Calypso Quilt.......Fern Quilting

Time to focus on quilting the Calypso Quilt:

Day 5

The fabrics have a tropical flavor so I decided to

quilt ferns...

The Dry Erase board is a favorite for trying out new motifs...

How to draw out the Fiddlehead Fern

Fiddlehead Fern fill

Another FUN tool:

BLACK Dry Erase Board...

Neon Markers...

Makes me want to do a black quilt with Neon Threads

Time to sit down at the Sweet Sixteen:

Calypso Quilt

96 x 96 inches

Fern Quilting...

The ferns add a great texture to the quilt:

Now...I need to put down the camera and get busy.

I am hoping to have this ready for my son's birthday next weekend.

Wish me luck!

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CLICK HERE to view: Improve your Free Motion Foot

CLICK HERE to view: Quilting Stormy

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Baby Quilt........Ready for Sunday

Monday I began fussy cutting baby blocks

and piecing a baby quilt...

I wish this was a panel, but it is all pieced...

Tuesday I added the borders...

Basted and Quilted the Baby Quilt...

Friday, today, I put the binding on by machine:

I had some help.....Gunnr slept under the sewing machine.

Gunnr is recovering from his surgery 2 weeks ago:

His paw is covered with a little booty

to keep him from licking his stitches.

He wants to show you his boo boo:

One more week and the stitches should be out.

There wasn't quite enough bubble fabric for the back side,

so I added fabric with black & white spots down the center...

Now the backing fabric is just the right size.

The binding is sewn down,

and the baby quilt is all done.

The quilt is ready to take to the baby shower on Sunday.

Gunnr

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CLICK HERE to view: More Baby Quilts

CLICK HERE to view: The Cattle

CLICK HERE to view: Watch Me Create

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Soy Wax on Fabric

I invited a few friends over to Play

We spent the day doing some surface design on fabric

with Soy Wax

Check out the Slideshow below

to see how our day went:

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CLICK HERE to view: Snow Dyeing Play Day

CLICK HERE to view: Discharge on Fabric Play Day

CLICK HERE to view: Microwave Dyeing Play Day

I have been receiving lots of questions regarding the application of soy wax, so here are a few links that helped me get started:

CLICK HERE: Soy Wax from Dharma Trading

CLICK HERE to learn more about Soy Wax as Surface Design

CLICK HERE for a Soy Wax Tutorial

CLICK HERE for a Simple Batik Tutorial

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Gunnr.......Feeling Much Better

So many of you have sent Well Wishes to Gunnr

since his surgery.

It worked.....he's feeling much better!

Look and see for yourself:

Gunnr spent the morning baking apple pies...

He likes the crust best...

Apple Pies....Ready to go in the Oven...

Cooling in the kitchen window...

Gunnr has something special planned for one of these pies....

Gunnr has a veterinary appointment tomorrow:

He is bringing Dr. Braat an apple pie

to THANK him for taking care of his foot.

I haven't made too much progress on the

Calypso Quilt

this last week...

I will be back at it real soon!

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CLICK HERE to view: Adventures in Art Quilting Classes

CLICK HERE to view: Jello Printing

CLICK HERE to view: Shaving Cream Printing

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Calypso.......Borders & Basted

I made it back out to the Thread Shed Yesterday:

Day 4

I am auditioning border fabrics for the Calypso Quilt

I decided on green fabrics:

I pulled a few greens out of the cupboard to see if

any of them would work...

Border Fabrics on left side:

I decided to go with a lighter shade of green.

I can't be too choosy as I live a distance from town,

so need to rely on what is in my stash...

I found 4 lighter green fabrics...

Each side of the quilt will have a different border fabric.

I went right to work adding the borders:

With Borders the Quilt Measures

96 x 96 inches

I have 4 days into this quilt so far...

Today I took the Calypso Quilt Top down to

the community hall to get it spray basted:

The blue batik fabric is for the back side of the quilt.

I am using yummy wool batting.

My sister helped me get it all spray basted.

Tomorrow I will get it under the needle and begin

the machine quilting...

Gunnr wishes to thank ALL of you who sent your well wishes!

He is recovering nicely from his surgery.

He knows first hand how comforting a

Quilt can truly be.

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CLICK HERE to view: Part 1

CLICK HERE to view: Part 2

CLICK HERE to view Part 3

Gunnr.......Surgery

Progress on the Calypso Quilt has come to a stand still...

Gunnr spent the day at the veterinarian's yesterday:

Part of his front foot was amputated...

He was not feeling well last night...

We took turns comforting him to help him sleep.

The sun is shining brightly this morning!

Gunnr seems better too:

He is wearing a wool sock on his foot to prevent him from chewing his bandages.

It seems to be working so far.

(He was afraid of the big, plastic collar from the vets office, so we had to try something else....the wool sock)

I am hoping to get back out to the Thread Shed soon to continue with the piecing on the Calypso Quilt.

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CLICK HERE to view: Calypso Quilt....In Progress

CLICK HERE to view: Gunnr, The Quilting Arts Calendar Dog

CLICK HERE to view: Student Work

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Calypso......New Design

10 am

I walked into the Thread Shed...

Day 3

This is what the quilt blocks looked like on the design wall:

I started playing around with the extra blocks on the table:

I like this vertical design...

So I moved all of the blocks around on the design wall:

This appeals to me.

I will continue with this lay out...

I pieced 51 more key hole blocks today.

Look what the mail man delivered today:

Extension Table for my Featherweight 221

I put it into use immediately:

Lots more surface area to work on.

CLICK HERE to find out more about the table.

One of my students made me this pincushion:

It's great when I am moving back and forth from the

design wall to the sewing machine.

I always have my pins where I need them!

Thanks Kathy.

Did you get your 2012 Quilting Arts Calendar?

It's time to turn to the month of February...

Guess who is Mr. February?

This is Gunnr, our Calendar Boy!

I just love his face...

and so did everyone at Quilting Arts Magazine!

13 Rows Pieced so far...

I need to add 2 more rows.

It is 6pm and I am quitting for the day:

There are a total of 160 key hole blocks.

I am using 105 for the Calypso quilt.

That leaves 55 leftover blocks.....I am thinking lap quilt.

More to come...

CLICK HERE to view: Part 1

CLICK HERE to view: Part 2

Cutting Directions for Blocks:

Center strips are cut 2.5 x 8.5 inches

End strips are cut 2.5 x 6.5 inches

This creates an unfinished block size: 6.5 x 12.5 inches

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi