Paper Piecing...

I have been in the mood to do some

Paper Piecing... 

I found this pattern online, printed it out

and got right with it...

It is a Quilt Cakes pattern on Etsy...

I rarely work with pinks, so this

is what I found in the fabric cupboard...

It has been many years since I paper pieced.

This is the back side of the block...

This was FUN!

Just love those pointy points !

So much FUN I just had to try another block...

This is a Liza Taylor pattern on Etsy...

I also have her book...

I rustled up some low volume fabric scraps

left over from a Christmas Tree quilt 

I made last year...

I am auditioning fabrics for the flower petals.

Also leftover scraps from the tree quilt...

This block went together quickly and easily...

I plan to add a stem with leaves...

I guess I am on a paper piecing kick this week

because I made another block...

I found this block online...

Ellen's Snowball PP Block...

Wow!

This one just blows me away!

Paper Piecing Perfection !

So satisfying...

We are just starting our calving season

and these blocks can be stitched between 

trips across the river to the calving barns...

It is amazing what you can get done a few

minutes here and a few minutes there.

We have two sets of twins so far...

This is Mary and her brother Lou

They have an excellent mother who has

already raised twins, so she knows

what she is doing.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi 

Mod TV Quilt...Test Patterns

 

Progress on the Mod TV Quilt

continues on Wednesdays...

A test card, also known as a test pattern or start-up/closedown test, is a television test signal, typically broadcast at times when the transmitter is active but no program is being broadcast.

I am making Test Pattern blocks...

They add a lot of FUN to the Mod TV quilt...

I have decided to add another row

to the quilt top to make it a bit wider.

More to Come next Wednesday !

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LuAnn Kessi 

Calving & Bear Quilt...

 Calving season has begun here at

The Kessi Ranch

This is our first baby of the year 2025...

Calf Number 1   Born March 1, 2025

She was a bit early so she is tiny and.....wild !

She runs laps around the barn like a race horse !

Out in the Thread Shed 

I am making some progress

on the Bear panel quilt:

I am stitching together Bear Paw Blocks...

I need one more border treatment

for the bottom of the Bear panel...

I'll put these up on the design wall

and see if they work...

Bear Paw border...

Mountains at the top,

Trees on the sides,

Bear Paws on the bottom...

Like a puzzle, I have to find a way to make

all of this fit together.

More to Come !

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LuAnn Kessi 

Mod TV Quilt...Progress

 

This has been my Wednesday project

the last few weeks...

Mod TV Quilt

I work on it each Wednesday when I meet

up with my local quilt group...

This week I fused all of the TV screens

in place...

The TVs really came alive

when the screens were added...

I am enjoying playing with all of this COLOR

during these dreary winter months...

16 TV screens are in place...

I put them up on the design wall in no

special order...

I moved them around a bit and the

lights and darks are more balanced here...

I used monofilament thread for the

invisible applique' around the screens...

More to come next Wednesday !

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LuAnn Kessi 

Bear Quilt...Progress

 

I am making some progress on

the Bear panel quilt top...

I finished up the tree blocks...

I have decided to try putting together some

mountain blocks for the top border treatment...

I changed up the block pattern so it 

measures 12 x 9 inches

I like the way it is coming together,

so I made a few more blocks...

I am thinking bear paw blocks for the 

bottom border treatment...

More to come !

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LuAnn Kessi 

Bear Panel Quilt Top...

I am still pecking away at my pile

of quilt panels... 

Grizzly Bear

The Cowboy just installed a new light

above the design wall.

It has made a huge difference when I am 

auditioning fabrics for my quilts,,,

I pawed through the fabric cupboards

and came up with these border fabrics...

I have these pulled for the tree fabrics...

This tree block pattern will work

with a few modifications...

I will make the bias squares / HST

with the 8 at a time method...

The revolving cutting mat works great

for cutting them apart after stitching....

The Bloc-Loc Ruler

works great for trimming them to size...

The groove on the underside of the ruler

catches on the seam and holds the block

in place during the trimming process...

All of the bias squares have been trimmed

and are ready to stitch into trees...

I added an extra row of squares

at the bottom of the tree blocks

to make them longer and measure

8 x 10 inches

The first few trees are up on the design wall...

I am planning mountain blocks for the

top border...

More To Come !

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi