My Quilting Sketch Book.....Background Fill

This background fill design is a lot of FUN!

Here it is drawn out with tight curls...

Here....the lines are less curly

Here the curls vary from large to small in size

This background fill was made popular by

Karen McTavish

Here it is stitched out onto one of my Quilts:

This in-progress image looks so yummy!

The curvy quilting lines help soften the square blocks

The green borders are stitched out in a larger scale

than the interior of the quilt...

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Karen has a book and DVD if you are interested in

learning this style of quilting.

More flowers from the back yard:

Pink Star Lily

Star Lilies......after the rain

Red Star Lily

You are welcome to use these images

in your personal art work if you like.

The view out the back door.....inspiring!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Quilting Sketch Book.....Vine Borders

One of my very favorite machine quilters is

Patsy Thompson

Over the years she has been a tremendous inspiration

to me and influences my quilting to this day.

The following designs are soooo Patsy!

Big Leaf Vine

Big Leaf Vine....with Veins

Big Leaf Vine....with Veins and Curls

Big Leaf Vine.....as a border treatment

Dry Erase Board.....great for practicing the motif

Here is the Big Leaf Vine stitched onto my Quilts:

Nature Walk Quilt

Nature Walk Quilt

Bubbles and Blooms Quilt

Bubbles and Blooms Quilt

Check out what is blooming out back today:

Red Dahlia

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Quilting Sketch Book.....Vine

This is one of my favorite designs to quilt into

the border of a quilt:

It is a vine, but I throw in a few plumes

 like a feather...

I chalk out a soft curve for the vine spine...

Here it is stitched out:

This is a 6 inch border...

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The rain continues here in Western Oregon:

Hosta Leaves...

Rain Drops on Hostas

This fella lives just down the road:

Leroy....the Goat

He's very curious about my camera...

Here is Leroy....showing us his BEST side...

Smile pretty for the camera....Leroy!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Sketch Book.....Masculine Designs

While working on a quilt for my favorite guy,

I didn't have a lot of masculine designs

to refer to in my sketch book...

Here are a few designs I tried out on paper...

I decided to use the design on the left page...

Here it is stitched out onto the Quilt:

Nothing fancy about this design....but it works.

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Look what's blooming in our valley right now:

Foxglove

They grow everywhere!

Especially along the road side.

Again....my favorite Cow:

She is a great mother and raises nice calves each year!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi