Quilting SketchBook....Sashings and Narrow Borders

Here are a few designs to fill in

narrow areas like sashings or

narrow borders:

After you chalk out the wavy stem line

on your fabric...

Challenge yourself to find different designs

to add to the stem line...

These get addicting!

Try it

The Lilies in the back yard are in full bloom:

Pink Star Lily

Yellow Spotted Star Lily

They have freckles...

More Lilies....yet to bloom!

The back yard isn't only full of flowers...

It is full of yearling cattle...

They are 15 months old now...

They are good company for us!

Life in the Hay Field:

This hay field is about 5 miles 

down the road from home

These are 6 foot round hay bales...

700 pounds each

The bales will be picked up with a tractor

and loaded on a trailer

and hauled for winter storage in our barns.

A few more hay fields to go...

8:30 pm.....Sunset in the Hay Field

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Quilting Sketch Book.....Feather Fillers

This is an all over feather fill

The entire space is filled with feathers

If you look close, you can see that 

some of the feathers look like 

they are tucked under other feathers.

I divided up the area into 3 sections...

this is called....Divide and Conquer

Look what started blooming today:

Dahlias

Just out the back door:

Over the fence, across the river....

one of the hay fields

Look a little closer...

The goats are up to their bellies in grass!

Not for long, we will be cutting this field soon.

Brad mowing in the 2nd hay field...

He had to stop for a little mower maintenance...

2nd hay field is ready to be raked and baled

8:15 pm.....Sunset in the Hay Field

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Quilting Sketch Book.....Filling Space

What I find useful is practicing ways to

fill a given space with quilting...

The space is SQUARE

I drew a curvy line and filled the square

with plumes...I stuffed it full!

More....SQUARES:

Draw a line through the square...

Then fill the entire space with plumes.

In the bottom image:

I divided the square in half horizontally

creating 2 triangle shapes

then filled each triangle shape completely.

You can fill a space with any shape...

a circle, triangle, rectangle, etc.

Look what's blooming by the Thread Shed:

Hollyhocks

They just opened up today...

I love the center star shape in every Hollyhock

The morning sun is shining on the back side

 of the bloom

to create a glow from the front of the flower.

Life in the Hay Fields:

Brad continues to bale the second field...

Hay Field

8 pm.....Sunset in the Hayfield

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CLICK HERE to view my online Sketch Book

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi