Portrait Quilts.....A Blast from the Past

Let's go back 10 years...

I was having lots of FUN creating

PORTRAIT QUILTS 

Image of Lilly

Close Up View......Lilly

The fabric surrounding this portrait is 

my hand dyed fabric that I screen printed on.

Machine quilted.

My Favorite Cow and her calf...

Finished Quilt

I use Neocolor II Crayons on cotton fabric

Ram

I took a photo at the Oregon State Fair.

It made a great subject for this portrait quilt.

Kindra

Lilly

A herd of Wild Horses

This is yet to be quilted.

Captain America and Devn

This is yet to be quilted.

The Cowboy unloading hay

This is yet to be quilted.

Gunnr

This portrait quilt was included in the

2012 Quilting Arts Calendar

Gunnr with his portrait quilt

Rose Portrait Quilt.....in progress

Orange Zinnia Portrait Quilt

Close Up View.....metallic threads

The Neocolor II is applied to the cotton fabric,

then water is painted over the Neocolor II

which creates vibrant colors...

CLICK HERE to watch me create this Zinnia quilt

Thanks for sharing this great trip 

down memory lane!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Hollyhocks...

 

I had several hundred images on the camera

taken over the summer...

I thought I would share a few:

Hollyhocks blooming by the back door...

Our little herd of blackberry eaters...

Boer Goats

We feed them grape leaves off the arbor

in the back yard...

Goats are super fun to have around !

Blueberry Pie....in progress

All baked up and ready to go !

I just love this gorgeous steer calf...

5 months old

I have lots more and will try and

post them as time allows.

Enjoy the rest of your summer !

If you are inspired by any of these images,

please use them in your personal art work.

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LuAnn Kessi

DIY Phone Stands...

 This is a super quick stitching project...

iPhone Stands...

I don't even have an iPhone...

we don't have cell service where we live.

But, several of my friends and family do...

so I made a few to give as gifts.

They require a small piece of fabric,

so I pawed through my scrap basket...

I lined them with fusible interfacing...

The bottom half is filled with plastic pellets...

The top half is stuffing.

I made a larger one to support an ipad...

I don't have an ipad either.

There are oodles of You Tube video tutorials

to teach you how to make these.

They are FUN and FAST and make great gifts!

Lucifer Crocosmia

blooming in the back yard...

The blooms are so vibrant and exotic...

I guess I planted them too close to the fence:

The naughty goats nibbled on them !

I didn't take any process images 

while making the ipad stands,

but this is a You Tube Tutorial

that is similar to the way I made mine.

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LuAnn Kessi

Improv 9 Patch......Blocks all done

 

Improv 9 Patch

I was able to piece 25 more 9 patch blocks

since July...

They are the white blocks around the edges

of the quilt top...

Right now the quilt measures 70 x 60 inches...

168 Blocks

I will fill in with solid white fabric 

all along the edges...

This work table has been cleared off...

I am piecing the vertical rows...

The left over strips will wait for a future project.

This has been a great summer project...

just pop into the Thread Shed and 

make a block or two

when I get some time to stitch!

Yes, we are feeding cattle...

The pastures are all dried up and the 

cows are more than happy to 

belly up to the hay feeders.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi