Raffle Quilt.....Top and Back

We gathered up all the leftover fabrics from last 

week and did a little Back Art...

Backing and Quilt Top completed

Next week we will baste it all together...

Just outside the front door:

The Iris are blooming...

 Just outside the back door:

the lilacs are blooming.....and smell wonderful!

You are welcome to use the flower photos

in your personal art work.

Always glad to share a little inspiration!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Raffle Quilt and Eagle Chase...

Last week I spent the day with 

The Harlan Valley Quilters...

Juicy Floral Fabrics.....yummy!

We are creating a raffle quilt for the

Women's Cancer Coalition

Cutting the Deck...

Shuffling the Deck...

By the end of the day we nearly completed the top:

I meet with them again tomorrow,

so there is more to come!

Look what is going on right now 

just outside the back door:

Starlings are chasing an eagle away from their nests

Tiny starlings have this eagle on the move!

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LuAnn Kessi

Gunnr has a new baby pig......I think he likes it!

Quilt Photo Shoot...

We spent the day photographing quilts.

I prefer natural lighting, so we went outdoors...

Brad and Gunnr hung the quilts while I set up

the camera equipment...

First came the wind, then the rain.

Gunnr is doing his best to hold the quilt in place.

We took all the equipment down 

and waited out the weather:

Gunnr is sticking out his tongue...

He doesn't think much of photographing quilts.

Eventually the weather cooperated and we were able

to get all of the quilts photographed.  

Now to edit all of those photos...

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LuAnn Kessi

2013 Challenge Quilt.....Part 4

Auditioning another gray fabric...

This isn't pieced just yet....

the blocks are pinned on top

This is a close up of the 6th gray fabric

 I am auditioning

for the bottom window fabric...

I will leave it up on the design wall for a few days...

It will let me know if it is the right one.

We are in the middle of 

remodeling our master bath:

This cast iron tub was made in 1919

It originally came from the Eugene Hotel 

(Eugene, OR)

It also had several other owners along the way who

added a coat or two of paint to it.

Today we restored it to it's original brilliance:

I think it is happy now!

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LuAnn Kessi

2013 Challenge Quilt.....Part 3

I removed all of the lower sill fabric...

I am abandoning this lay out...

I went to town and brought home 

new window fabrics to audition...

This is a Stonehenge Fabric....I love it.....

but it is too dark

I lose the 3D attic window I am trying to create.

This is a medium gray.....

but I think it is too textured...

Another medium gray.....again, too textured...

Another medium gray.....much calmer...

might work...

One last medium gray.....

gives a good 3D appearance.

I will live with it on the design wall for a few days

before I stitch it up.

Lots of activity at the goat barn this Spring:

Mama Goat and Twins

While the mothers are out to pasture...

The babies gang up around one mama.

This kid goat was very curious about my camera.

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LuAnn Kessi

2013 Challenge Quilt.....Part 2

The tree printed fabric is cut up into squares:

The plan is to turn the blocks into Attic Windows

I measured everything out on graph paper and made

myself a paper block to sew...

The block sewed up perfectly

Time to cut into the real fabrics for the block:

The first block is cut and ready to piece...

19 more blocks to piece...

20 Blocks pieced into the Attic Windows Design:

I am not thrilled with the bottom sill fabric.

It is too light and too textured.

I ripped it all out and am going on a search for a

medium gray fabric that reads more solid.

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I have a magazine article coming out later this year

featuring my sketch book of quilting designs.

I will let you know when it is published.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi