Feelin' Groovy.........Binding

Day 13

This is my last day to stitch into this quilt...

I get a little sappy at this stage of the process.

This is the fabric for the binding...

These Marcia Derse Fabrics have been a great deal

of FUN to work with!

Binding....cut, pieced, pressed and ready to sew on

The binding feeds flawlessly from the coffee can

All of the machine work is done...

It's time to stitch the back side on by hand

Superior Threads Bottom Line

is my favorite for hand sewing bindings.

You can barely see the thread and it rarely tangles ever.

Next week....the pink baby quilt on the design wall

gets feathers all over it!

I get quite a few questions about the

Handi Quilter Sweet 16 Mid Arm Machine.

I thought it would be easier to answer them here:

Bobbin on the left is Sweet 16 Class M

Bobbin on the right is Bernina

The Class M Bobbins are BIG...

They hold a LOT more thread

Which means a lot less stopping, cutting threads, etc.

LOVE the Class M Bobbins

Someone is getting impatient:

Gunnr is ready to call it a day in the Thread Shed

This is where I will spend the evening

hand stitching the binding to the back side of the quilt.

Have a Good Night...

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Feelin' Groovy,

LuAnn Kessi

Feeling Groovy.......Border Quilting

Day 12

This has been a lot of FUN to quilt!~

Today I spent the day machine quilting the borders:

It took a great deal of hours to complete the quilting on the center

portion of the quilt....very heavily quilted.

(my son could put this in his trunk with a spare tire on it

and it wouldn't hurt this quilt a bit!)

I am excited to finally get to the quilting on the borders:

The green border fabric helps show off all of the stitching.

I am not alone today in the Thread Shed:

The yearling cattle are just outside the window at the barn.

The UPS man pulled down the driveway this afternoon

with this:

I dropped my Nikon a few weeks ago.....eek!

It has been at the camera hospital.

It's back home and working great again!

Thank You

Camera Solutions Inc

Portland, Oregon

To help with the Nikon separation anxiety...

I have been using our 7 year old Olympus point and shoot.

Thanks to this little camera I was able to keep up with the images

for this blog.

Let's give the Nikon a work out to see how

the repairs went:

I rarely use a flash when photographing quilted textiles.

The flash washes out all of the fabric colors.

The Nikon works well in low light conditions.

CLICK HERE to see how this motif is drawn out

6pm.....I am calling it quits for today:

I will spend the weekend binding and labeling

Feelin' Groovy

Monday I will surprise our youngest son on his birthday!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Baby Chicks......3 Weeks

The Peeps are 3 weeks:

They are no longer little cotton balls with legs...

They are all feathered out.....even tail feathers!

They take turns roosting on top of the chicken waterer

and sleeping on top of their feeders

They run, flap their wings and try and fly across

the 8 foot brooder box.

They are a constant source of entertainment for Gunnr!

I continue to machine quilt the

Feelin' Groovy Quilt...

3 more days and it should be done.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full of Peeps,

LuAnn Kessi

Feeling Groovy.....Machine Quilting Tips

Day 9

Machine Quilting.......continues:

I thought I would answer a few questions I have been

receiving from blog readers...

This drawer sits right next to the

Sweet Sixteen:

Tools of the Trade...

The Sweet Sixteen

BIG Class M Bobbins

TOWA Bobbin Gauge

I struggled for a few weeks setting the bobbin tension.

Then I found out a Long Arm secret...

This bobbin gauge makes life so easy!

I set my gauge between 180 - 200

CLICK HERE: Towa Gauge Tutorial

Curved Tip Squeeze Scissors

Trim your threads close to the quilt without

the worry of snipping into the quilt.

Pin Point Oiler

I feel clumsy wearing quilting gloves.

Instead I use Neutrogena (greaseless) hand cream

to get a better grip on the quilt.

It lasts for hours before I need to re-apply.

Make Up Brushes

work great for cleaning out the bobbin and housing.

Flower Pincushion by Fons and Porter

works great for organizing needles by sizes.

Spiral Eye Needles

I use these to bury my thread tails

The Open Toe Hopping Foot

gives me better visibility right to the tip of the needle

CLICK HERE to watch Video

I rarely mark quilting lines,

but when I do I use a Chubby Crayon.

The mark irons off easily.

Sketch Book

I work out all of my designs in a sketch book.

I also practice on paper before I go to the machine.

It improves my muscle memory.

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I quilted for 8 hours today....

I will be back at it tomorrow...

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Feeling Groovy......Under the Needle

Day 8

The green border fabric has been added:

I chose this pale green fabric to lighten up the

overall look of the quilt.

The quilt is spray basted and ready to be machine quilted!

Thread Audition:

The yellow on the left is too bright.

The fawn in the middle is too pale.

The Teddy Bear Brown on the right is just right.

Feeling Groovy is under the needle of the

Handi Quilter Sweet Sixteen

This is a sit-down long arm machine.

This is the quilting motif I will use:

It has a funky feel just like the rest of the quilt.

I am pleased with the thread color choice:

This quilt is ALL about these groovy Marcia Derse Fabrics.

I don't want the thread competing with the fabrics...

The machine quilting adds a great deal of texture

without taking anything away from the surface design

on the fabric:

5 hours of machine quilting today...

2 rows of blocks quilted so far.

I will be back at it again tomorrow morning.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi