Zipper Bags.......with Fish Prints

Back in October I attended a

Quilting Retreat in Northern Idaho...

I created these fish prints on fabric

while at the retreat.

CLICK HERE: Gyotaku Replica Fish

When I returned to Oregon,

I made the fish prints into zipper bags...

I was quite pleased with my new fish bag...

Until I turned it around...

My poor fishy died and is floating upside down.

I was too busy chatting with friends and not

paying attention to what I was doing...

I sewed it on wrong.

I guess this bag will always give me a chuckle!

Here's another zipper bag:

Commercial Fabrics

Love these ponies!

I like to put a square bottom

on these zipper bags so they stand up.

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CLICK HERE: Quilted Zipper Bag Tutorial

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Ice Dyed......Snap Bag

I had a leftover hunk of ice dyed fabric

laying around for quite awhile...

I couldn't resist quilting a feather all over it.

Now....what to do with this little hunk

of quilted fabric?

I have been in a snap bag frenzy for months:

That little hunk of fabric was the perfect size

for this snap bag!

I might need to keep this one for myself.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Ice Dyeing...

Here are the results of my recent

Ice Dyeing session...

This started out as a natural colored

canvas tote bag...

These canvas tote bags have been stored away

in the cupboard for quite awhile...

I think I originally purchased them to do some

stenciling on them.

I threw them into a 5 gallon bucket with ice

and sprinkled fiber reactive dye powder on them.

I layered them like a parfait...

tote bag, ice, dye powder...

one on top of the other until 

the bucket was filled.

I let them batch for a couple of days.

I am delighted with the results!

The magic happens when they are

all pressed nice and flat...

These will make great holiday gifts.

I had a couple of aprons in the cupboard:

I threw them in the ice dyeing bucket too...

Yum, Yum, Yummy!

I also had a few t-shirts hanging around:

The T-shirts ended up 

in the ice dye bucket as well...

I also layered them like lasagna in the bucket...

Lots of ice dyeing FUN!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Dyeing.......Pillowcases

Here is a BLAST of COLOR for you...

Hand Dyed Pillowcases

I pleated them, fold them in half

and placed them in a long pencil tray...

then add fiber reactive dyes...

These make great holiday gifts!

I spent the day ironing...

It is satisfying getting them all ironed

and laying them out on the table...

It's almost time to roll them up and...

stuff them in a stocking!

More Fabric Dyeing to come...

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

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Table runners.....Modern Holiday

Every Monday I meet with the

Harlan Valley Quilters

@ the Quilt Palace

This is my sewing space @ the Palace.

Check out my new jar shelf on the wall...

My sister made this jar shelf for me.

It works great to keep my notions organized.

Ralph, the Palace cat, and I are working on

table runners today...

All of the piecing and quilting is complete:

Bindings are stitched on by machine today...

These are happy and cheerful...

Kind of a sweat shop.....4 runners

All of the bindings are sewn on...

Now it is time to.....give them away!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi