Heart Brooches....Progress

Heart Brooches 

I received a heart brooch years ago and

wore it pinned to my jackets for several years,

I loved it...

I pulled out my scrap bin and sorted red and pink

fabric scraps.  I stitched them down to small 

squares of batting...

It was great FUN and I couldn't stop making

those crazy quilted squares...

I made 2 dozen of them in pink and red

I made a heart template

cut out from a manila folder

and traced the heart shape onto the squares...

I stitched small trims by machine

and fabric flowers by hand

on top of the crazy patchwork squares...

The heart template helped determine

the best place to trace out the heart shape

onto the crazy patchwork squares...

Once all of the squares have been

decorated with trim,  I will add backing

fabrics and cut them out...

I will share the rest of the process soon !

Get your fabric and batting scraps out

and have some FUN !

Autumn has found us here in

Western Oregon...

We are feeding cattle across the river

from our home place...

All of the red maple trees in the yard

are putting on a show !

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LuAnn Kessi 

Vintage Quilt Blocks...

I found these vintage

Grandmothers Flower Garden Blocks

in an antique mall 20 years ago...

 

The fabrics are 

Depression Era 30's and 40's...

I found them in an antique mall

They are all cut and pieced by hand...

There are only ten quilt blocks...

They are traditional with the yellow center,

solid fabric surrounding the center,

followed by a floral outer border...

They are lovely...

It is time to get them out of storage and

put them out where they can be enjoyed...

I cut a square of thin batting and

a square of backing fabric...

I layered all three pieced together

and pinned them to keep them from shifting...

I stitched all the way around the outside edge

then trimmed the seam allowance...

Then I cut and trimmed off the corners...

I slit open the back side

and turned the block right sides out...

I applied fusible web to a piece of leftover backing

cut it into narrow strips and heat set it

over the slit (no pic of that)...

Then I top stitched and quilted around

the hexagons...

Close-up View of quilting stitches...

They look so happy without the raw edges...

They will have a new life as

Candle Mats...

These fabrics were produced nearly 90 years ago

and they are finally out in the world

where they can be enjoyed...

Just in time for candle burning weather.

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LuAnn Kessi 

Room with a View...

 

This is the Thread Shed...

where I do most of my stitching

It is located in our yard by the Hen House...

The Cowboy built it for me in 2000...

hard to believe I have been stitching

in here for 26 years !

It is my Happy Place...

The chickens are always pecking around

nearby to keep me company...

The building is 16 x 24 feet

 

It houses my long arm on the left,

big board ironing board on the right,

Large work table in center of room,

Media cabinet in the back left corner

My sewing machine is by the big window...

I can see so much out this window

While I sew I can see cattle in the corral

and goats in the red barn...

From the cutting table I can see across the river...

I watch the cows eat their hay bales...

They are gathered around the bale feeder

up on the bench above the river...

I look to see if the hay feeder is empty

and if we need to fill it up...

I love being able to watch our girls

while I sew...

I love a room with a view...

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LuAnn Kessi 

Scrub Caps...

I have been stitching Scrub Caps

since January...

I am now making a few in Holiday fabrics...

This is a cap with a pouch in the back

for long hair...

Love the Snowmen...

Christmas Kitties Scrub Cap...

New Holiday Scrub caps ready to

send out in the mail.

I have made more than 150 caps for

men and women since January.

Autumn has arrived in Western Oregon:

This is our home place...

I took this picture from across the river while

feeding cattle today.

This is the back side of our place.

The red goat barn is on the right,

my yellow thread shed is to the left of the barn.

We have been feeding cattle for several weeks.

We also had 3 inches of rain last week...

We will be weaning calves in 3 weeks.

Life goes on...

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi