Fabric Dyeing at the Palace...

I devoted the month of April to

Hand Dyeing Fabric...

The following fabrics are pleated:

This is what a full piece of random pleats looks like.

I have lots more to show, so they are folded and

stacked on the table for photographing:

4 different pleated hand dyes...

5 different pleated hand dyes...

5 more...

3 more......17 total 

All those pleats and colors make for a wild fabric!

Close Up Images:

I have lots more hand dyes to show you...

More To Come...

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

New York Beauty......Fresh 'n Fruity

New York Beauty.....Progress

I have been camped out at the Palace for a few days:

This is my campsite:

My suitcase is packed:

My camping equipment:

I am determined to make some head way

on this project!

This is my original lay out...

This is my revised lay out...

This is subject to change.

Piecing a NY Beauty Block:

The center arc is paper pieced...

Back side of arc section...

Remove papers from back of arc...

pin bottom corner of block to arc...

Curved Piecing...

Half Way done...

Pin top corner to arc unit...

Piece together...

Block Completed...

The block I just pieced is in the top left corner

on the design wall...

Still deciding if the new lay out is working?

Last count I have 56 blocks done...

I am thinking I will need at least 30 more?

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Eclectic Hexy Quilt......Progress 3

Progress Report...

Eclectic Hexy Quilt Top

This is the quilt top in April...

It has tripled in size over the last month...

I am having so much FUN with the

Eclectic Fabric Line...

I am adding half hexagons:

at the top and bottom edges...

This will give the quilt a straight edge treatment...

On the sides I will need to add triangles

to create a straight edge...

I am planning to use the red stripe fabric

for the final border treatment.

I am nearly done with this take-a-long quilt

and I am missing it already.

Guess I better plan my next take-a-long project!

I have been busy planting seeds:

Filling up the little greenhouse in the back yard...

We don't have a very long growing season here in

Western Oregon...

These seeds will be ready to plant in the ground

by the first of June.

Freckles the Cow Mama turns 32 this year!

She is currently babysitting 50 head of yearling cattle

just outside our yard fence.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Baby Quilts......Ready for Baby

Quilts are ready for Baby...

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi