Baby Feathers Quilt......Done

We had a gorgeous sunny day here in Western Oregon!

While I was waiting for the dew to dry off the grass,

so I could mow the lawn...

I ran out to the Thread Shed to put in the

last few stitches on my sister's baby quilt:

I am ready to pass this back to my sister so she can

sew on the binding and label.

I stitched curls into the inner border...

Loops stitched on the final green border...

This was a lot of FUN !

Keeping with the PINK theme...

Look what is blooming just outside the door

of the Thread Shed...

Camellia

After a long and wet winter,

it is finally SPRING and time to MOW the lawn!

No Quilting for me tomorrow...

I am joining my friends for a

Quilt Shop Hop Trip

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LuAnn Kessi

Baby Quilt......Feathers

I spent the morning cleaning and organizing in

the Thread Shed...

After I finish a big project, I get the room back in order

before I begin the next quilt.

To reward myself for all that hard work,

I decided to quilt this baby quilt for my sister

(she created the quilt top).

I wanted to try out a new method of making

free motion feathers.

Let's see how the afternoon went:

I chalked out a few lines to help with placement

of the feather spine.

I am experimenting with the

"Bump Back" feather method...

I like it...

I haven't decided on a design for the circles or the borders yet.

6pm.....I called it a day.

I will finish this up soon......it is FUN!

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LuAnn Kessi

Happy Birthday.......Feelin' Groovy

We wrapped up the Feelin' Groovy Quilt

and made the trip into town today...

Heath was home (in between classes)

and we stopped in to say

HAPPY BIRTHDAY !

Heath.....reading the Quilt Label...

Heath is finishing up his wildlife studies at OSU

He spread out his quilt to get a good look at it...

Happy Feelin' Groovy Birthday Heath !

Yes, Gunnr came along to celebrate too!

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LuAnn Kessi

A Day at the Goat Barn...

You know it is SPRING when the barn is full of

Kid Goats...

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This little kid is camera shy...

He is a few weeks old

It is a sunny day...

just perfect for sleeping in the doorway of the barn

A few mama goats came out to greet us

Inside the Goat Barn

This little kid prefers the hay feeders for taking a nap

It is warm and sunny today...

A perfect day to spend some time at the

Goat Barn

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LuAnn Kessi

Feelin Groovy......Photo Shoot

Just had to take advantage of this gorgeous sunshine

here in Western Oregon

I took the Feelin' Groovy Quilt out doors...

Feelin' Groovy Quilt

100 inches Square

A Birthday quilt for our youngest son...

Quilt Label on the back

Here is a Simon and Garfunkel song that expresses my thoughts

about this quilt....enjoy!

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Feelin' Groovy........Done

Day 13

My last stitches are in the

Feelin' Groovy Quilt

10 pm......the binding is stitched on

In 13 days I have stitched a bed quilt to

celebrate our youngest son's birthday on Monday.

Gunnr is asleep on it right now...

I guess Heath will be the second one to sleep with this quilt.

Good Night...

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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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