Little House Table Runners...

I meet with my local quilt group

on Mondays...

The last several Mondays I have been

creating Little House Table Runners...

They are a great deal of.....FUN !

They require very little fabric

and they are fusible applique'

so they go together rather quickly...

They are small and easily fit under the

sewing machine for machine quilting...

This striped fabric from the stash

makes a great binding treatment...

I am nearly done with this one...

The last step...adding the binding.

All DONE !

That feeling of completion is wonderful !

I have completed 5 table runners on Mondays...

they should make great holiday gifts.

We are weaning calves soon

so I won't have much time in front of

my sewing machine this week.

More To Come...

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LuAnn Kessi

Fabulous Finish....Number 5

 

This improv piece has been sitting

around for almost 2 years...

It has waited long enough.

The top consists of Pick Up Stix blocks...

This is a piece I hand dyed and

         silk screened.

I sliced it up and created borders...

The quilt top is ready to be basted and

go under the needle...

This is a small quilt so I am doing the

machine quilting on my Bernina Artista 200...

I am using a walking foot for the

simple, wavy, line quilting...

The white thread does not compete with

the pick up stix blocks

and shows up nicely in the borders...

Time to get this trimmed

and stitch on the binding...

I pawed through the cupboard and found this

hand dyed green for the binding...

Love these clips when binding...

I am stitching the binding on by machine

and pin these clips an inch apart

so the binding does not slip...

It has taken me a few years to master

a machine binding:

The binding looks great on the top side...

and the back side...

Here is the big reveal...

Fabulous Finish.... Number 5

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LuAnn Kessi

Idaho Quilt Retreat...2021

From Oregon to Idaho

10 hour road trip...

 

This is my home away from home...

I brought lots of hand dyed fabrics...

My loyal Bernina 801...

I filled up my 8 foot work table...

This is our work space...

Lots of natural light pours into the room...

I brought along some improv units and...

this in-progress... improv quilt top

I keep adding more rows...

It is nearly lap size...

I am calling this.....DONE !

Here it is hanging on the back of the lodge.

We are staying at:

Twinlow Camp and Retreat Center

Rathdrum, Idaho

More to come...

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LuAnn

Orange Peel / Pumpkin Seed Quilt......Machine Quilting

 

I spent the day with my Monday quilt group...

Yes, the orange peel quilt is.....

under the needle !

I purchased this quilt support from

Patsy Thompson Designs

I never machine quilt on a domestic machine

without it....ever !

Absolutely NO DRAG when machine quilting.

It is the only way to go !

I drew myself a little road map to remind me

which direction the feathers go...

I have one block quilted so far...

the lighting isn't the best right now

to view the quilting stitches.

Here is a close up view of the quilting...

I will refer to my road map as I quilt along

to keep me going in the right direction.

I quilted about 4 hours this afternoon

and went through 3 bobbins and

completed 4 rows of quilting.

It is so good to have this baby finally 

under the needle.

More to Come.....Next Monday !

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Machine Quilting......Rayon Threads

I decided to play with Rayon Threads today...

Rayon Thread

I made up a quick sandwich with some

of my purple hand dyed fabric...

This is about a half yard in size.

I am using fusible fleece for batting.

I am working on my Bernina Artista 200

I am using an 80/12 teflon coated needle.

The rayon thread is quilting out beautifully.

Nearly done and the thread has 

held up nicely....no shredding or breakage.

Robison-Anton Rayon Thread

This was so much fun,

I want to do more...

I am deciding on a second thread color

to do some over-stitching...

I will add a layer of 24 KT Gold

over the top of the previous stitching...

Oh, now I am getting excited !

I have always been partial to hyper-quilting...

also referred to as in-line quilting.

This is a before image 

with only the blue thread...

Here is the after image with the gold thread...

Almost done...

Yummy !

Makes my heart sing !

Rayon Threads...

I might just have to turn this practice sandwich

into a finished project.....hmmm.

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LuAnn Kessi