Sketch Book...Background Fills 3

A few more background fills

from the Sketch Book...

The best time to draw out and try a design is...

when you are inspired!

I have a sketch book in nearly every room in the house...

In all of our vehicles...

When inspiration strikes...

I draw it out while the idea is fresh in my mind!

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The dahlias are at their peak now:

Spider Dahlia

I cut a few and put them in a vase on the kitchen table

They are glowing!

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LuAnn Kessi

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Sketch Book.....Background Fillers 2

More Background Filler Designs

from the Sketch Book:

It is FUN to draw out a design...

and see if it will work or not.

My goal is not perfection when trying out

something new...

I approach each drawing as an experiment...

If something does appeals to me,

I eventually draw it out on a full page and larger scale.

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 Thistle.....a dirty word in our part of the country:

But....I think they are pretty.

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LuAnn Kessi

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Sketch Book......Background Fillers 1

When trying out different filler designs,

I partition the sketch book...

6 sections seems to work best for me:

Rather than fill up an entire page in the book with 1 design,

I can experiment with 6 different designs on one page.

Filler designs can be time consuming to draw out 

1 design on a full page.

6 designs on a page is much more appealing to me.

It is enough space to let me know if the design

is working or not.

When I am experimenting with new designs,

I draw them out as if I had the piece under

the needle quilting it...

keeping my pen down on the paper, moving it as

if it were a needle and thread on the machine.

I never know what will work until I try it out in the sketch book.

The yearling heifers keep me company just outside

the Thread Shed.

The hydrangeas are putting on a show this time of year!

The flower beds are just illuminated with their beauty.

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LuAnn Kessi

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Sketch Book.....Border Designs

Here are a few border designs

in one of my Sketch Books...

As you can see from the diagram on the left page,

these are a series of shapes that look like 

question marks

I would chalk out the question mark shapes 

on my fabric,

then put it under the needle and stitch plumes 

along the question marks.

This is the same design, 

just a horizontal orientation.

This can be stitched out to fit most any size border.

 This is a simpler version of the designs above:

Here are 4 different border designs.

A good choice for narrow borders.

 This little chicken family lives just down the road:

They were scratchin' out a living in the grass 

along side the road...

The rooster is a real beauty!

He is so vibrant.

Sweet Birds.

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LuAnn Kessi

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Sketch Book.....Background Fills

Free Motion Quilting

Background Fill Designs:

I draw random horizontal wavy lines across the page...

Then fill each area in with a different design.

These work great for background areas on your quilt

that you need to fill in and press that area down with stitching.

Adds a lot of texture.

You can also draw horizontal straight lines across the page:

Try out different shapes.....you never know if they will work

unless you try them out on paper.

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LuAnn Kessi

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Sketch Book......Cobblestones Motif

Free Motion Quilting INSPIRATION can come from

anywhere...

This is an image of a batik fabric:

As soon as I saw this, it screamed to be sketched out

as a future quilting motif...

 This is my first attempt at drawing it out:

I started by drawing random wavy lines.

Then filled in each section with cobblestones.

Give it a try!

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LuAnn Kessi

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Sketch Book.....Spines with Curls & Plumes

Here is a curvy spine with 

curls and plumes added to it:

I drew out the very curvy spine.

Then added the big curls.

Then decided to add plumes between the curls.

Note:  I make a note to keep spine curvy, not too straight.

In the next image you can see how I worked out

this design as I went along:

I highlighted the steps 1 to 4

(they aren't in order, but you get the idea)

I worked my way drawing out this design until it

looked they way I wanted it to.

I would chalk out the spine and big curves.

Then go in and begin the quilting on the machine.

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LuAnn Kessi

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