Whole Cloth Chickadee Quilt.....DONE

This is my last day of machine quilting

on the Chickadee Whole Cloth Quilt...

I am in the third phase of quilting...

The Fill Work

I keep my paper design up on the wall (right)

so that I can view it while I am at the

Sweet 16

The center is quilted with triple lines.

I also scribble stitched around chickadee

to enhance the writing.

I also triple line stitched in the curved areas

All I have left to do are the 4 triangle areas...

Here is the BEFORE photo of the triangle...

Here is the AFTER photo of the triangle.

The machine quilting is DONE!

I used blue pen to mark the design lines.

I did not use ruler work.

This is all quilted free hand.

I ran in the house and soaked this in the tub

to remove all the blue pen:

Not a trace of blue ink anywhere...

 It is now ready for a binding, 

hanging sleeve and label.

This is entered in an exhibit this summer called...

Quilting Makes the Quilt

Many Thanks to Lisa Calle

for her inspiration and instruction

in whole cloth quilting.

The hydrangea in front of the house are

just beginning to bloom...

They really grab your attention!

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LuAnn Kessi

Chickadee Whole cloth Quilt....Progress

We are in the third hay field today...

The pink foxgloves are in full bloom...

We have nearly 300 round bales so far...

In the background is the goat barn...

I was able to slip away from the hay fields 

in the late afternoon...

I ran right into the Thread Shed

and jumped on the Sweet 16...

The Chickadee Whole cloth Quilt 

is waiting for me!

I am using MicroQuilter Thread in the needle.

Bottom Line in the bobbin.

These super fine threads are working 

beautifully on this satin fabric.

Here is a BEFORE photo of the quilt...

Here is an AFTER photo of the quilt.

Any day I can sit down and stitch feathers...

is a good day!

At this point I am done with all of the 

large feather motif work...

Next time I will begin the tiny fill work.

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LuAnn Kessi

Whole cloth....Chickadee Quilt

Life in the hay fields continues...

As time allows, I have been able to get away 

from the hay fields

to stitch for a few hours in the Thread Shed...

I am working on the 

Chickadee Wholecloth Quilt:

Basic Design Lines.....on tracing paper

At this point all of the basic design lines 

have been stitched...

It is time to stitch the large feather motifs...

Here is a BEFORE image...

Here is an AFTER stitching image...

I am using a layer of wool batting

and a layer of cotton batting

After a couple of hours under the needle...

I had to go back to the hay fields.

I just have the border feathers to go.

Fill Work on tracing paper:

The last thing to stitch is the Fill Work

A few more hours...here and there...

this baby is moving right along!

More to Come!

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LuAnn Kessi

Whole Cloth....Progress

Earlier this month I completed the

design work on paper

for my next whole cloth quilt...

Layer 1.....Basic Design Lines

Layer 2.....Larger Motifs

Layer 3....Fill Work

36 inch square quilt size

You are looking through all 3 layers 

of the design on paper.

The border feathers on this design are

very large.

I decided to baste up a practice sandwich

so I could practice stitching out 

very large feathers...

After the feather work,

I decided to finish off the sandwich with some

background fills...

I used this grid stencil to chalk out

the lines for the right side of the sandwich...

Then I stitched a double wedding ring design

within the straight line grid work.

I chalked out a clam shell stencil

for the left side of the sandwich...

I stitched 2 little eyelashes on the inside

of each clam shell shape.

It was good feather stitching practice

as well as background fill work FUN!

I may turn this into a tote bag or

tablerunner?

Yesterday I transferred the design lines

from the paper onto the satin fabric

using a light box and blue water erase pen:

I only need the main design lines 

traced onto fabric.

The remainder of the design is 

free motion stitching.

This is now basted into a 

36 inch square quilting sandwich 

and is ready to go under the needle.

I will take photos and share my progress

as I machine quilt this whole cloth quilt.

More To Come!

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Enjoy a goat video below:

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LuAnn Kessi