Snow...

The Daffodils are blooming...

But, we woke up to this today...

Big flakes are falling...

This is the view out the front door...

In the center.....Freckles the Cow Mama...

Freckles watches over the yearling cattle.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Sparrow Quilt......FOR SALE

Here is your opportunity to own one of my portrait quilts:

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Sparrow

This quiltlet has been donated to

Alzheimer's Priority Quilts

You can purchase it NOW !

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Calypso.....on the bed

This is the Calypso Quilt I made for our son

last month:

We stopped by his apartment today.

He wasn't at home....but his bed was made...

I think he likes his quilt...

He's been sleeping under it...

It looks even better on his bed!

My work here is done!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Feeling Groovy Quilt...

Day 1

I have had these fabrics on the design wall

for a few weeks...

I am planning a birthday quilt for our youngest son.

Brad came out to the Thread Shed and looked

at the design wall and said,

"Feeling Groovy"

So I guess this quilt has a name and I haven't even cut

one piece of fabric for it yet!

Marcia Derse Fabrics

for

Feeling Groovy Quilt

Today I pulled the fabrics off the wall and

started the ironing process...

40 different fat quarters

That should make a queen size quilt...

After all of the ironing,

I cut them into 8 inch squares:

Why 8 inch squares?

That is a good size to get the most out of a fat quarter

Plus, the designs are large, so I don't want to cut

the fabric into small pieces and lose the cool surface designs.

100+ Blocks

I am inspired by this Happy Hour Book.

Everything is all packed into a Pizza Box...

It is ready when I am.

Last week I dropped my Nikon camera...

on the floor....eek!

While I am seeking repair work,

I am using my old Olympus camera.

Glad to have it...

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CLICK HERE to view: Grampa's Shirt

CLICK HERE to view: The Design Wall

CLICK HERE to view: Art Cloth

CLICK HERE to view: Painted Fusible

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Design Wall.....Marcia Derse Fabrics - Lighter

Marcia Derse Fabrics

on the

Design Wall

Today the mailbox was full of more Marcia Fabrics...

Marcia personally cut fat quarters from her lines of fabric

and mailed them to me...

How nice is that!

I was in need of lighter colorways to go with the

darker Marcia Fabrics I already had on the Design Wall...

Here are 13 lighter fabrics:

I pinned them over the top of the darker fabrics...

That really brightened things up!

Now I am ready to begin my next project:

A birthday quilt for our youngest son.

"Feeling Groovy"

with Marcia Derse Fabrics !

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Calypso.....Binding

Day 9

This morning I completed the

quilting in the borders:

This leaf vine in the borders compliments

the fiddlehead ferns quilted in the center of the quilt.

The wool batting has so much loft...

It enhances the quilting stitches.

Freckles is keeping me company today while I put

the binding on...

20 inch Square Up Ruler.....

This ruler is a MUST for squaring up quilts,

especially larger quilts like this one.

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to view the same border quilting on Nature Walk

The binding is pieced, pressed and ready to go!

After the machine work is done...

I will find a cozy chair to sit and hand stitch the binding

to the back side of the quilt.

I might just have this done by Saturday?

More to Come~

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CLICK HERE to view: Calypso Border Quilting

CLICK HERE to view: Fiddlehead Fern Quilting

CLICK HERE to view: Jello Printing

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Design Wall....Marcia Derse Fabrics

While I am finishing up the Calypso Quilt

for my oldest son...

I am auditioning fabrics for my youngest son's quilt...

These are a commercial line of fabrics

By Marcia Derse:

I decided to contact Marcia and get a few more lighter fabrics.

This palette is looking a bit dark right now.

Marcia cut the fat quarters I wanted and

shipped them out to me last week, so they should be

in the mailbox very soon!

This is the view out the front door this morning:

The daffodils have buds and it is looking like

SPRING

here in Western Oregon

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CLICK HERE to view: Marcia Derse Fabric Lines

CLICK HERE to view: more of the Calypso Quilt

CLICK HERE to view: Discharging Fabric

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi