Garden Tea Party Quilt...

 

Time to get a binding on this quilt...

I place the folgers can on the floor 

between my feet and the binding 

feeds beautifully up and onto 

the quilt as I stitch it in place.

Binding clips hold the binding in place

as I stitch it down...

Almost done stitching the binding...

always a great feeling !

She's all bound and ready to go...

It was raining today, so I couldn't take her

outside for a full length photo shoot...

Machine quilting close up view:

Swirls and flower petal motifs...

This was a FUN one to machine quilt...

Always a great feeling to get a quilt 

to completion...

This quilt is on its' way to someone

who has had surgery and now radiation.

I hope it brings her comfort and peace

when she needs it most.

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LuAnn Kessi 

Garden Tea Party...Machine Quilting

I started this quilt top in June...

 

Garden Tea Party Quilt

I am absolutely in LOVE with these

gorgeous floral fabrics....

They are so feminine and lovely...

I basted the quilt last week

and it is time for machine quilting...

80 x 97 inches

I have been machine quilting with this sit-down

Handi Quilter Sweet Sixteen for 15 years...

large quilts are a breeze with my big girl machine !

Those dark blue clamps hold up the quilt

so there is no drag while I am pushing it around

under the needle...

quilting feathers makes me happy...

feathers, flowers and swirls.....FUN !

Now, let me get back to my quilting

so I can get this beauty finished up...

More to Come !

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LuAnn Kessi 

Big Horn Sheep Quilt...

It's time to get the Big Horn Sheep

under the needle... 

I am stitching with my Big Girl Machine...

HQ Sweet Sixteen

This is the view from the driver's seat...

I am doing a little ruler quilting with the

HQ Wave E Template

I do love me some wavy lines...

I am using the HQ Right Angle Ruler

for the final borders...

We are coming into the home stretch...

The machine quilting is complete.

Next...the hanging sleeve, binding & label.

More To Come !

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LuAnn Kessi

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

September in Cellars...

 

I have spent most of this year plowing

my way through a pile of fabric panels

I have acquired over the years...

I completed the design work on this autumn

panel in March and it is time to get it

quilted and hung in our living room...

The maple leaf blocks in the border

give this quilt so much movement...

The quilt is basted and on the

Sweet Sixteen

Sit-Down Long Arm

I began the quilting in the morning and 

the quilt was done by 9pm...

Most of the quilting was accomplished with

these two long arm rulers...

The top ruler is the Line Tamer

The bottom ruler is the HQ Ditch Ruler

I used the Line Tamer for all of the

vertical quilting lines on the trees

in the center of the panel...

I quilted a diagonal grid on the leaf borders...

I used the HQ Ditch Ruler

to create the piano key quilting

in the final border...

The machine quilting is complete

and it is time to trim and square up the quilt...

The 20 inch square up ruler works best !

The binding is stitched and pressed...

The binding feeds so nicely out of this

container set down between my feet...

This quilt will be displayed in our living room

so I have included a hanging sleeve 

on the back...

I have a 72 inch quilt shelf that I had made

30 years ago that hangs in our living room,

and I make quilts to display on it.

The Quilt Label is stitched in place

and the quilt is officially done...

Autumn begins September 23...

we will hang it up and I will take a picture.

More To Come !

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LuAnn Kessi