Art.....imitates life

This is the challenge quilt I started last month:

Attic Windows

It reminds me of the view out our front window...

This is the real view out the window:

Of course, this was taken in Spring time.

In the winter it looks more like the quilt above.

If you look close in the tree......

a baby bird is perched

We had a heavy rain a few days ago and the nest fell

from the tree...

Only this one baby bird survived the fall...

We put him back up in the tree...

The parents continue to feed him.

I just might have to add one bird to the 

Attic Windows quilt above.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Gone Fishing......Baby Quilt

I am invited to a baby shower.....in 5 days!

It is a boy baby....the family is into the outdoors...

I rummaged through the fabric cupboards and found

lots of fish fabrics I collected for my own boys

years and years ago....

No time to run out for additional fabrics...

I am using what I have.

Yesterday I put the quilt top together in a

log cabin or court house steps design....ish.

 Today it went under the needle:

It is all quilted, trimmed and ready for a binding...

Especially for baby quilts, I do a machine binding:

The Wonder Clips held the binding in place nicely...

The clips held the back of the binding securely,

while I top stitched from the top of the quilt.

The back of the binding is stitched by machine

and will hold up through many machine washings!

I pin the clips about in inch apart...

holds the binding in place perfectly.

Back side of quilt is wild life animals.

The label is sewn to the back side...

This was a very fast 2 day quilt......and it is DONE!

Gone Fishing

Gunnr is ready to leave the Thread Shed...

and go inside to sleep by the fire.

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Everyone was excited about the baby fish quilt!

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Foiling on Fabric......Class Samples

Day 2

The borders are sewn on...

The class samples are ready for machine quilting...

I am all warmed up and ready

 to do some free motion...

Gold Rayon thread to outline the tree and spirals...

My very favorite gold thread.....looks metallic,

 but is Rayon Thread

I thumbed through one of the sketch books 

and decided to go with this design

 for the blue background area...

aaaah.....just the thread work it needed...yummy!

Blue Rayon Thread.....border quilting

Quilting is done......needs a binding

Fabric Foiling Class Sample 1

 Class Sample 2:

Before.....Quilting

After......Quilting

I kept this piece simple and elegant.

Fabric Foiling Class Sample 2

Foiling on Fabric Class

Thursday, May 23, 2013 @ 1 pm

JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop

Philomath, Oregon

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Trying out BlogLovin.....

Follow my blog with Bloglovin

Apparently I need to "Claim" my blog

before using Bloglovin

I will check it out and see if I like it...

LuAnn

Foiling on Fabric......Class Prep

I spent the afternoon doing some class prep work:

I am teaching Foiling on Fabric

Thursday, May 23, 2013

JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop, Philomath Oregon

Wisteria leaves foiled on fabric......very FUN!

If you look real close you can see I foiled

Bo Nash 007 Crystals

Jones Tones Foil Glue works very well...

Jones Tones Foil Sheets

The tree was created with Fusible Web

I found some metallic fabric in the cupboard

that will work for a border on the tree piece...

I found some shiny gold fabric for the border

on the wisteria leaves...

 I am calling it a day...

This awaits me in the morning......more to come!

This is Pig Henry...

He lives just down the road...

He likes to be scratched and have his picture taken.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi