Texture Magic Class...

Permission 2 Play

Texture Magic Class

This is a Free Class Offering for cancer diagnosed patients.

A Special Thank You to Bob at Superior Threads for donating the Texture Magic product to make this class possible.

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Living Well with Cancer & Healing through Quilting

As quilters, we all understand the healing benefits of creating quilted textiles.

JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop in Philomath, Oregon is a strong advocate of our Permission 2 Play classes and allows us the use of their beautiful classroom space, as well as advertising of our classes in their newsletters.

Quilters of the Mary's River Quilt Guild who support this class through donations of fabrics, threads and embellishments.

We have received a cash grant from OSU Folk Art Club in Corvallis, Oregon

Patsy Thompson Designs has donated the beautiful threads you see in this slideshow.

A heartfelt thanks to our instructors who donate their time and talents to lead these textile art classes.

Most of all we thank our students who attend each class with an open mind and willingness to try something new. You are an inspiration!

Please contact LuAnn Kessi at kessi@pioneer.net if you are interested in joining this free class offering, or if you are interested in starting a Permission 2 Play group in your town.

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Texture Magic......in Progress

I am still working on the Brown Texture Magic piece...

I spent 2 days adding beads:

I am happy with the texture and the shape of the piece...

Close-Up View

Detail View

You can see the bead work better in this photo.

I am done with the beading.....I think.

I may add some fibers & metal?

I know it is not done....yet.

This is the last of the Iris photos...

I need to clean out the iris bed. Sad to see them go.

Dark Blue Iris

Brown Iris

Pink Purple Iris

Close-Up View....Pink Purple Iris

I may just have to print this out on fabric and quilt it

Blue Iris and Lupine

Now that the Iris are done blooming...

The roses are beginning to put on a show of their own!

Close-Up View of Climbing Rose out on the patio

Rose.....after the rain

It appears as if it is made from paper...

Close-Up View.....Red Climbing Rose

As Always....if you are inspired to use any of my photography in your personal art work, feel free to download it with my permission.

The yearling cattle resting in the pasture...

They are not alone...

Freckles, the Cow Mama, is sleeping with them

Since losing her pasture mate, Dancer, last year, Freckles has adopted the yearling cattle as her own.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Texture Magic Projects...

I decided to get right with it and make something with those Texture Magic pieces I steamed up yesterday!

Let's see what the day brings...

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I was a bit disappointed that the free motion quilting on the sunflower is barely visible.

However, I just love all that texture and color.

I just can't let it go to waste...

Notebook Cover & Pincusion

I have kept a written journal for nearly 20 years now.

It is about time I had a hand made cover.

Texture Magic Pincushion

This is packed full of those little polyester pellets.

It is nice and heavy and will stay where I put it!

This is the brown piece I steamed up yesterday...

I decided against a binding...

I didn't want to flatten down the edges:

I traced a line, following the irregular shape of the edge from steaming it.

Then I placed it face down on the backing fabric.

Pretty sides together for stitching...

Stitching all the way around the quilt sandwich following the drawn line

Trim the edge leaving an 1/8 inch seam allowance.

I like a tiny seam allowance when the edges are curvy.

All the edges are trimmed and this is ready to turn right side out...

No...I didn't leave an opening for turning...

I cut an opening in the back for turning.

Later I will cover up the slit with a label...

All turned right side out...

I am happy with the organic shape of this piece.

Auditioning Beads & Embellishments...

Time to take this into the house so I can sip a cup of coffee and put my feet up while I sew on the beads.

I picked up this little bead tray for $1.50 at the bead shop last week.

It works great for sprinkling out the beads I want to work with, keeping them sorted & separate from each other.

I have ignored these two all day...

It is time to take them out for a JOY RIDE!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Texture Magic Play Day......

A Day To Play........Texture Magic

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Texture Magic

18 x 47 inches

This stuff SHRINKS!

Superior Threads has a chart you can download and print.

The chart helps you determine what size Texture Magic you need to cut for your desired completed project size.

For my first experiment with Texture Magic I chose this variegated brown wavy fabric.

Layer as follows:

1. Texture Magic on the bottom

2. Batting in the middle

3. Brown Fabric on the top

Pin the quilt sandwich together...

I chose to loosely quilt along the wavy lines on the fabric

This is what the quilt sandwich looks like from the back side after all the quilting is done.

The white is the Texture Magic

I am using a vintage plastic steamer.

If you use a metal iron, DO NOT touch the bottom of the iron to the Texture Magic.

This is what the piece looks like AFTER all the steaming is done

I am thrilled with all of the texture on this piece!

Texture Magic is like quilting on steroids!

Kathi chose a fern batik for her first experiment with Texture Magic

She decided to quilt around each individual black fern...

Once all of the ferns were quilted.....she quilted wavy lines in the background areas

This is the finished piece after the Texture Magic was steamed.

Lots of great texture here!

Kathi chose a batik with spiral circles printed all over it.

She loosely quilted around the spiral shapes

Time for the magic......adding steam to the quilted piece

Remember....steam from the back side directly onto the Texture Magic.

Cinnamon Rolls.....Kathi thinks it looks like cinnamon rolls!

She placed an unquilted piece on the left next to the Texture Magic piece on the right so you could see a before and after image of the fabric

On this piece, I am quilting a few big sunflowers

I want to experiment and see if a motif will show up in the middle of all that texture

I quilted wavy lines in the background areas...

This is what the piece looks like from the back with all of the quilting completed.

The white is the actual piece of Texture Magic

These little vintage plastic steamers are perfect for Texture Magic.

I found several of these steamers in the thrift store a dollar or two.

You can actually lay these steamers directly on the Texture Magic during the steaming process.

The Fabric begins to shrink and buckle as soon as you apply the steam.

It will flatten out once all of the shrinking is completed.

Sunflowers after all the shrinking

Kathi and I will play around with these Texture Magic pieces and see what develops.

I am thinking the brown piece will turn into a landscape journal quilt...

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn