Big Bloomers Raffle Quilt...

Big Bloomers Quilt

Women's Cancer Coalition 2013 Raffle Quilt

It has been washed and dried 3 times.....

It is all puckered up and yummy...

These make the best snuggle quilts...

96 x 96 inches......makes taking photos a challenge!

Created by:  The Harlan Valley Quilters of Harlan, Oregon

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Raffle Quilt......Quilted & Bound

This quilted up much faster than I anticipated...

Big Bloomers   96 x 96 inches

Women's Cancer Coalition 2013 Raffle Quilt

12 hours later....the machine quilting is done!

My favorite ruler for squaring up the quilt corners...

20 inch square Omnigrip

This is spray basted, so the layers held together nicely during quilting.

There is no distortion of the edges from the quilting, so squaring it up was easy.

I love a neatly squared up quilt......aaaaah.

I am not alone in the Thread Shed today.....Gunnr is great company!

Ready for Binding....

The 3-D edges on the flowers will ruffle up after washing and drying.

Scrappy Back Art.....

Binding.....pressed and ready to stitch down.

Into the washing machine tonight...

It will wash and dry 3 times....

See you in the morning!

p.s.  Those of you with a Sweet 16 may be interested in this:  The first 2 spools of top thread were Presencia cotton.  When I ran out of that I used Mettler cotton, which kept breaking no matter how much I loosened the top tension.  I finally had to loosen the bobbin tension in the TOWA gauge to 100 so I could loosen the top tension to stop the breakage.  I guess Presencia is heavier and stronger than the Mettler.  I normally run the bobbin tension at 180 - 200.

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LuAnn Kessi

Sketch Book........Plumes

You can add a plume to most any shape...

I drew out a few circles, then added plumes to them.

I chalk the circles onto the fabric, then stitch out the plumes.

I added plumes around the hair band shapes.

This freaky little guy is out back on the patio:

The spider body is as big as my thumb nail...

The total size of the spider is as long as my thumb!

Maple Trees in the front yard are putting on a show!

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LuAnn Kessi

Raffle Quilt......Under the Needle

Monday I met with the Harlan Valley Quilters to spray baste this quilt:

Big Bloomers

96 x 96 inches

Women's Cancer Coalition 2013 Raffle Quilt

Today it is in the Thread Shed......under the needle.

The 3-D flowers slow down the machine quilting, but they are worth it!

This isn't my first rodeo with 3-D elements:

This is a quilt I made a few years back with the same 3-D flowers.

It is quite yummy after washing and drying 3 times!

This heart quilt is also 3-D...

The challenge is to quilt all over the 3-D flowers or hearts, yet leave the edges free so they can ravel when washed.

These are freshly picked from the flower bed this evening...

We are taking them to our grandmother tonight to celebrate her 94th birthday!

Here's looking at you Gramma!

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LuAnn Kessi

Sketch Book......Background Fillers

Here are a few more background fillers from the Sketch Books

I started by making sections on this page with wavy horizontal lines.

Then I filled in the areas with lines and bubbles.  This is FUN!

The design on the top of the page reminds me of tree bark...

 Speaking of tree bark...

We spent the day trimming trees in the back yard...

Brad climbed in the tractor bucket...

I raised the tractor bucket up under the trees...

Brad trimmed off the lower limbs...

The limbs were laying on top of the hen house...

The limbs also hit me in the head when I mow the lawn...

It is time to trim them up!

This is my view from the tractor before limbing...

View after first limb was cut...

I can see out toward the barn now...

Lots of sunshine for the hens!

First load of limbs...

Second load of limbs

Check out the difference in the view:

Back yard 2 weeks ago...

This is the view from the back yard tonight.

No more limbs to hit me in the head when I mow the lawn!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi