Snow...2019

We woke up to a world of white

here in Western Oregon

View out the living room window...

We will be heading out to do 

chores in the snow...

across the river are the calving barns.

The calves are due in 2 weeks.

In our yard...

Thread Shed and Hen House

CLICK HERE for a Thread Shed Tour

We are now across the river,

heading over the hills to the cow barns

to feed the mama cows...

You can see our red barn across the river

@ our place...

These mama cows will be having

their babies very soon.

After all of the cattle are fed,

I head up to the Quilt Palace

to meet up with the Harlan Valley Quilters

This hand pieced hexagon quilt is basted

and ready to machine quilt...

Tim Holtz Eclectic Fabric Line

Back side of the hexagon quilt

My Floral Monet quilt is also basted and

ready to go under the needle.

I spent the afternoon varnishing 

these two cupboards.

Lots of drawers for storing quilting supplies...

I am jazzed!

It was a good SNOW DAY 

here in Western Oregon

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Gunnr's Quilt...

In September I started a Quilt for Gunnr...

You can watch Gunnr and I make the quilt by

CLICKING HERE

I put lots of quilting stitches in it so it would 

be sturdy and hold up well...

Gunnr absolutely adores his Quilt!

He sleeps under it each night...

He sleeps under it in the back seat of the pick up

on the way to town...

He takes naps with it during the day...

He even wears it around the house...

This is a well loved Quilt!

As a quilter, it is so satisfying to create a quilt

for that special someone who really appreciates it!

Out in the back yard.....early morning:

The fog hasn't lifted yet this morning...

but I can still see the grape arbor glowing!

The grape leaves are really putting on a show...

We are having a gorgeous autumn 

here in Western Oregon

Have you signed up for my Thermofax class yet?

Click the link below to find out more...

CLICK HERE: Thermofax Printing Class 

11/16/13

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Quilting Anniversary.......Slideshow

It's March..... I am celebrating

24 years of Quiltmaking

I took my very first Rail Fence Baby Quilt Class

in 1987

I left class with a completed Quilt Top

I was so excited !

I went home and made lots more.

Here it is 24 years later...

Share My Quilting Journey:

Mary's River Quilt Guild

has invited me to be the Guest Speaker

July 28, 2011

7 pm

Members and Visitors are Welcome!

Please join me as my guest...

I will do a trunk show of my quilts.

Come see them in person.

Mary's River Quilt Guild

Benton County Museum

Main Street

Philomath, Oregon

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CLICK HERE to view My Life on the Farm

CLICK HERE to view HOME

CLICK HERE to view The Thread Shed

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full of Quilts,

LuAnn

Moose Lodge........Quilting the Border

One thing left to do.....Quilt the Border

Click Images to Enlarge:

Auditioning Border Threads

I want something blendy, not high contrast.

YLI Variations FAWN

It has a very subtle color change.....just what I want.

Border Quilting

I decided to stick with meandering lines in a North to South direction.

There is a lot of curvy quilting in the center of the quilt.

I thought gentle, sweeping lines of quilting in the border would quiet this down and give your eyes a place to rest when viewing the quilt.

Another relaxing day of simple stitched lines.

Very therapeutic and fun.

Ready for the binding...

Back Side of Moose Lodge......Flannel Fabric

The 60 wt Bottom Line thread was perfect in the bobbin.

It blends in nicely with the background fabric, and there is no thread build up.

This was a pleasure to quilt. I thought of my Uncle Charlie as I relaxed and stitched away on his quilt. I am anxious to visit him next month and surprise him with Moose Lodge.

To see my New Work CLICK HERE

To see my Exhibit Quilts CLICK HERE

To see the Thread Shed CLICK HERE

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Moose Lodge.......Quilting the MOOSE

Time to Quilt the Moose...

Click to Enlarge:

I was tempted to do lots of threadplay on these guys....nah!

I chose a simple line of stitching following the silhouette of the moose.

After all, I think there are 12 of these guys in the borders.

Threadwork would have taken days!

I started at the top of the front leg, on the edge.

I followed the shape of the leg down to the hoof.

Then I went back up the other side of the leg.

I inlined all four legs, then echo quilted back over to where I started.

Then I just echo quilted the lines moving in a North to South direction.

The moose are heavily quilted, it added texture, and didn't take very long.

The moose come in all shapes and sizes on this quilt.

Even this tall skinny moose quilted up nicely in the same manner as above.

She who is lazy.....pays for it later!

My rule of thumb is to clean out the bobbin area between every new bobbin.

It has become a habit.....but for some reason...today.....I didn't do it.

It came back to haunt me!

I started breaking bobbin thread. I re-threaded the bobbin and re-threaded the top several times, but it kept breaking.

I took off the throat plate and what a mess!

That heavy YLI Green Variegated thread really built up a lot of lint in just a few hours.

Look at that linty mess in the bobbin area!

It was creating a tangled mess out of the bobbin thread and causing it to break!

I work more with trilobal polyester threads anymore, which don't have lint build up.

I forgot just how fuzzy those heavy cotton threads can be!

Learned my lesson.......clean out after every bobbin!

This little flashlight lives in the drawer next to the sewing machine.

It comes in handy when I need to see underneath into the bobbin area.

Quilting the Border Background Next...

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To see the Thread Shed CLICK HERE

To see my Exhibit Quilts CLICK HERE

May Your Bobbin Always Be CLEAN and Full,

LuAnn