Ice Dyeing...Pillowcases

I am up at the Quilt Palace

working in the laundry room...

Very little laundry actually gets washed here...

it is mostly used as a dye studio.

I am ice dyeing pillowcases:

Ice covered with dye powder...

Depending on how deep you have the buckets

filled with ice...it takes a day or two for it to melt.

I was busy, so this sat for a week until I could

get back up to the Quilt Palace to process it.

Final Wash Out.....ready for the dryer

Here comes the.... Show 'n Tell

2 dozen pillowcases

Just love that ice dyed texture!

Holiday Gift Giving!

This is a leftover piece of iced dyed fabric:

It made a great warm up sandwich

when I was machine quilting...

The sandwich turned into a snap bag...

More Ice Dyeing:

Ice Dyed.....Tote Bags

Yum, Yum, Yummy!

I do love me some ice dyeing!

CLICK HERE to view my ice dye tutorial

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Bossom Buddies.....Quilt Retreat Slideshow

I spent a FUN week with the

Idaho Bossom Buddies

There were 10 of us at Quilt Retreat

CLICK the LINK below to watch the slideshow

of our week of Quilting FUN:

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Crosscut Quilt.....Idaho Retreat

I am attending a Quilt Retreat in

Rathdrum, Idaho

at Twin lakes

Lots of Autumn color in Idaho

This is my home away from home 

for the week...

I brought along my crosscut quilt...in progress

I also brought along a Bernina 801 

I found last summer in

Mitchell, Oregon at a thrift store.

This is our trial run together...

I have pieced 135 Crosscut Blocks:

I am sewing them together...

This is my first quilt top....light

I am now piecing my second quilt top....dark

 2nd quilt top.....done

I hung them over the railing

for a beauty shot...

Time to cut them apart:

The blocks are 9 inches...

I am cutting them with a 7 inch ruler.

Lots of abstract X blocks.....in the making

The blocks are all cut from both quilt tops...

light and dark.

Time to get them up on the design wall...

It was fun moving them around...

until I found something that appealed to me.

I am running out of design wall space...

13 rows up on the design wall....

Time to take these home to Oregon

and finish up this cross cut quilt....

More To Come!

CLICK HERE to view ALL Crosscut posts

#crosscutquilt

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Machine Quilting....Rulers and Free Motion

I have a warm up sandwich for playing with

Machine Quilting Rulers...

I recently played with the Flying Geese ruler...

Click the image to see close up view

Now, this is FUN!

I have also played with a few arc rulers,

then filled the areas in with 

free motion motifs....

I think I am ready to try these rulers out

on a real quilt soon.

You can watch Jamie Wallen in action with 

the flying geese rulers....CLICK HERE

Nobody told the flowers it is autumn...

This iris just bloomed today...

The roses out front are gorgeous...

The Dinner Plate Dahlia is.....stunning!

But, it really is autumn....

The grape leaves are 

throwing so much color at us!

The October Glory tree..... looks like this:

The Pacific Sunset Tree..... looks like this:

I took this image this evening 

as the sun was setting

on our West Fork Barn...

Autumn is here, 

whether the flowers like it or not.

CLICK HERE to view: Machine Quilting with Rulers

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi