Feather Table Runner...

 

I am in the mood for applique'

 I recently purchased this feather pattern...

I cut all the feather shapes from

Jelly & Jam Fabric by Fig Tree...

The pieces are backed with fusible web...

All of the pieces have been pressed into place

on the white background fabric...

All of the shapes have been stitched 

all the way around...

It is sandwiched with batting and

spray basted with 505 Spray...

I started out quilting swirls on the feathers...

I am happy with it already !

White thread on white fabric...

time for some FUN quilting

quilting shows up so nicely on fabrics

that read solid...

I had no quilting plan...

I just had FUN !

the quilt truly comes alive with

machine quilting...

This is the back side of the runner...

Working on the binding...

The Table Runner is finished...

This is the BEFORE image...

This is the AFTER image...

Quilting definitely makes the Quilt!

It's not a Quilt until it is Quilted !

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LuAnn Kessi 

Autumn Leaves Table Runner...

I spent yesterday machine quilting the

Autumn Leaves Table Runner...

 

Always FUN to get a project

under the needle...

machine quilting swirls...

leaves swirling in the wind

I used a gold thread and it blended nicely

with the leaves and the background...

I had lots of the green fabric, used for the

leaf stems, so made a binding with it...

I pawed through my fabric cupboards

and found this leaf fabric for backing.

I have 3 more runners ready to baste and

go under the needle.

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LuAnn Kessi 

Baby Quilt...

Ponderosa Charm Squares

Back in March I pulled out these charm squares

and stitched together a Moda Love Star Quilt

top for our neighbor who is expecting her

first baby...

It's time to get it under the needle...

I am stitching on my HQ Sweet Sixteen

Sit-Down Long Arm today...

Our neighbor and her horses

are all expecting babies very soon...

A horsey quilt for a horsey girl !

I have made several of these Moda Love Quilts

and they are so much fun and a great way

to utilize precut squares of all sizes...

Beautiful horse fabric for the back side.

Time to get the binding and label on

and get this to the new mama.

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LuAnn Kessi 

Horse Quilt...

Remember this horse panel quilt top?

It has been sitting around long enough...

time to get it....under the needle !

It is a fair sized quilt, so I will quilt it

on my Big Girl Machine...

Handi Quilter Sweet Sixteen

This is a Sit-Down Long Arm

and I love it for larger projects...

I used the Handi Quilter Wave Ruler

to quilt the center of the panel...

I used the Hand Quilter Ditch Ruler

for all of the straight line quilting...

To mark the spine of the feather,

I used my very favorite marking tool...

Ultimate Marking Pencil

You just iron it off...

The white line disappears with heat...magic!

Close-Up view of Quilting:

The 20 inch square up ruler

works best for trimming and squaring up...

Ahhh...the rough edges are gone !

Now I need to paw through the fabric cupboards

and find a binding that works...

I will send another image when this is

hanging on the living room wall.

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LuAnn Kessi

Moda Love Quilt...2

 

I have made 3 of these 

Moda Love Quilts...

46 x 46 inches

I just finished the machine quilting

and binding on this one...

You can make them with

Layer Cakes, 5 inch charm squares or

2.5 inch mini charm squares...

It is a wonderful way to work with

an entire line of fabric...

I have completed 3 of these quilts

and I am in the process of the 4th one...

We start our day on the calving grounds

checking on the mamas and new babies...

The Cowboy does his walk-through to check

and see who will be calving soon...

We have 6 calves on the ground so far...

This is my view out the side view mirror

each morning...

There is no other place I would rather be !

Moda Love Free Pattern....CLICK HERE

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LuAnn Kessi