Focus on Fusing.......Fused Fabric

I am enrolled in Melody Johnson's

Focus on Fusing Online Class...

My fabrics have been dyed...

The hand dyes are all fused...

You can see the fusible paper 

on the back side of the fabrics.

I spent the day trimming off all of the un-fused

edges on the hand dyed fat quarters.

I need to be sure that the fusing goes all the way

to the edges of the fabric.

Lots of edge trimmings.

Rather than work with an entire fat quarter 

of fused fabric,

I am cutting off 3 inch strips to work with.

It took most of the day to get the 50 fat quarters 

trimmed and ready to work with.

The fabrics are prepped...

I am ready to begin creating!

I will post my homework 

as I complete it each week.

You can check out Melody's class HERE

Every Friday Melody posts a 

new homework assignment.

 Melody is offering this as a FREE online class!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Ralph....the Machine Quilting Kitty

It's Time for.....Pets On Quilts

Cat on Quilt Category

This is Ralph......the Quilting Kitty

Ralph lives at the Quilt Palace

Watch the video below to see 

Ralph machine quilting:

CLICK HERE to view lots more Pets on Quilts

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Focus on Fusing.......Class Homework

I am enrolled in Melody Johnson's

Focus on Fusing Online Class...

This week I sorted through my hand dyes:

These are a few that might work for this class.

We won't be using wild hand dyes at first...

We will use calmer hand dyes like these:

I do notice that the majority of my hand dyes

read as medium values.......hmmm.

I need each color to have values from very light

to very dark......like this run of pink hand dyes.

I spent Tuesday dyeing primary and secondary

colors on the color wheel......48 fat quarters.

Today I washed and dried them.

Now I am ready to fuse.....ALL of them!

Melody prefers 

Pellon Wonder-Under 805  fusible web

This press will make short work of all that fusing!

This press has 7 times the pressing surface

of a regular iron.........wish me luck!

I will post my homework 

as I complete it each week.

You can check out Melody's class HERE

Every Friday Melody posts a 

new homework assignment.

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Machine Quilting.....Whole Cloth

I have been stitching on this 2 yard

whole cloth for.....4 days!

I was just sure I could stitch this out in a day...

No Marking...

just free motion doodling 

all over a 2 yard quilt sandwich.

How long could that take?

I am machine quilting on my

Bernina 153QE

It takes a long time when Ralph helps you!

When he cuddled up on the back of the quilt...

I could quilt on the front fairly well without

too much cat drag.

 Back of Quilt Sandwich:

I should have finished this in one day,

with Ralph the Machine Quilting Cat...

it took 4 days!

This 2 yard quilt sandwich will be cut up and

pieced into a large carry bag.

I will post images when it is done.

CLICK HERE to see the finished bag

Good night from Ralph and me ~

CLICK HERE: Ice Dyeing this fabric

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Color.......More is More!

Here is your color blast for the day

Each morning I water the flowers,

they change so much from the day before...

The flowers give me lots of inspiration

for choosing colors for my quilts...

This is the view out the back door...

This flower bed is full of State Fair Zinnias...

 State Fair Zinnias get your attention:

No need to enhance these images...

these Zinnias are just this colorful!

Orange State Fair Zinnia

I recently hand dyed fabrics to create a Zinnia Quilt,

so I am a bit obsessed with them right now.

Hollyhocks......always an attention getter!

Orange Cone Flowers

Now that is juicy orange!

Red Rudbeckia

Deep Pink Dahlia

Red Dahlia

All of these flowers are in the warm color family.

Lots of in-your-face color!

I hope this gives you lots of color inspiration

for your future quilting projects.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi