Calypso......3 Rows to Quilt

Sunday Morning...

Day 7

I came out to the Thread Shed to get a few hours of

quilting done on the Calypso Quilt.

When I opened the curtains,

the sunlight cascaded beautifully across the quilt:

This is what wool batting does for your quilting...

Lots of yummy texture !

Fiddlehead Fern Motif

Check out the difference between the

Un-Quilted vs Quilted Blocks...

By noon.....only 3 rows left to quilt on Calypso

But, that will have to wait until tomorrow.

I am off to town to bring the baby quilt to the Mama:

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CLICK HERE to view: more on the Calypso Quilt

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Calypso......Progress Report

I was able to quilt most of the day on the

Calypso Quilt:

Day 6

This is a birthday gift for my son,

so I am chasing my tail to get this done by

next weekend.....eek!

I am using a wool batting...

I am pleased with the texture that the fern motif

is providing...

There are 15 vertical rows of blocks in this quilt...

5pm tonight...

9 rows have been quilted with ferns

More to come~

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CLICK HERE to view: The Calypso Quilt

CLICK HERE to view: Portrait Quilts

CLICK HERE to view: Fabric Dyeing

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Baby Quilt.....Label

I printed up a quilt label this morning

and stitched it on the baby quilt:

It's all ready for the baby shower tomorrow!

What's wrong with this picture?

Rather than think one of the hens is slacking...

I like to believe she is giving it her best effort!

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CLICK HERE to view: My Quilt Label Tutorial

CLICK HERE to view: This Baby Quilt

CLICK HERE to view: Chickens

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

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: Woven Quilts

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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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