Tuesday, December 30, 2025

The Best of 2025

 

The Best of 2025


January


Periwinkle Quilt Top.....Completed



February

Feathered Table Runner



March

Poppies Quilt is done and on our bed !




Calving Season has begun on the Kessi Ranch




Our very First Calf of the year !




April



Grizzly Bear quilt top....completed



May


Mod TV quilt top.....completed



June


Baby Nines Quilt Top....DONE !


July


Friends At The Fence.....Done !

Hand pieced hexagon border


August


My first attempt at creating a

backpack style sling bag


September


Autumn has begun...

Pumpkin Candle Mats


October


Horses in the Snow....Quilt Top Done

Paper Pieced Snowflake Border


November


I attended a Quilt Retreat and we all created

Sewing Machine Covers for our machines.


December

Lots of time spent creating hand crafted gifts:

Zip Cases.....for girls and boys



Mini Card Wallets



iPad Tablet Zip Cases



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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi 


Friday, December 12, 2025

Mini Card Wallets...

 The holiday workshop is in full swing...



I am making Mini Card Wallets...

with SNAPS  !




I pawed through the fabric cupboards and

found lots of FUN dotty fabrics...




I am lining the wallets with

Shape Flex Fusible Stabilizer...




Shape Flex SF101

I love this interfacing...

It is so nice to work with and gives your

projects so much body with no stiffness at all.




These wallets require one piece of fabric

and one piece of stabilizer

and one snap...




I am sewing assembly line style...

The wallets are all prepped and ready

to sew together.




It just takes a few minutes to stitch

one of these cuties together...










The snaps are super simple to install...





These are FUN to stitch and

you can't stop at just one !




They are the perfect size to hold your

license, credit card & cash

when you don't want to carry a purse around.





They require such little fabric,

I found scraps in my bin

and turned them into wallets...




These will be great stocking stuffers...




You can find the Kam Snaps Kits HERE


You can find the FREE wallet pattern HERE


Go make some !


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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi 


Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Zip Cases...

Santa's Workshop is in full swing !

 


I am making zip cases...





Great gift for the guys...

Shave Cream, razors, toothbrush & paste





Perfect opportunity for pulling out

all the great wild life fabrics in the cupboard...





We have a John Deere fan in our family...

this is perfect for him





These zip cases are so roomy.

I lined them with fusible foam

to help them keep their shape...





This was a fat quarter size scrap I had leftover

from a  previous project...

it worked great for this zip case !





Just had to show you both sides of this case...

Side 1   Bear & deer





Side 2  Moose





Found a fat quarter size scrap of cupcakes...

great for a girl's make up bag 

or hair accessories.





I am pawing through the fabric cupboards

and scrap bag to find more fabrics

for more zip cases....I am on a roll !




This pattern is called:  Good Luck Pouch

You can find it at CenterStreetQuilts on Etsy

It is very well written and easy to follow


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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi 


Sunday, November 16, 2025

Quilt Retreat...

 

I attended Quilt Retreat here in

Oregon last week...



I decided to work on a few gifts

for the holidays...





This sewing machine cover is great FUN!





We did it as a class project, and most

everyone at the quilt retreat participated...





I also continued making ipad zip cases...





Each case has a matching tiny zip case

to hold the charging cord...





The Pellon Fusible Foam helps the zip

case to keep its' shape and is very sturdy...





I used zippers by the yard...

they are so nice to work with and you

can cut exactly the size zipper you need.










The holiday gifts are piling up...

and they are FUN to make !


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Quilt Retreat images


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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi