Sunflower Quilt.....Quilting Done

Remember this Sunflower quilt ?

It's been hanging around

basted and ready to quilt...

I quilted the center of the sunflower in January.

Today.....I decided to finish the quilting:

Here it is all trimmed and ready for the facing

Here are close-ups of the quilting:

This is all curved piecing.....no applique'

Batik Fabrics and my Hand Dyes

I used a long, curved ruler

to machine quilt all of those lines

I used 4 different shades of blue thread

for the background quilting

For the edge treatment,

I have decided a binding would be distracting

so I will face the edge.

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LuAnn Kessi

Sunflower Quilt......Under the Needle

It is time to get this under the needle...

Curved Pieced Sunflower Quilt Top

Created with some of my hand dyes

as well as commercial batiks

Auditioning Threads...

my favorites are Glide Thread 

and magnetic bobbins

You can view the hand dyed backing 

in this photo:

This quilt is big enough that I will quilt it on the

Sweet Sixteen

Wavy checker board quilting in the center...

More to Come...

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Magna Glide Bobbins HERE

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LuAnn Kessi

Sunflower......Curved Piecing DONE

I am attending a Quilt Retreat 

this week with the

Harlan Valley Quilters...

I finished the curved piecing on my

sunflower quilt top...

yahoo!

I took the quilt top outdoors for a photo shoot:

This was such a pleasure to create...

I will paw through the fabric cupboard

and find a hand dyed fabric 

for the backing...

I am hoping to get this under the needle soon.

My friend, Linda, was working on her own quilt

right along with me...

Linda's completed sunflower quilt top

Time to celebrate getting our tops pieced:

Do you hear the clinking of glasses ?

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LuAnn Kessi

Monday......Sunflower Progress Report

Today is Monday...

I spent the day with the

Harlan Valley Quilters

working on my sunflower quilt.

I am filling in the top left corner area...

This area is green leaves and blue background...

It is all filled in at this point:

That nearly solid brown down the center of

the flower head is bothering me...

it appears to cut the flower in half...

I don't like it.

Here is a closer look 

at the brown strip in the center...

I removed the strip...

I found another brown fabric that has

some texture to it...

it blends and works better for the center.

The center of the sunflower is no longer

split in half......ahhhh.

Next Monday I will finish up

piecing the seams.

More to Come!

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LuAnn Kessi

Monday......Sunflower Progress Report

Here we go with another Monday

progress report on the Sunflower...

I am curve piecing my way 

along the top of the flower.

The blue background gets darker 

along the top edge...

This distant image gives you some perspective

of just how big this flower really is...

At this point all of the petals are stitched in place.

I am beginning the green leaves 

along the top left side...

5:00....I called it a day

Just a little corner left to piece.

Here's a look at real flowers

growing in the back yard this evening:

Dinner Plate Dahlias...

Always a favorite of mine...

Black Eyed Suzy

This little green fly loves the flowers...

The grape arbor in the back yard 

is putting on a show!

We know autumn has arrived when the 

grape leaves turn gorgeous shades of red...

I tasted a few of the grapes...

they are almost ready,

maybe another week or so.

We have 12 different varieties of table grapes

growing on the arbor...

Wishing you a colorful Autumn!

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LuAnn Kessi