Flower Girl Quilt......

Quilting the Flower Girl Quilt:

Here she is under the needle of the Sweet 16

The white background areas are heavily quilted.

After washing, this will shrink up

and become so yummy!

The raw edge flowers will ruffle up after washing.

A vine is perfect for the border quilting...

Free hand, I chalk out a wavy stem line

to follow while quilting...

I quilted plumes, curls and leaves on the vine.

 I like to try new threads:

Glide Thread

Magna Glide Prewound Bobbins:

Below the jar of pre-wound bobbins

is my bobbin case.

To the right of the case, I have removed 

the backlash spring.

To the left you see the pre-wound bobbin.

To the far left is the empty bobbin, 

it has a magnet on the bottom.

I am terribly satisfied with this thread!

I purchased mine here.....CLICK HERE

Time for a snack break...

Gunnr needs to replenish his energy after all of this quilting!

Open Toe S16 Foot:

I purchased an open toe foot after I bought the S16.

It is open....nothing blocks my view as I follow a narrow

spine on a vine or feather design.

I never quilt with any other foot.....this is ideal.

 Finished Quilt:

I wash and dry the quilt 3 times...

It becomes so yummy and cuddly....

Flower Girl Quilt

60 x 72 inches

CLICK HERE to see more raw edge quilts

CLICK HERE to view Flowers for My Sissy Quilt

CLICK HERE to view My Quilts

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Thread Shed......Update

Things are moving right along in the Thread Shed:

Thread Shed March 2013

The raw edge flower quilt is on the Sweet 16.

The Winding Ways/Wheel of Mystery is basted 

and ready to go under the needle.

My newest challenge quilt is on the design wall.

I finished the flower quilt last week.

I will write a separate post just for this quilt.

I used Glide Thread and bobbins......loved them!

These are the printed tree fabrics I am using for my

2013 Challenge Quilt

The challenge theme is...

Inspiration from the Flower Bed

I have trees growing near my flower beds.

This is my previous little green paint cupboard

which I had overgrown...

This is the new paint cupboard:

I traveled 5 hours round trip to Portland 

to get it at IKEA

The green containers are from the Dollar Tree

Textile Paints, Screen Printing Inks, 

Gel Mediums, Brayers,

Brushes, Applicators, etc.

all have a place of their own.....easy to find.

Gunnr is patiently waiting for a Scooby Treat

by the Winding Ways/Wheel of Mystery quilt.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Lots to share...

I am back with lots to share with you!

I just completed this raw edge quilt for a friend.

I will share more later.....new thread info for you!

Our Place...

We climbed the ridge across the river

 to set up our trail camera.

This is the view we saw of our place from the ridge.

Cougars have been spotted in our neck of the woods.

It is that time of the year...

The nanny goats are kidding

I will post photos of the baby goats soon!

The cows are calving

Baby hides behind mama cow.

 Gunnr.......just as sweet and funny as ever!

More to come.....I have lots to share

 CLICK HERE to view:  Our Cattle

CLICK HERE to view:  Life on Kessi Farm

CLICK HERE to view:  My Quilt Journey

CLICK HERE to see my Quilts

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Quilts......and Farming

As you can read on the right side of this blog...

" My quilts are greatly influenced by my life on

a ranch in the Harlan Valley. "

This short video speaks volumes:

Many Thanks to each of you who take the time to

 follow this blog journey.

CLICK HERE to view:  Our Cattle

CLICK HERE to view:  Life on Kessi Farm

CLICK HERE to view:  My Quilt Journey

CLICK HERE to see my Quilts

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Stencil Blog Hop........ Winner

Thank You for all of your comments on

the Stencil Blog Hop

The winner of the stencils I used:

Tire Tacks and Slices

is

 Roberta said...

I am really impressed by the tutorial as well as the final bags. They are really beautiful! Thank you so much. I learned so much today from your blog! I am not a fabric artist so I am not sure what all those Jaquard products are but I love what you did with them.

January 26, 2013 at 6:18 AM

 

Roberta will receive her stencils directly from

Stencil Girl Products

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Stenciled Zipper Bags...

A look at the process of creating the

Stenciled, Quilted Zipper Bags...

Shoulder Bags

Fabrics on Bottom......BEFORE discharging process

Fabrics on Top....AFTER discharge stenciling

Green Fabric....Jacquard Discharge Paste

After paste completely dries...

Steam Iron to begin discharging color from fabric

 Red Fabric....deColourant discharge paste

Steam Iron discharges color from fabric

New Discharged Fabrics

I cut off a strip of the red fabric 

and pieced it into the green

Free Motion Quilting 

around the triangle shapes.....FUN

After quilting:

I cut the fabric in half......enough for 2 bags

CLICK HERE to view:  My Zipper Bag Tutorial

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts

CLICK HERE to view Discharge Tutorial

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi