Machine Quilting….Table Runners

I have had a pile of table runners in the Thread Shed 

that I made 8 or 10 years ago….eeek!


It is time to finish them or forget them:

5 inch charm packs make great table runners…

I finished this one years ago…it was a class sample.

Back side of sunflower runner

Table runners are a good size 

to practice your free motion quilting!

There are 4 more runners….in progress….. in the pile.

I have decided to finish them and give them away as gifts.

It will feel good to get these done 

and out of the Thread Shed.

This one has the backing on already and is ready to quilt:

I have decided to do some 

straight line quilting on this one…

Square Spiral Stencil

Poly Sheen Thread has a nice shine to it…

I am working on the Bernina today so that I may use

the walking foot for all that straight line quilting…

This runner lent itself nicely to straight line quilting…

I chalked out the first 3 or 4 lines,

then I just used the edge of the walking foot as a guide 

for stitching the lines...

You can find this stencil here:

http://quiltingstencils.com

This is the next one under the needle:

1930's Depression Era 

Reproduction fabrics…..charm pack

After all the previous straight line stitching...

I couldn't keep from feathering this quilt!

I turned off the lights in the thread shed:

The natural light pouring through the window 

highlights the stitches beautifully…

This is a polyester batting 

so the stitching shows up very well.

And….then there were two:

I am hoping to get back to these later this week

while I am in the…..Get'er done mood!

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LuAnn Kessi

Hexagon Quilt……Binding

Time to get the binding on this Hexagon Quilt...

I keep the binding in this coffee container...

The binding is stitched onto the top side of the quilt…

The coffee container sits on the floor 

between my feet as I stitch…

The binding feeds flawlessly 

onto the quilt surface as I stitch…

I am happy with the text fabric as a binding treatment…

I had this FUN fabric with circles 

for the back side of the quilt…

This one is…..DONE!

Autumn has found us here in Western Oregon…

Red Maple trees in the front yard…

The hydrangeas by the front door are still putting on a show!

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LuAnn Kessi

Hexagon Text Quilt……Machine Quilting

Remember this quilt top?

Hexagon Text Quilt...

I began paper piecing it 2 years ago in Yellowstone Park:

Yes, we never leave home without…..GUNNR

I never travel without a Take-a-Long Quilt project:

I was visiting my son, while he worked in the park:

He was part of a a trout study on Yellowstone Lake:

I saw my very first Grizzly Bear that year in the park:

Lots of great memories come flooding back 

when I look at this quilt…

It is now under the needle…

It took 1 year to hand piece it…

then it sat for a year waiting it's turn to be machine quilted.

I am quilting wavy lines across the surface.

My favorite guy has claimed this quilt, so I want 

to keep the quilting masculine to match the quilt.

I had FUN fussy cutting some of the hexagons:

I am originally from…..New Jersey

I attended lots of Yankee games in New York

I now live in…..Oregon

Yes, this quilt will always conjure up 

lots of memories for me...

The machine quilting is complete...

I will bind and label it today…….aaaah.

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LuAnn Kessi