Color.....Lots and Lots of Color

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I Love You to the Stars and Back Again

65 x 65 inches

Original Design by Me

This quilt has been laying around "basted" for over a year!

Today is the day it goes under the needle...

This is so full of color it is Juicy!

Just looking at this quilt energizes me!

I am trying out my new camera.....we are both in a transition mode trying to get used to one another.......I hope the camera has patience with me.

YLI Variations Polyester 35 wt Thread

This quilt is about the color, about the fabric.

The thread work is secondary, just something to hold the layers together.

I don't expect too much of the stitching to stand out.

This is the brightest, juiciest thread I have in my stash!

Superior Threads Bottom Line Thread

Bobbin

The backing is a bit of "Back Art" and very busy.

I think this yellow thread will blend with all the fabrics on the back.

Adjusting Bobbin Tension

This Bottom Line thread is very thin 60 wt polyester.

This requires that I tighten the screw on the bobbin housing.

Righty Tight.....Lefty Loosey

Quilting Thread: YLI Variations

80/12 Needle

YLI Variations is a 35 wt thread.

However, it is no thicker than a 50 wt cotton.

Therefore, I am using an 80/12 Needle.

Warm Up Sandwich

I am testing out the tension between the YLI 35 wt quilting thread and the 60 wt Bottom Line Thread.

While testing the tension, it gives me time to warm up a bit before I start stitching the actual quilt...

First Star Block Quilted

I designed this block so the star points would float.

Even a beginner can piece this block without cutting off the star points!

Borders Quilted

5:30 pm......Calling it a Day

After trying out the new camera, testing threads and needles, I managed to complete about 1/3 of the quilt in 2 hours time.

I am using Patsy Thompson's "Innies & Outies" quilting design.

It is perfect for this very busy and very colorful quilt.

Wish I could get back to this tomorrow......but I am headed into town.

I will post more when I get this JUICY quilt done!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full of Color,

LuAnn

Quilting.......on Sacred Ground

The Mail Man delivered a Package today...

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From Heartbreak to Hope

Purple Quilt Project

This package contained purple strips of fabric with names signed on them.

The purple strips were sewn together and measure 7 feet long

I do not know the people whose names are on these strips, but I feel a genuine closeness to them.

They have all been touched by Alzheimer's

Charlotte H. of Waldwick New Jersey

I was born in New Jersey

Thelma V. OBrien Bergenfield, New Jersey

I was raised in New Jersey and most of my family lives there today.

Louis Petix Bronxville, New York

I lived just minutes from New York

Myron S. New York City

School Field Trips took me to the Statue of Liberty, riding the ferry in the New York Harbor, and to the museums of New York.

Ted Lannigan of Seaside, Oregon

Margurite Miller of Phoenix, Oregon

I have called Oregon home for the last 26 years.

These names are important to me.

I feel as if I am on sacred ground.

I have been invited to quilt this 7 foot purple quilt.

It will be part of 118 purple quilts in a new exhibit:

Alzheimer's Illustrated

From Heartbreak to Hope

As I quilt on this sacred ground, I will choose my stitches thoughtfully and treat this quilt with gentle hands, as I know there is another quilter out there who is also quilting one of these purple quilts which contains the name of my grandmother, Helen Fusco of New Providence, New Jersey.

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CLICK HERE to see Glitter for Grandma one of the Quilts I created in honor of my grandmother.

Please CLICK HERE to find out more about Ami Simms and her quilts to raise funds and awareness for Alzheimer's.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

New Bed Frames for the Garden...

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It was such a gorgeous day today, I pulled myself away from the sewing machine to spend the day out of doors.

I found these metal bed frames at thrift stores over the winter months.

It is now time to put them to work in the garden.

Brad set up wooden fence posts in the back yard to hold up the bed frames while I painted them.

First coat is........Primer

These young yearling calves find anything we do in the yard just fascinating!

We are a spectator sport...

Calves......just over the fence

The calves were very interested in the paint spray can.

5 Bed Frames........a beautiful sage green color

Gunnr is always good company when I am outdoors.

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May Your Garden be full of Bed Frames,

LuAnn

Quilted Sunshine...

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Quilted Sunshine

Tablerunner

Quilted Sunshine Tablerunner

Look what you can make with those 5 inch charm square packs you have in your stash!

Quilted Sunshine Detail

I was just notified this morning that my tablerunner is part of a slideshow and contest on THE QUILT SHOW.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Quilted Zipper Bags.......Orange

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Quilted Orange Zipper Bags

8 x 8 inches

This week I am in need of gifts for family & friends so I made a few bags.

This is my own Homemade Recipe for great bags and you can make 5 of them at once in an afternoon!

Quilted Pink Zipper Bags

If they look familiar, it is because I made the pink ones above for holiday gift giving.

You can find my Tutorial if you CLICK HERE

I hope you will give them a try. It is a great way to use up strips of fabric and also great practice for your machine quilting skills!

CLICK HERE to see the bags Linda created using this tutorial

CLICK HERE to see Elyte's bag

CLICK HERE to see these zipper bags in Tasmania

Morning Cattle Call

Our weather here in Western Oregon has been sunny and bright.

It makes feeding cattle much more pleasant.

My Silhouette in the Oregon Sunshine!

Have a Quilty Day...

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn