Friday, January 24, 2014

Hexagon Baby Quilt.....Progress Report



I am hand piecing a hexagon baby quilt:



This is what it looked like the last time you saw it...






After a few nights of piecing...


it is almost baby quilt size!








These are the last of the 

hexagons ready to stitch in place.


More to come...


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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,


LuAnn Kessi

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Sketch Book......Swirl Designs



Another peek into my

Quilting Sketch Book:



Lots of designs with swirls!



Hair Band Swirls

This is a favorite background fill...




Here's how I stitch it out:









Curly Swirly




Here's how I stitch it out:






Here is a variation of the design:













27 degrees at 7:00 this morning:


Sunrise in the back yard...



























Gunnr is in love with this monkey...




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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Friday, January 17, 2014

Baby Quilt 2......Hexagon Paper Pieced



This is the next baby quilt...




I am using the English Paper Piecing technique...







The papers are lightly glued onto the fabric...

The glue will wash right out

when it is laundered.





This is the fabric I used to pull all of the

other fabrics from...







The hexagons are basted

and ready to stitch together...














Depression Era Reproduction 1930 fabrics...








Back side of quilt top...







Just so you can see...

these are very large 3 inch hexagons...

this quilt should hand piece together quickly!


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CLICK HERE to view half inch hexagon quilt


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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,


LuAnn Kessi

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Baby Quilt 1....ABC


It's been awhile since I've worked in a

traditional quilting style,

let's see how the day goes...




I've had this ABC panel for years and years...







I cut the panel into strips...







I stitched together a strip set of 

depression era fabrics...







I cross cut the strips sets into squares...













This is starting to look like something...







I pawed through the fabric cupboard and found this

red and white dot fabric for a border...







I also found this flannel ABC fabric

 for a backing...


It's amazing what you can find in the cupboard

if you dig deep!






Completed ABC Baby Quilt Top

Need to get this basted and under the needle...




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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,


LuAnn Kessi



Monday, January 13, 2014

Sketch Book......Leaf Design 6



The last of the Leaf Designs from

my Quilting Sketch Book:
















These leaves were inspired by

the designs below:





























This is the last of the leaves,

but I have lots more designs to share!

More to Come...





Here are some bird silhouettes taken in the yard:














You are welcome to use these images in

your personal art work.




Gunnr enjoying the snow fall:




































Thread Shed in the Snow:


























Big Elk River...







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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,


LuAnn Kessi