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March 25, 2024
Messy Painted Canvas...Zip Cases from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full


Messy Painted Canvas

 


30 x 72 inches





So much FUN to create !







After the canvas is finished,

I like to cut it up and make stuff with it...


These are two halves of a zipper bag...

The zipper is installed on the front side.



Here comes the.....Show 'n Tell:











































Such a FUN way to spend the day

at the sewing machine !


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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi


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added by LuAnn Kessi 1 month ago. under bags , inspiration , painted canvas
September 6, 2023
Messy Painted Canvas....Zip Cases from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

 


Messy Painted Canvas !


I am creating Zip Cases today

with Messy Painted Canvas...





This is a 6 foot piece of primed canvas

that was painted, stamped and written on...





I am using it to create these zip cases...





Each one is different...





They are FUN to create

and FUN to give away !





I start out with 2 pieces of canvas,

a zipper and a zipper pull...





I cut the zipper to size and add tabs on the ends...





The zipper is sewn to the first piece of canvas

and I use the cut off section of the zipper

as a ...

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added by LuAnn Kessi 7 months, 3 weeks ago. under bags , painted canvas
May 21, 2022
Quilt Retreat......Day 2 from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

 

I brought my vintage Yo Yo top to the retreat

for Show 'n Tell:


It was made during the depression
and is approaching 90 years old...




It has inspired me to create my own Yo Yo top...



I carry mine in this canvas dowel bag:


I made this a few years back...





My Yo Yo top is getting larger and is

outgrowing the dowel bag...



This is a much larger dowel bag:


I ice dyed and machine quilted the fabric,

then my aunt created the bag for me...



I have decided to make a larger 

canvas dowel bag

to carry ...

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added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 11 months ago. under bags , hand pieced , painted canvas , quilt retreat , yo yo
December 21, 2020
2020......Highlights from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

 A look back at 2020...


January 2020


I needed a fresh start for 2020.

My sewing area went from this:



to this:




February 2020

Calving Season begins @ the Kessi Ranch



Playing with Rayon Threads




March 2020

The Turkey Vultures are BACK




Calving Season....continues:




Fertilizing the Hay Fields



Playing with Improv




April 2020

Improv Technique 2



Improv Technique 3



Improv Technique 4



Improv Technique 5



Improv Technique 6



Improv Technique 7



Improv Technique 8



Sunflower Quilt Finished




May 2020

Zipper Pulls







June 2020

Improv Quilt Top




Messy Painted Canvas




July 2020

Tassel Necklaces



Haying Season ...

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added by LuAnn Kessi 3 years, 4 months ago. under bags , beads , birds , cattle cows farm , english paper piecing , face masks , free motion quilting , hand pieced , horses , improv , orange peel , painted canvas , pumpkin seed quilt , quilt retreat , stil , thread shed , travel
June 30, 2020
Messy Painted Canvas... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full



The tables are...set for FUN !


Messy Painted Canvas


Canvas / Duck Cloth





Inexpensive Acrylic Craft Paints





Found Objects for stamping





First Layer....Light paints.... rolled on

to create some background noise.





Second Layer....stamping with medium colors

with found objects.










Close Up View:  Found Object Stamping



At this point,  we have added several more layers

of darker paints and foam stamps:







The addition of the black and white paints

really makes the composition.....sing!





Completed Canvas








The final layer is adding detail

with black and white paint markers:


Linda using a white paint marker



5 Art Sisters each left with ...

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added by LuAnn Kessi 3 years, 10 months ago. under painted canvas , surface design
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