Swoon B.O.M...

In April my Wednesday quilt group

The Harlan Valley Quilters

began our Swoon Quilt-A-Long

 

The first Wednesday of each month

we piece a new Swoon Quilt Block...

Each block requires 2 fat quarters...

as well as a background fabric...

Each member chose her own fabrics...

We will be making 9 blocks each...

It is fun choosing the two fat quarters

for the block each month...

These are my Swoon quilt blocks...

At the end of this year

we will finish our quilt tops...

More To Come !

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi 

Garden Tea Party Quilt...

 I am starting a new quilt project

on Wednesdays....

I am a sucker for large florals...

This Garden Tea Party Quilt kit

has been in my fabric cupboard since 2009...

I forgot all about it.....eek !

The interior of the quilt is all large cut blocks

and the edge is all fussy cut applique shapes...

These tea pots and flowers are the size

of my hand...

What a treat to work with all of these

beauties every Wednesday all summer long...

The blocks are cut large, which will

show off all of the large motifs...

The blocks are all different sizes

and it took an entire Wednesday to cut

all of them out...

Last Wednesday I started piecing the blocks

into long panels...

3 panels....in progress

This is as far as I got last week...

I am looking forward to starting the

applique work...

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LuAnn Kessi 

Baby Nines....Quilted & Bound

The Baby Nines Quilt is....DONE ! 

I machine quilted daisies all over...

I just kind of made this design up

as I went along....it was great FUN !

I had this lavender binding cut out

a few years ago and never used it...

it works nicely on this baby quilt.

How about that PINK backing...

This is a gift for our tractor mechanic...

He has been coming out to our place for

a few weeks now working on my

red tractor (it blew up last hay season)...

His baby is due any day

and the baby quilt is ready to go !

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LuAnn Kessi 

Baby Nines...

I am in need of a baby quilt...

 

This very scrappy nine patch pattern

will work nicely with the scrap fabrics

I have in the bin by my cutting table...

I used 2 inch squares to create the 9 patch blocks,

I had leftover 5 inch charm squares,

also found leftover white background fabric

from a previous quilt...

The 5 inch charm squares

for the center of the quilt

are up on the design wall...

I am placing the 9 patch blocks

around the charm squares...

9 patch blocks make everything better...

It's a good thing this is baby size...

I barely have enough fabric....eek !

The blue fabric is just right for the

side triangles...

it has baby goats on it....FUN !

All of these are leftovers from my

1930's reproduction quilt projects

I have done over the last 30 years.

Now to find a backing fabric and

get this basted and machine quilted.

More to Come !

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LuAnn Kessi 

Poppies Quilt...

 

The binding is stitched in place

and the Poppies Quilt is on our bed !

It is definitely Spring here in Western Oregon

and the flowers are beginning to bloom,

even the ones on our bed !

I absolutely loved this line of fabric

and just had to make a quilt with it...

The center Poppy panel is so beautiful...

I kept the outer borders white so there

would be no distraction from the 

center of the quilt...

This quilt brightens up our room...

Makes me happy every time I walk

in the room...

Machine Quilting...Close-Up views

Nothing like sleeping under a 

hand made quilt.

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LuAnn Kessi 

Bear Paws...

I am making Bear Paw Blocks this week: 

Bear Paw Block

I am using them as a border treatment

for this High Horses panel...

Here is my fabric pull for this project;

Green Background Fabric

Assorted Brown Fabrics

I chose this Bear Paw pattern because it offered

cutting directions for a 7 inch block...

It also gave directions to make

8 bias squares at once...

I assembly line press the bias squares

then use a clapper to keep the blocks flat...

I use a Bloc Loc ruler to trim the

bias squares to the proper size...

I trim them on a mini mat

so I can turn it easily while trimming,

never having to move the actual bias square...

I also lay the block pieces out onto a

flannel design board to keep them

in the proper order...

Once on the flannel board,

I can transport the pieces from the

cutting table to the sewing machine

to the ironing board...

Again, using the clapper to 

keep the seams nice and flat after pressing

with the iron...

Bear Paw Block

I need 22 Bear Paw Blocks

for this border treatment...

This is the second time I am creating a quilt

from this High Horses panel...

that's a story for another time.

I have been posting new cattle videos

to my Instagram feed

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi