Idaho Quilters Retreat....

 

I spent the week in Idaho

at Twinlow Retreat Camp

When we arrived...

SNOW on the ground !

We quickly got settled into our room...

My roomie.....Larissa

Lots of natural light fills the sewing room...

Lots of inspiration here !

This is my home away from home for the week...

I am free motion quilting this

butterfly table runner...

I faced the edge for a clean finish...

This butterfly runner is nearly 6 feet long

and will fit nicely on our kitchen table.

Just beyond the trees is Twin Lakes

Icicles

Here are just a few of the projects

the Quilt Retreaters are creating:

Penny's Pumpkins

Larissa is a newbie quilter

and just learning to use a quarter inch foot

and do precision piecing on 

traditional quilt blocks

This is the start of her Sampler Quilt

Donna's Table Mat

Penny's Baby Quilt

Cheryl's Bias Square Quilt

Each night the Fat Quarter Fairy 

would come by and leave hand made gifts 

by each sewing machine.

I brought along my hand pieced 

hexy runner tops...

I layered the runners with batting and felt

and stitched them down to the felt...

Stitching in the Ditch...

Just need to trim off some of the felt around the edge and give it a press.

Sunset at Twin Lakes

We had lots of Quilty FUN...

Now, back to the real world !

Happy Halloween to YOU !

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Thread Shed.....Wild and Wooly

 There's a lot going on in the 

Thread Shed

I have a lot of irons in the fire

and so glad I have this little building

to hold all of my stitching enthusiasm !

On the left side of the room is where

the Sweet Sixteen Long Arm is located:

Last week I decided to 

organize my long arm rulers...

This stand alone shelf is perfect for the job:

I can sort the rulers by how I use them

in the three shelf units...

The rulers stack nicely in each bin...

The top shelf holds the long, straight rulers and arcs that I use most often...

The second shelf holds my shape rulers...

circles, triangles, hexagons, etc.

I also keep my True Grips in here.

The third shelf holds large circles and curves.

This sits right next to my Sweet Sixteen and everything is easy for me to reach.

Straight ahead is my big work table.

Right now a new horse panel quilt 

is taking up space:

This is a quilt panel of a mare and her foal:

I added the narrow gold border

and the pieced brown border to the panel...

I started the machine quilting:

So far I have stitched out the 

floral wreaths

in all sizes.

I stitch the largest motifs first

then work my way down to the smallest last...

I am having a great deal of FUN with this one !

Hoping to have this completed as a holiday gift.

My Big Board is covered with

some of my stencils:

I plan to use some of these on the horse quilt...

I use Pounce to mark the quilt with the stencils.

It works great and irons right off when done.

Over in the back of the room is my Bernina:

This is my Face Mask work table...

When I have a few minutes here and there,

I sit down and make a mask or two.

Yes, there is a lot going on in this room:

Things are Wild and Wooly in here !

When I leave, no need to put anything away...

I just shut the door and walk away.

When I return, my projects are waiting for me.

The Cowboy built this for me in 2000.

I have been happily playing in here for 20 years !

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LuAnn Kessi

Face Masks....for children

My sewing table in the Thread Shed

has looked like this since last March... 

My mask making factory

Whenever I get a few minutes 

away from farm work,

I head for the Thread Shed to do some stitching.

Lately I have been making masks for children:

How FUN are these crayon masks...

Mickey Mouse Masks

Flame Masks

Daddy and Child size...

Spiderman Masks

Daddy and Child size

I am closing in on 300 masks since March.

I think we will all be wearing these

for a good long while.

I share these with family and friends.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

English Paper Piecing....BIG Flowers

 

Remember these JUMBO fabric flowers ?

The flowers were created with some 

leftover hexagons from the quilt below...

I pieced two of these quilt tops three years ago.

I had orphan fabric covered hexagons

in the bottom of my sewing box.

Here it is three years later

and I am stitching on those hexagons again.

I have 30 hexy flowers finished so far...

I decided on lime green hexagons for the background...

Four different shades of lime green...

I cleaned off the design wall and started

pinning up hexagons...

I think the lime green is working 

in the background...

A few more hexagons on the wall...

I am trying to just slap them up on the wall

for now....the tweeking will come later.

I started to tweek them, but I am tired.

We spent the early morning fixing electric fence.

A herd of elk ran through the electric fence that surrounds the newly seeded hay field.

Our bulls took advantage of the fence being down

and tromped all through the wet and muddy field.

It is 6pm and I am calling it a day...

It is good to see the hexagons up on the wall...

 

When I have more time to play,

I will rearrange them, possibly cull some of them

and maybe even make some more.

Wishing you all a good evening.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Cattle......River Crossing Video

 We are feeding cattle now,

so they seem to follow us everywhere we go.

We crossed the river and they followed

right along...

Enjoy the Video:

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi