesson 2.......Dye the Color Wheel

Mixing your own colors.....very FUN

Lesson 3........Arashi Shibori Dyeing

This technique creates incredible fabrics

Lesson 1.........Gradient Dyeing

Dye from Black to White

Design a quilt with the fabrics:

I am only half way through the course materials.

Lots more to do and learn!

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts

CLICK HERE to view:  Screen Printing

CLICK HERE to view:  Feeling Groovy Quilt

CLICK HERE to view:  Sun Printing

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi