Monday......more Sunflower Progress

I spent the afternoon today

working on the sunflower quilt...

This is where I left off.....last Monday.

At this point, I am nearly done

filling in the dark brown center of the flower...

5:00.....I am calling it a day.

The rest will have to wait until next Monday.

Before I began stitching on the sunflower,

I spent the morning basting quilts:

Spray basting is my preference...

This quilt top has been sitting around 

for close to a year

waiting its turn to go....under the needle.

As long as I had the can of 505 Spray out,

I basted this hexagon quilt...

These are very large hexagons,

hand stitched together using the

English Paper Piecing method...

I added the striped red border to finish it off...

One more quilt

ready to go....under the needle.

I will machine quilt both of these

on my HandiQuilter Sweet 16

The Cowboy took me to Boise a couple

weeks ago to raft the river....

Here I am with our son, our river guide.

I am using Ann Shaw's pattern

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Monday......Sunflower Progress

I spend Mondays with my local

quilt group

Today I continued piecing my sunflower quilt...

I am really enjoying watching it grow!

It is approximately 4 x 3 feet in size

Nearly all of the flower petals

and blue background are fussy cut...

The blue background will get darker and darker

as it goes above the sunflower.

This is where I left off today...

2/3 of the way done:

I am looking forward to more stitching

on this project next Monday.

Last week we attended the Oregon State Fair:

The Cowboy and I enjoy making a stop at the 

Pig Barn...

When our boys were young,

they raised 4H pigs.

We miss having pigs in our barn here at home.

Nothing much cuter than a pile of baby pigs!

A trip through the pig barn...

brings a smile to your face!

I am using Ann Shaw's pattern

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Sunflower......Art Quilt

I have a new Monday project...

I am starting a new Sunflower quilt...

I meet with the Harlan Valley Quilters

each Monday.

This is my new Monday project...

This is the color story:

Blue for the sky behind the sunflower,

Green sunflower leaves,

Red, Orange, Yellow for the sunflower petals,

Dark browns and black 

for the flower center...

The entire project is curved piecing...

a favorite of mine.

The sunflower is about 4 feet tall...

This is a great deal of fun...

it will take self control to work on

it only on Mondays!

Teasel grows everywhere

here in Western Oregon...

The bumble bees are loving it right now...

We are enjoying our summer.

The cattle are out on summer pasture,

they hay is in the barn,

life is good!

I am using Ann Shaw's pattern

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Zinnia Quilt.....Road Trip

We traveled North to Washington State...

The cowboy baled alfalfa hay...

I played with fabric...

I am using Melinda Bula's Zinnia pattern

I hand dyed these fabrics 

this summer just for this quilt

My sister and I shared the pattern cutting...

I brought the press along to fuse the fabrics...

Let the games begin!

The pattern pieces are cut 

and sorted by fabric color...

The pattern pieces are pinned to the fabrics

to help us stay organized...

The plastic overlay helps us place the pattern 

pieces on the teflon sheet underneath...

Here is a peek under the plastic overlay...

We are putting down the base petals 

of the Zinnia.

At this point, all of the base petals are in place...

Here is another peek under the plastic...

Time to begin adding the tiny shadow pieces...

We are using Steam A Seam 2...

The fused fabrics stick 

where you put them.....nice.

Dark pink shadows have been added...

Cranberry red shadows have been added...

The center of the flower is taking shape...

Auditioning greens for the leaves...

We narrowed it down to these greens...

This is my sister's Zinnia

My Zinnia is on the left.

I will finish it when we return home.

At this point the flowers are fused.

We will lift them off the teflon 

and audition background fabrics.

Then we can begin the quilting process.

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machine quilt her Zinnia

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi