Reflections of Autumn...

I began cutting and piecing this

Reflections of Autumn

quilt November of 2022 

10 months later...it's on our bed !

Just in time for autumn...

This 10 inch wide leaf border is the

reason I fell in love with this fabric line

and created this quilt...

I mitered the corners on the border

and it turns the corner flawlessly...

Close-Up view of the quilting...

Glad this one is done just in time

to enjoy it this autumn.

Summer left us very quickly this year.

We have had 4 inches of rain in 4 days...

The downpour of rain was hard on all of

the flowers.  We began cleaning out all

of the flower beds yesterday

to put them to bed for the winter.

We are weaning calves this weekend,

so we will spend today getting

the barn ready for the calves.

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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

Horse Panel.....Top DONE !

 

I have auditioned final border fabrics

for this horse panel quilt...

I decided to go with a different brown fabric,

other than the brown I used for the background

in the quilt blocks...

Yesterday I cut and pieced this brown batik

around the the horse panel...

There are small light green and yellow dots 

in this batik fabric and they go nicely 

with the greens in the quilt blocks...

I am happy with the design of this quilt,

it has a strong visual impact.

Now I need to paw through the fabric 

cupboard and find a backing fabric.

Glad I captured these images of the

Nasturtiums...

They are at their peak right now...

The deer came into the yard last night

and really hammered on the Nasturtiums !

These photos are all I have left of them.

I guess the deer have to eat too!

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LuAnn Kessi

Moda Love Quilt...Table Mat

Last Spring I started making

Moda Love Quilts

from Charm Packs 

This one is made with a Mini Charm pack

and it is time to get it finished up...

It is all pieced and ready to be quilted...

The quilting is complete...

I love trimming off the rough edge.

I pawed through the fabric cupboards 

and found this 

green Grunge fabric for the binding...

Binding...

This will make someone a pretty table mat...

State Fair Zinnia

These will bloom into October

Rain drops on the Nasturtium leaves

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LuAnn Kessi

Unbridled.....Horse Quilt

 

I am still making my way through 

a pile of fabric panels

I have purchased over the years...

This horse panel is called...Unbridled

As soon as I put this panel up on the design wall,

I just knew I wanted to include big stars

I could not find a pattern 

so I made a star block of my own...

The star is paper pieced, 

then I cut it into a circle

and it is turned edge appliqued to the quilt top...

I like the way this is looking...

so I made more stars...

At this point a gold Stonehenge fabric

borders the horse panel and

the star borders are stitched in place...

Time to audition the final border fabrics...

a distressed dark brown on the left...

a distressed white on the right...

The brown border works just right !

I plan to do some FUN machine quilting

on that wide brown border.

Just outside the Thread Shed...

The butterflies are enjoying the 

pink coneflowers...

We have had more butterflies this year

than I can ever remember 

visiting our flower beds...

More To Come !

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LuAnn Kessi