A day at the Coast

The Oregon Coast

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The Oregon Coast was the place to be this week!

We are fortunate...

Just a one hour drive to reach the ocean.

The sun was shining and just a breeze off the ocean waves.

The sound of the waves and the smell of the ocean...

so relaxing.

Sometimes you need to stop the world...

and get off for a few hours.

The gorgeous colors,

the crashing waves,

the sun on my face....

It energizes you!

A change of scenery can do you good !

It's just what we needed.

This fellow definitely inspires me...

Please feel free to use him in your personal art work.

He is downloaded at a high resolution.

Click on him to enlarge him before you download.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Neocolor II Portraits......Suzy & Baby Goat

I am enjoying incorporating two of my passions:

Photography & Quilted Art

I continue to alter images in Photoshop and print them on fabric for the purpose of adding color with

Neocolor II crayons

My son's Jack Russell, Suzy

has become a common subject in my quilts.

I think because I have so many photographs of her.

Here is Suzy snuggled into a quilt.

This has been printed on 13 x 19 Fabric in Black & White

I normally start with the lightest color first, which was Suzy.

However, I was unsure of how to color her, so I started with the quilt.

Sometimes all you need to do is just start coloring...

You get comfortable with the colors...

You work intuitively...

Portions of this have been painted with the water solution and are vibrant.

This piece is now ready to be basted with batting and backing fabric.

I am anxious to get it to the sewing machine...

Last Spring I spent time down at the Goat Barn.

I took a lawn chair and my camera.

The bouncing baby goats kept me entertained for hours!

These big close up images work best for this Neocolor Technique.

This image has been altered in Photoshop, then printed on fabric.

Here is Baby Goat

Ready for Quilting...

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CLICK HERE to view one of Suzy's Quilts

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full......of Portraits,

LuAnn

Thank You!.......Quilters Dream Batting

A package arrived in the mail today...

Quilters Dream Batting

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Suzy won 2 Battings...

Dream Green Battings

Created from recycled plastic bottles

If there is a quilt left lying around...

Suzy gets cozy.

I photo transferred this image onto fabric:

Suzy in Sunshine

Photo Transfer, Free Motion Thread Work, Quilted & Bound

Winning Entry in the

Pets on Quilts

Contest

Thank you Quilters Dream Batting

and

SewCalGal for hosting this contest

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Suzy.....The Quilting Doggie

This is my entry for the Pets on Quilts Show

This is a photo I took of Suzy our Jack Russell Terrier

If there is a quilt left lying around, Suzy will find it and get cozy!

As soon as I took this photo...

I just knew it would become a quilted textile someday

Suzy Quilt

Photo Transfer, Free Motion Quilting, Thread Painting

Detail of Thread Work

Suzy's favorite place is under my sewing machine!

She is the very best sewing dog

I cherish our time together in the Thread Shed

When I am binding a quilt...

I am not alone...

Suzy gets cozy on the quilt while I am binding it.

I sit by the window so I have lots of light to hand sew...

Suzy enjoys the warm rays of sunshine while she is napping on the quilt.

I am in the process of making another Suzy Quilt...

Do you think Suzy approves of the pattern?

Suzy, LuAnn & Brad

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Making Hay...

Gotta make hay....when the sun shines!

Here in Western Oregon we haven't seen a lot of sunshine

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Mowing hay in the Bend Field

Brad is mowing while Nicholas gets off the tractor to have some lunch

Suzy and I stopped by to bring the guys iced tea

Suzy loves to check out all the mole hills in the hay fields

Grass after it has been mowed...

This will lay out in the sun and dry for a day or two.

Middle Field.......Mowed

After the grass dries...

it will be raked into rows and baled.

Changing Drivers...

Nicholas is done with lunch, so gets back on to finish mowing the Bend Field

Suzy is headed for home...

I guess it is time for me to go too.

I painted fabric today.

I will post photos tomorrow...

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn