Kitty Placemats...

 

Kitty Placemats...

Super Cute to decorate your table...

These are a holiday gift for a kitty lover...

I just couldn't resist...

Kitten Mug Mats

Mama Kitties and Baby Kitties...

The Kitties are piling up...

Kitty Placemats and Kitty Mug Mats

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LuAnn Kessi

Hot Pads...Tutorial

I pawed through the fabric cupboard

and found lots of floral fabric scraps...

These have been around for 15 or 20 years...

It is time to put them to good use !

It cut them into 1.5 and 2 inch strips...

I am turning these strips into Hot Pads...

It was fast and FUN.....I will make more !

Here is a my Hot Pad Tutorial:

Insul-Bright Batting

Insul-Bright cut into 9 inch squares...

Place a 2.5 inch square of fabric 

in the center...

Add a 1.5 inch strip,

using the stitch and flip technique...

stitching through the insul-brite

Add another 1.5 inch strip,

moving clockwise around the square...

You are stitching through the insul-bright batting,

then flipping the strip over and pressing it down...

Keep adding strips until the batting

is completely covered...

The top side of your hot pad is complete...

Flip it over and trim off any excess fabric

that sticks out beyond the 9 inch batting square...

Admire your creation...

To create the back side of the hot pad,

cut out a 10 square of backing fabric

and another 9 inch square of insul-bright...

Add a few rows of stitching to hold

the backing fabric and the batting together...

then trim down to 9 inches square

The top and back of the hot pad...

Place them pretty sides together,

stitch all the way around the hot pad,

leaving a few inches unstitched for turning

it right side out...

Trim the bulk off the corners,

Place your hand inside and pull

it right side out...

Push the corners out square,

iron the seam allowance to the inside,

and stop stitch all the way around...

Use a much larger stitch length

when top stitching, as the hot pad

is very thick at this point...

Hot Pad

Just outside the Thread Shed window

are our Boer Goats...

they keep me company while I am stitching.

This is a great way to use up those

fabric scraps while creating something

beautiful for your family and friends.

This will be waiting for me tomorrow

when I have a few more minutes to sew.

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LuAnn Kessi

Horse Quilt....Borders

 

I have always been fond of Flying Geese...

Such a simple quilt block that creates

such a big impact in our designs...

Flying Geese units add lots of movement 

to this horse quilt panel...

they get along well with the 

rest of the quilt blocks...

I am still in the design phase,

nothing is stitched in place just yet...

The color story is working...

I am stitching holiday gifts right now.

I will stitch them and 

look at this on the design wall.

It will let me know what else it needs.

As for these two little cowgirls...

they were bred and born here on our place.

I have known them since birth.

Buttercup and Eleanor

I love them so much !

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LuAnn Kessi

Horse Quilt Panel...

All this year I have been working my way

through a stack of fabric panels...

 

This horse panel is on the design wall...

I bordered it with a rusty brown fabric...

This is the color story I pulled from the

fabric cupboard...

I created a test block to see how

the fabrics work together...

I made a few more...

I put a few blocks up on the design wall....

I will play around with placement

and see what works...

More To Come !

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LuAnn Kessi

Pillowcases...

 

Still creating gifts for the holidays...

I just finished up Pillowcases...

This is my favorite !

It's always FUN to hop into bed

and see a beautiful pillowcase waiting for you !

I made a few masculine pillowcases for guys...

Large florals work great for pillowcases...

2 dozen pillowcases ready for gift giving !

I found a great tutorial online that is similar to the way I make pillowcases CLICK HERE

After the cows are all fed,

I plan to stitch with my Monday quilt group.

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LuAnn Kessi