Adventures in Portrait Quilts........Class Slideshow

Saturday found me in Philomath, Oregon at

JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop (JLC)

JLC has an ongoing series of classes:

Adventures in Art Quilting

Today I lead a class in

Adventures in Portrait Quilts

Check out the slideshow below to see how our day went:

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Many Thanks to my students for sharing their art and to JLC for their beautiful classroom space.

CLICK HERE to view Photoshop Elements Portrait Tutorial

CLICK HERE to view Neocolor II Portrait Tutorial

CLICK HERE to view Cord Bound Edge Tutorial

CLICK HERE to view Thread Information

CLICK HERE to view my Art Quilts

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Portrait Class......Saturday

I should have been home packing for class tomorrow,

but I spent the day working cattle...

I do love working with the animals,

so I rarely miss the spring round up.

We arrived home at 3:30...

" Gunnr "

Neocolor II Portrait on Fabric

Adventures in Portrait Quilts Class

I went right out to the Thread Shed and began organizing and

packing for the portrait class tomorrow.

7:30 pm I walked in the door and started dinner.

It is now 8:30 and I am showered and heading to bed.

See you in class in the morning!

CLICK HERE to view my Portraits on Fabric

CLICK HERE to view Photoshop Elements Tutorial

CLICK HERE to view Neocolor II Tutorial

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Adventures in Mixed Media Quilts...

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Many Thanks to JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop in Philomath Oregon for offering this Adventures in Art Quilting Series, and for their beautiful classroom space we worked in today.

CLICK HERE to view Adventures in Portrait Quilts Class

CLICK HERE to view my Tutorials

CLICK HERE to Watch Me in the Thread Shed

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Mixed Media.......Packing for Class

I spent today packing up supplies for the

Mixed Media Class

tomorrow...

These are some of the found objects that you will be

playing with tomorrow if you are enrolled in my

Mixed Media Class

With all of this inspiration here in front of me,

I couldn't help but start a new Mixed Media Quilt:

I will bring this along to class tomorrow and show you

how I attach everything to the quilted sandwich.

I hope to see You in class !

CLICK HERE to view Mixed Media Class Information

CLICK HERE to view my Neocolor II Portrait Quilts

CLICK HERE to view Portrait Quilt Class Information

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Mixed Media.......New Class Sample

I recently stamped these tea bag papers

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Recycle Tea Bag Papers

I decided to use a few of them in a new

Mixed Media Class Sample Quilt:

Rust Fabric

This is a piece of fabric that was Rust Dyed

last summer.

It will be the foundation for this mixed media piece.

Auditioning a few tea bag papers

and metal embellishments...

The stamped tea bags show up nicely on the lightly rusted areas

Auditioning a few found papers

At this point...

all of the tea bag papers have been fastened down with

soft gel medium

Playing with the placement of the

metal leaf light switch cover

Not sure which orientation feels right

for the light switch cover...

This lay out seems balanced.

I will hand sew the metal embellishments on

after all of the machine quilting is completed.

Waxed Threads

I will bring this to class as a sample

and couch down these waxed threads.

I hope to see YOU in class !

CLICK HERE for Class Information

CLICK HERE to view Adventures in Portrait Quilts Class

CLICK HERE to view the Sunflowers Quilt

CLICK HERE to view Midnight in the Garden Challenge Quilt

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Spring Class Offerings...

I stopped in at

JanniLou Creations

and my class samples are displayed:

Click Images to Enlarge:

Adventures in Portrait Quilts Class

This is a beginner level class

No Portrait Experience Required

(basic sewing machine knowledge needed)

CLICK HERE to find out more about my class offerings

in May & June 2011

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Neocolor II Portrait Class.....June 18, 2011

Adventures in Quilted Portraits

Saturday, June 18, 2011

JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop

Philomath, Oregon

Instructor: LuAnn Kessi

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Class Sample Quilts:

State Fair Zinnia

13 x 13

Neocolor II Portrait

Baby Goat

13 x 16

Neocolor II Portrait

Lilly

14 x 16

Neocolor II Portrait

Remember Me Rose

14 x 16

Inktense Portrait

Gunnr

14 x 16

Neocolor II Portrait

Iris

13 x 19

Neocolor II Portrait

Sparrow

8.5 x 11

Inktense Portrait

Class Description:

Spend the day with coloring crayons, pencils, fabric and your sewing machine. This is a brand new technique developed by LuAnn Kessi to create Fabric Portrait Quilts. The best part is, this is a beginner level class. Yes, you can create a quilted portrait, no experience necessary, and you will have great fun learning how. This process is as simple as coloring in a child's coloring book. Come into JLC and view the portrait quilts on display and sign up for class!

Students will learn:

The use of Neocolor II Crayons and Inktense Watercolor Pencils.

How to Audition Threads and Fabrics to complement the portrait.

Simple Free Motion Quilting.

Cord Bound Edge Treatment.

Fast Fused Binding Treatment.

Hanging Triangles & Fast Fused Label.

Students will create a small journal size portrait in class.

The instructor will provide the portraits pre-printed on fabric.

Hope to see you in class in June!

CLICK HERE to view this class in the JLC Newsletter Page 4

CLICK HERE to view Adventures in Mixed Media Class

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Mixed Media Class......May 21, 2011

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Adventures in Mixed Media Art Quilts

Instructor: LuAnn Kessi

Saturday, May 21, 2011

9:30 - 4:00

JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop

1243 Main Street

Philomath, Oregon 97370

541-929-3795 Call to Register for Class

Class Description:

Come and experience the fun of incorporating fabric, paper, wood, metal and fibers into your quilts.

Start out with an inspiration: birds, flowers, horses, dogs, etc. and build on that theme by adding layers of interesting found objects.

Instructor will provide the found objects, you will bring your inspiration as a starting point.

Learn simple techniques to bring your quiltmaking skills to the next level of Mixed Media.

You will create a journal size quilt in class.

Come into JLC and view the Mixed Media Quilts on display!

Beginner Level class, however, you will need sewing machine skills to do simple machine quilting later in the class.

Lab Fee $15 to cover supplies used during class.

Class Supply List:

Mixed Media Journal Quilt Class

JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop, Philomath Oregon

Saturday, May 21, 2011

9:30 - 4:00

Choose a theme for your journal quilt: Birds, Flowers, Animals, whatever you are interested in.

Bring along a photo, magazine cut out, an actual object etc. of your theme inspiration.

Sewing Machine cleaned and in good working order w/Manual

Free Motion Darning Foot for machine quilting

Topstitch Sewing Machine Needles

Variety of thread colors in cotton or polyester

Basic Sewing & Rotary Cutting Supplies (fabric & paper scissors, rulers, cutters, etc)

Variety of Fat Quarter Fabrics (you may want to wait until after class begins to choose fat quarters from the quilt shop that coordinate with your theme.)

Batting - very thin cotton (approx. the size of a fat quarter of fabric 18x22)

1/2 yard Fusible Web

Glue Stick

Smock or Apron

Sack Lunch

Instructor will provide the mixed media objects: Paper, metal, cording, fibers & various findings.

(There is a $15 lab fee to cover the cost of these items)

Students will learn:

To work with a theme and create a journal size quilt to reflect that theme.

Techniques for incorporating unconventional objects on your quilt surface.

Basting your quilt layers together

How to work with various thread types and colors.

Couching Cording & Fibers to the quilt surface.

Free Motion Quilting for Art Style Quilts

Corded Binding Technique

Fast Fused Binding Technique & Label

Various Hanging Options for Displaying your Quilt.

We will also be playing with Stamping on Tea Bags!

CLICK HERE to view Tea Bag Stamping

Visit my blog to view my Mixed Media Sample Quilts:

The Audition Bird Quilt: http://luannkessi.blogspot.com/2010/03/quilting-mixed-media-bird-quilt.html

In The Moment Rust Quilt: http://luannkessi.blogspot.com/2010/03/mixed-media-rust-quilt.html

Life's Doorways Horse Quilt: http://luannkessi.blogspot.com/2010/04/mixed-media-horse-quiltdone.html

CLICK HERE to view this class in the JLC Newsletter Page 3

Please contact me if you have any questions.

LuAnn Kessi

kessi@pioneer.net