Garden Tea Party Quilt...

 

Time to get a binding on this quilt...

I place the folgers can on the floor 

between my feet and the binding 

feeds beautifully up and onto 

the quilt as I stitch it in place.

Binding clips hold the binding in place

as I stitch it down...

Almost done stitching the binding...

always a great feeling !

She's all bound and ready to go...

It was raining today, so I couldn't take her

outside for a full length photo shoot...

Machine quilting close up view:

Swirls and flower petal motifs...

This was a FUN one to machine quilt...

Always a great feeling to get a quilt 

to completion...

This quilt is on its' way to someone

who has had surgery and now radiation.

I hope it brings her comfort and peace

when she needs it most.

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LuAnn Kessi 

Garden Tea Party...Machine Quilting

I started this quilt top in June...

 

Garden Tea Party Quilt

I am absolutely in LOVE with these

gorgeous floral fabrics....

They are so feminine and lovely...

I basted the quilt last week

and it is time for machine quilting...

80 x 97 inches

I have been machine quilting with this sit-down

Handi Quilter Sweet Sixteen for 15 years...

large quilts are a breeze with my big girl machine !

Those dark blue clamps hold up the quilt

so there is no drag while I am pushing it around

under the needle...

quilting feathers makes me happy...

feathers, flowers and swirls.....FUN !

Now, let me get back to my quilting

so I can get this beauty finished up...

More to Come !

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LuAnn Kessi 

Hollyhock Quilt...

 

Hollyhocks

Old Fashioned Hollyhocks

have always been a favorite of mine...

They are in full bloom...

If you look closely in the very center

you can see a 5 point star...

You can plant the seeds in the ground 

spring, summer or fall

 and they will sprout right up and begin to grow.

They winter over really well.

The next summer they will bloom beautifully.

They are drought tolerant and don't need water.

They are prolific and re-seed themselves.

Not only beautiful, but easy to grow.

Midnight in the Garden

This is my Hollyhock quilt from 2010

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LuAnn Kessi 

Friends at the Fence.....

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properly again check out

my latest post... 

Friends at the Fence

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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 

Mod TV Quilt Top....

 

Remember this Mod TV Quilt...

I started it back in March...

I decided it was time to finish the quilt top

Yesterday I added a one inch black border

followed by a 6 inch Atomic border...

The Atomic fabric is from Michael Miller fabrics.

The Atomic fabric adds to that 1960's vibe...

Didn't we all love " That Girl " with her 

flipped up hair !

" Bewitched" was probably my most

favorite show on TV...

We all wanted to wiggle our nose

and our bedroom would be magically

all cleaned up !

Every Saturday morning was spent

watching cartoons...

Leave it to Beaver...another classic TV show

" The Jetsons "

We all thought someday we would fly

around in our cars...

" Patty Duke "

We all loved to watch Patty Duke

and her twin cousin...

These TV shows really take me

back to my childhood days

during the 1960's...

This was great fun 

reliving these classic TV shows...

sometimes you just gotta make a quilt

just for the FUN of it !

Now I need to paw through the fabric

cupboards and find something to

back this with.

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LuAnn Kessi