Sketch Book......Curly Feathers

Feathers don't always need plumes...

You can put a curl where a plume should be...

Curls add a lot of whimsy to a quilt...

Try adding different shapes to the feather spine and see what works.

 I am still in the summer mode...

This Autumn Blaze tree in the yard started turning this week.

I am ignoring it.

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LuAnn Kessi

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Sketch Book.....Geometric Designs

Geometric Designs lend themselves to 

contemporary, modern and art quilts

Mostly triangle shapes...

Rectangles and Squares...

This looks like a maze.

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LuAnn Kessi

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Sketch Book......Feathers Filling Space

A few more feather designs from the Sketch Books:

It is FUN to take a given space (rectangle, square, circle) and fill it up with feathers.

Use ALL available space....every inch of it...

It is FUN to stretch out the plumes to fill in the space...

Use a chalk mark to define the feather spine, then fill in all of the given space with plumes.

Divide up the quilting area with lines (top of page).

Fill in those areas with feathers to take up all available space.

It is a great way to fill in a lot of negative space in the background areas of a quilt.

 We are still enjoying the last few hollyhock blooms:

Pink Hollyhock......just opening

Black Hollyhock

Detail View

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LuAnn Kessi

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Sketch Book......Feathers

Here are a few feathers from my Sketch Books...

Once you learn to draw a basic feather design...

You can move on to feathers like these...

I just found a terrific online video tutorial to create feathers...

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LuAnn Kessi

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Sketch Book......Quilting Tutorials

Quilting Designs from

my Sketch Book:

Cry Baby Background Filler

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Cry Baby meander...

Every now and again I add plumes.....I like it!

Caterpillar Filler

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Branching Curls Filler

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 This is how we spent the day today:

Splitting Fire wood

Hydraulic Wood Splitter

Taking a load to the barn...

Storing the wood in the pony stall...

The wood will finish drying here for a few months.

Fire wood heats you twice...

First when you cut it

Then when you burn it

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LuAnn Kessi

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Sketch Book.....Background Fills

Background Fill Designs

from the Sketch Books...

I have been trying out a few filler designs

from Barbara Chapel's video:

Barbara Shapel was a guest speaker last year at

The Mary's River Quilt Guild

Philomath, OR

A few of her designs are new to me...

It's FUN to draw them out and see what I can do!

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A new Rooster in the Hen House:

We brought a new Sparky home...

Cock-a-doodle-doo

Sparky.....so handsome

You pretty bird

Sparky (in the center of the photo)

He is 3 months old

The hens are 5 months old

Hollyhocks blooming by the Thread Shed

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LuAnn Kessi

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