Machine Quilting......Overhead Projector

I recently discovered a new use for my

overhead projector...

to help me preview quilting designs on my quilt tops:

On the right is my sketch book

on the left is an overhead transparency 

printed on an inkjet printer

I placed the transparency on the overhead projector...

It projects onto the quilt top...

This gives me a preview of what the quilting

will look like....before I ever make a stitch!

Sketch Book on the bottom

Transparency film on the top

Projected onto the quilt top...

I will have FUN playing around with sketches

and transparencies until I am ready to

put this.....under the needle.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Raffle Quilt…..Summer Breeze

Summer Breeze…….DONE!

I spent the morning hand stitching the label and sleeve…

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Let's take it outdoors for a photo shoot..

The red maple trees in the yard are hard to resist…

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Glad to have this one checked off my list!

More to Come….

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Raffle Quilt…..Binding

The machine quilting is completed

on the 2015 WCC Raffle Quilt

Summer Breeze Quilt

Created by The Harlan Valley Quilters in Oregon

This was a FUN one to quilt…

It is ready for the binding:

Scrappy Binding from leftover 2.5 inch strips

I bind with my Bernina because it is surrounded 

by work tables to support a big quilt

The Thread Shed is located in front of the barn.

The horses and cattle keep me company while I stitch.

The binding is on the front side of the quilt…

I am stitching on a hanging sleeve and label today.

The weather looks perfect 

for an outdoor photo shoot of this quilt.

More photos to come…

I took my camera along this morning

while feeding the cattle herd…

We are feeding at the Westfork Barn:

I took some video of feeding the Cows and Calves...

LIVE video of cattle feeding below:

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LuAnn Kessi

Raffle Quilt…..Machine Quilting

I scurried out to the Thread Shed early this morning 

to get going with the machine quilting 

on the 2015 raffle quilt donated to

The Women's Cancer Coalition

I will mark a stem line as a guide 

for the big leaf vine design…

Today I am using a blue marker…

I don't stitch the stem line….

it is only a guide for my free motion leaves

I drew out some feathers, 

but have decided to go with the leaf vine…

I echo quilted around the leaf vine after it was all stitched…

After all of the vines are stitched out…

I will stitch horizontal lines between the vines.

All of the vines have been quilted and I started on the horizontal lines (forgot to take an image).

I am hoping to finish the quilting on this tomorrow.  

I will post images soon!

The autumn fog is back…

It gathers along the river just below the back yard.

I love to watch the sun come up and burn off the fog…

The blue jays are feasting on sunflower seeds in the yard.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi