Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Dresden Quilt....Under the Needle


I am in the Thread Shed this morning...



The Dresden Plate quilt is.....under the needle





I am doing a little ruler work...

crosshatching the center of the dresden plate










Feather Plumes on the dresden plates

as well as in the white background square...





I am still trying to decide what will be quilted

in the pink sashing...



This is an extra block I quilted recently:


I think the feather vine in the pink sashing

is a bit over the top....hmmm.





I will skip the pink sashing

and continue with the dresden block quilting 

for now.



There is a lot going on in the Thread Shed

and it shows...


The Sweet Sixteen sit down long arm is on the
left side of the room...

The Big Board on the right, is full of supplies
for 3 classes I am developing for 2020...

Straight ahead is my main work table
where I have been scribble stitching
the last few weeks...



Piles of fabrics and charm squares

I am using for scribble stitching...





This is where I sit at the main work table...

It gives me a good view of the design wall

directly across the room.




I also have a good view of our red barn...

this is where the goats live, 

they are good company for me.





This is the view from the other side 

of the work table...






Looking across the river,

you can see some of the cows...





Through the dirty window,

here is a close up of a few of the cows.




I took this photo this morning

while driving the hay wagon 

while feeding cows:


This is my view through the windshield...

The cowboy is on the back flaking off hay...

the cows get very excited and RUN to the hay!





For now I will continue quilting...

I will let the pink sashing work itself out later.








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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Scribble Stitching......Goes BIG


Scribble Stitching continues...


I used some of my hand dyes

for the background squares...





Flower 1




Flower 2




Flower 3




Flower 4



I decided to go with a 

bigger background square:


Bigger Scribble Stitch Flowers...














Bigger is Better !





18 inch background squares









It is FUN working LARGE !





Go BIG or Go home !





I spent the day with the 

Harlan Valley Quilters.

Treats were part of our Stitch Day !





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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Scribble Stitching....Continues


Each morning after the cattle are fed,

I try and get out to the Thread Shed

for a little.....Scribble Stitching



The blue fabric has been backed with

fusible stabilizer....to avoid puckers





The black thread accentuates the

Scribble Stitching...






It is time to turn these stitch panels into bags...






I had time today to finish up a

Tote Bag and a Zipper Case...

Super FUN !





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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Scribble Stitching.....Again


This scrap of fabric looks like flowers to me...



I cut out the circle shapes and

stitched them into flowers...






A dab of glue stick on the back of the circle

held them in place long enough to be

stitched down onto the fabric base...






The fabric base has fusible stabilizer 

on the back side...






These are fast and FUN !





I am a recovering perfectionist.

I work very hard at not being perfect.

This scribble stitching has set me FREE !











These pieces range in size from

8 x 8  to  8 x 12 inches





I had two partial circle shapes left over,

so I turned them into leaves 

on this flower.....FUN !




I am sewing them as fronts on zipper bags.

Do you have any other ideas 

what could be done with them?






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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Monday, November 11, 2019

Scribble Stitching...


Last month I started playing around with

scribble stitching

on note cards...



Stitch Cards





I decided to try scribble stitching on fabric:


I LOVE it !!!





I ironed fusible stabilizer to the back

of the fabric to keep it from puckering...





I do love me some messy stitching !





These are approx 8 x 10 inches in size...






I plan to use them for the fronts of 

zipper bags...










Scribble Stitching.....give it a try !




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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi