Dye Play Day.....in the back yard

Taking time to PLAY...

The Fabric Dyes are mixed up...

The Tables are set...

The microwaves are ready...

Lots of dye containers...

The Summer Sink is in place...

We are ready for a day of...FUN!

The girls arrived and got.....right with it!

Hanging dyed cloth on the clothes line...

These pieces were done in the microwave....

in just 3 minutes!

Instant gratification!

Shibori dyeing.....on a rope

Tray dyeing

Over...dyeing

Golf Balls wrapped with rubber bands...

Purple dye on the bottom.....red dye on top

More tray dyeing

Lots of rinsing in the summer sink....

Dyed fabrics soaking in synthrapol

Power Berry on the left......Fuchsia Red on the right

It was a FUN and colorful day in the back yard...

I will post images of my 

washed, dried and iron fabrics...soon!

Have you signed up for my Soy Wax class yet?

Click the link below to find out more...

CLICK HERE: Soy Wax Batik Class 9/28/13

CLICK HERE: to see my dyed fabrics

If you are interested in learning about

low-water immersion dyeing,

I recommend this book:

Ann also has a brand new DVD:

CLICK HERE

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Gunnr's Buffalo Quilt...

I haven't spent much time in the Thread Shed

since June....

Thread Shed and Hen House

We have had rainy days, so I am ready

to play indoors today...

Come on in....let's see what the day brings!

My Happy Room awaits me...

Gunnr has decided it is time to make him

a Quilt of his very own...

Gunnr has 2 loves......Buffalo and Cheese

I rounded up a few fabrics for that theme!

Very Cheesy Fabric...

Once the fabric selection was over...

Gunnr settled down for a nap

 under the sewing machine.

The Dinner Plate Dahlias are putting on a show

just outside the Thread Shed Window...

Let the piecing begin...

First 2 fabrics pieced together...

I added on a hunk of cheese fabric...

First 4 fabrics pieced together...

I will continue adding fabrics 

until the quilt is long enough.

Gunnr was more than happy to try out the quilt top

for size...

I rounded up some flannel fabric for the back side...

The Buffalo Quilt is......under the needle!

CLICK HERE to view the finished quilt

Have you signed up for my Soy Wax class yet?

Click the link below to find out more...

CLICK HERE: Soy Wax Batik Class 9/28/13

CLICK HERE: Thread Shed Tour

CLICK HERE to view my online Sketch Book

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Hexy Text Quilt Top.......Done Piecing

I never leave home without a Take-a-Long Quilt

I started piecing this quilt a year ago while staying in

Yellowstone Park...

It was fitting that I finished it this year 

while staying at the park.

I pieced in sections to create a straight edge:

The Hexagon Text Quilt Top is done...

It is ready to go under the needle...

Take-a-Long Quilts become such companions 

while traveling...

I miss piecing on this already.

The Humming Birds are still 

buzzing the flower beds...

We are enjoying the last of the Hollyhocks...

We are savoring the last of summer time 

in the back yard...

Gunnr was so happy to be reunited 

with Heath in Idaho...

They celebrated their reunion 

with a nap together in the trailer.

I am beginning Gunnr's Buffalo Quilt

today.....I will take a few photos

of my progress...

CLICK HERE to view Paper Piecing Posts

CLICK HERE to see my take-a-long quilts

CLICK HERE to view my online Sketch Book

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi