Messy Painted Canvas
Such a FUN way to spend the day
at the sewing machine !
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LuAnn Kessi
Messy Painted Canvas
Such a FUN way to spend the day
at the sewing machine !
View all my painted canvas posts HERE
LuAnn Kessi
This tote bag is cut out and ready to stitch...
This ...
read moreI have had this panel sitting around
for long enough...
These were much larger,
so I turned them ...
read moreI have had this panel for many years
and it is time to put it together...
How FUN is this !
This Monster bag is going to a
Little Monster that I know !
p.s. I used Pellon Fusible Flex Foam
to give the bag better shape and body.
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I spent the week @ The Quilt Palace
and we are looking forward to
our next retreat in May 2024.
Woke up Early...
Fed the Cattle...
Power Washed the cement
in front of the house
and ran out to the Thread Shed
to do some stitching !
In between feeding cattle and
shipping out calves...
There are a couple more bags
prepped on the sewing table.....eek!
Is anyone else thinking....addiction???
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I have been collecting JUMBO Ric Rac...
I finished up the last of the
Vintage Camper Zip Cases
The flower beds are all cleaned out
and put away for the winter months...
this was the last flower standing.
Happy Autumn !
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I am attending a Quilters Halloween Party
They are always glad to see us...
and the hay we bring them.
We ...
read moreI found this Vintage Camper fabric
at Hobby Lobby this summer...
All of the prep work is done...
when I get a few minutes to myself
I can run ...
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Messy Painted Canvas !
It seems that somehow the end of the school year has crept on me even more than usual... I suddenly realised last Sunday that the kids were about to start their last week, i.e. that teachers' presents were needed to be completed by the end of the week but I hadn't even made a start... I needed 4 this year and one was needed by Wednesday morning not Friday + Wednesday evening was the annual fete de la musique (music festival for the summer solstice) which meant that that was one last evening to work on the presents.
I ...
read moreI had forgotten how much work a website is. I have test patterns to make, swaps to complete, and a whole lot of dyeing and video making to do.
But….here I sit working on my website. At least I can sort of do it when the migraine wanes…. I don’t dare put needle to cloth until it is over.
Back in the fall when I decided NOT to have a website anymore (read previous blog for the sad details), I could not really come up with a good reason to put in all of the work.
Fast forward ...
read moreI ordered these 2 little panels last year...
This was a fast and fun quilted project !
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read moreLast night I was the guest speaker at Pinestream Quilters in Upper Hutt, Wellington.
I've spoken to Pinestream Quilters previously, so I decided to take along some of my bags and tapestry cushions, as well as my most recently finished quilts of course.
Everyone loved my Giraffe tapestry cushion designed by Kim McLean. I thought that they were no longer available, but upon checking I see that they are back in stock at the Crewel Gobelin in Sydney here. You can read more about my cushion and how I attached the tassels here.