Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Hexagon Text Quilt……Machine Quilting



Remember this quilt top?








Hexagon Text Quilt...







I began paper piecing it 2 years ago in Yellowstone Park:


Yes, we never leave home without…..GUNNR





I never travel without a Take-a-Long Quilt project:







I was visiting my son, while he worked in the park:







He was part of a a trout study on Yellowstone Lake:







I saw my very first Grizzly Bear that year in the park:









Lots of great memories come flooding back 

when I look at this quilt…



It is now under the needle









It took 1 year to hand piece it…

then it sat for a year waiting it's turn to be machine quilted.








I am quilting wavy lines across the surface.

My favorite guy has claimed this quilt, so I want 

to keep the quilting masculine to match the quilt.





I had FUN fussy cutting some of the hexagons:


I am originally from…..New Jersey







I attended lots of Yankee games in New York







I now live in…..Oregon








Yes, this quilt will always conjure up 

lots of memories for me...







The machine quilting is complete...







I will bind and label it today…….aaaah.







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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

10 comments:

  1. I love this quilt. I love the warm, toastyness of it but it's made special by all the memories stitched into it.

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  2. Beautiful Quilt LuAnn! I like how you fussy cut the places that have memories for you to.

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  3. Stunning with beautiful quilting!!
    Best wishes!

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  4. Oh yes, I remember. Very very nice and the fabric is stunning.Sweet memories.

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  5. I have never seen a longarm used w/o a quilting rack, interesting! I bet it's a lot easier to use than a standard sewing machine though! Love the quilt!

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  6. I just found your blog, and I really love this quilt. I love hexies, and now I have to start a quilt like this, seriously. I have lots of brown scraps, and didn't know what to use them for, until now. Thank you!

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  7. Yes, I remember this quilt! It's nice to see it finished and ready to keep your fella warm and cozy this winter.

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  8. What a lovely journey this quilt has made, from inception in Yellowstone (a favorite park of mine) to the quilting and eventual gifting. I love quilts that have memories attached to them (which is why they either stay with me, or are gifted to someone I love), including past memories of cities you have lived in and loved.

    So beautiful -- and the hexes are so perfect in the text! Love this!

    Elizabeth
    www.opquilt.com

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