New York Beauty......Quilt Top DONE!

Spent the day piecing the 2nd half of the

New York Beauty Quilt Top...

It is wonderful to finally have it 

all in one piece!

Speaking of pieces...

there are 1,995 NYB star points

in this quilt...

2,363 total pieces

It measures: 93 x 88 inches

The next step is preparing a backing...

I have a bolt of 108 inch white fabric...

I plan to dye a backing with Lime Squeeze.

I am planning to machine quilt this with 

green variegated thread...

the green Lime Squeeze backing fabric

will work nicely with the green thread.

As you can see,

the design wall has my next project on it:

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Machine Quilting......Frayed Edge Quilt

I spent the day doing what I love to do...

Free Motion.......Machine Quilting

This quilt was created by:

The Harlan Valley Quilters

It is one of the many comfort quilts they 

create  each year and gift 

to members of their community.

I have quilted a few of these frayed edge

quilts over the years...

You need to leave the raw edges 

of the hearts free,

no stitching over the edges of the heart shapes,

they need to fray up when they are 

washed and dried.

This close up view shows the edges

of the heart shapes...

I stitch about a half inch in from the edges.

The background requires very dense quilting...

I stitched tiny loop d loops.

I stitched curls on the dark blue

inner border...

Not much will show in the yellow floral border

so I stitched random plume shapes.

After 6 hours of quilting...

This Frayed Edge Heart Quilt is ready to

hand off to the next quilter for binding.

Then it will be washed and dried 3 times...

it will fray and shrink up and get oh, so yummy!

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LuAnn Kessi

New York Beauty.......Half Pieced

After a day of piecing...

half of the NYB quilt top is off the design wall...

These diagonal rows are.....LONG!

Here is half the NYB quilt...

waiting for the other half to join it.

I took these images yesterday

just down the road from our house:

Rock Wall.....Icicles

You can enlarge these images by 

double clicking on them.

Frozen Ferns

Looking UP at the rock wall...

It is cold here in Western Oregon this year!

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LuAnn Kessi

New York Beauty...

I am in a New York State of Mind...

I put my crown on...

it is time to get serious and finish my

New York Beauty Quilt

My NYB fabrics have been living in this 

suitcase for several years...

I am foundation paper piecing 

the arc units...

Once the arc unit is paper pieced...

I remove the papers and piece the block together.

4 arc blocks create a 16 inch NYB block...

Just love all those crowns... 

pieced and ready to go!

It is wonderful to have a design wall nearby

to help with color placement as you work...

At this point...105 NYB blocks 

pieced and on the wall.

Now I need to cut the side setting triangles...

I have used this chart for many years

for cutting triangles.

Yesterday I cut all of the side triangles...

here they are on the design wall...

I will be piecing this bad girl together today!

More to come...

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LuAnn Kessi

Quilt Retreat......Free Motion Set Up

I am attending a Quilt Retreat this week...

This is my free motion quilting set up:

Behind my machine is a 

portable suspension system...

notice the yellow clamps supporting 

my quilt sandwich.

This system clamps to the table 

so I can take it anywhere I go!

I purchased it here

Because the quilt is suspended, 

there is no drag while I am quilting...

unless Ralph is helping me.

Away from home,  this extension table

works great to support the quilt.

This is my favorite free motion foot...

it looks like a cookie with a bite out of it.

It gives me absolutely clear visibility,

Bernina Foot #24

Even while traveling,

I am able to free motion quilt 

just as well as I do at home...

even when I get too much help!

I have 2 days left at retreat...

more to come!

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LuAnn Kessi