Felted Pincushions….Part 1

I made 2 dozen of these today!

I would have made more, but

I ran out of panty hose…

Felted Pincushions…

I watched an excellent tutorial video by Patsy Thompson…

2 hours later….here they are!

I glued the pincushions into little dishes……how sweet.

Thank You Patsy for an excellent tutorial.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Barn Lot Quilt Series...

Barn Lot Quilt #1

I am satisfied with the placement of the images...

I will fuse the images to the rusty background fabric…

I leave it up on the design wall 

and bring the iron over to fuse.

I haven't decided on using an edge treatment yet...

Barn Lot Quilt #1……ready for appliqué stitching

Dollar Pony and a mama cow….just outside the window

Barn Lot Quilt #2

A few hunks of rusty fabric up on the design wall…

I think this background will work…

Now to sort through the images…

Each quilt will represent some sort of a theme 

with the images…

Dollar Pony is yawning…

he's not impressed by the barn lot quilts

Sunrise this morning in the back yard...

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Rust Dyeing...

For the last two weeks I have been Rust Dyeing…

I need more rust dyed fabric 

for  my Barn Lot Quilt Series…

The rust dyeing process 

takes about 3 days in warmer weather…

Then I hang it to dry for a day 

to set in the rust on the fabric…

Just love that lovely rusted fabric!

I have made 5 batches of rust fabric….2 yards each

Rusted Fabric……Backlit from the morning sun

Gunnr is showing off the Rusty Fabric

After washing and drying….the fabric is lighter:

The rusting varies with each batch

This is a 2 yard piece hanging off the big board…

Close Up View of Rusted Fabric…

The fabric remains soft…

Looks like you could just scratch off that rust…

I only leave the fabric to batch for 3 days so I don't get any 

rusty build up on the surface of the fabric…

I want it to remain soft.

The fabrics vary quite a bit…

This one is much darker…

10 yards of rusted fabric…

I am ready to get back to the Barn Lot Series…

Thread Shed

Morning sunrise in the back yard today…

Gunnr and Brad are loading up this morning…

time to feed the livestock.

Gunnr loves to feed the cattle and goats…

Off they go!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi