Improv Quilt Top.....Progress

 

I am making progress on this

Improv Quilt Top:

I completed the top last October

while attending a quilt retreat in Idaho

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The top is pieced from my hand dyed fabrics.

These are improv blocks I played

with back in the Spring of 2020...

I incorporated solid strips of fabric

to calm the piece down a bit...

Just love the luscious lime borders...

I pawed through the fabric cupboards

and found this blue for the backing...

I plan to hang this quilt, so I chose

Quilters Dream Green batting.

The quilt will hang straight and flat on the wall.

I have decided to do wavy line quilting:

I have quilted wavy lines 

every 6 to 8 inches apart

across the top of the quilt...

this essentially bastes the layers together.

I will continue adding more wavy quilting lines

until I decide it is done...

I am out of time, 

so this is as far as I get for now:

This will have to wait until another day...

Our mama cows surprise us 

with new babies each day...

This is Golden Girl with her baby GoldiLox...

a chip off the old block !

We only have a couple of cows that

throw this beautiful blonde color.

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LuAnn Kessi

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Project Bag.....

What can you do with mini charm squares?

 

I made a project bag with them !

To create a sturdy bag,

I used Pellon Fusible Flex Foam 

instead of batting.

It is FUN to quilt...

This is the back side of the bag...

The front is vinyl so you can see

what you have in the project bag...

I made a beaded zipper pull...

The back side of the project bag...

Project Bag  18 x 16 inches

This was a FUN one day project.

There are lots of you tube videos and free patterns

to create your own project bag.

We are in the middle of calving season:

This is a young heifer with her very first calf.

She helps to steady him as he takes

his very first steps.

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LuAnn Kessi

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Fabulous Finish....Number 6

 

I am adding another quilt to my

Fabulous Finishes 2022

Floral Monet 2

I finished up the machine quilting yesterday

on the Sweet Sixteen sit down long arm...

This quilt is all about the gorgeous fabrics.

I used yellow thread on the top

to blend in with the fabrics...

It is all trimmed and ready for binding...

Binding strips are cut 2 1/4 inches wide...

I am using my walking foot

to stitch on the binding...

The stitch in the ditch sole plate

helps keep the thread right next to the binding...

Here are the 3 sole plates for the walking foot:

Standard sole plate on left

Stitch in the Ditch sole plate in center

Open Toe sole plate on right

When I stitch from the top side,

the thread tucks in nicely

next to the binding...

Binding completed today...

That gorgeous rose fabric is also

on the back side of the quilt...

I gave away the first Floral Monet in 2015...

I think I will keep this one for myself.

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LuAnn Kessi

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Floral Monet......2

 

Floral Monet.....1

Floral Monet 1 was completed in 2015.

I gave it away as a gift...

It was so gorgeous, 

I really missed having it around.

In 2016 my generous aunt cut out a 

Floral Monet kit

and gave it to me to piece together:

I pieced the top in 2016...

I put the borders on in 2017...

I basted the quilt sandwich in 2019...

Finally....here is Floral Monet 2

under the needle:

It is a very large lap quilt

so I am machine quilting it 

on the Sweet Sixteen...

In these dreary, gray, winter days...

this is a joy to work on !

I am quilting giant swirls and feathery plumes...

I quilted for about 7 hours...

I am nearly half way done...

We are busy again with the cows that

are calving now...

I hope to get back to this soon !

It won't be long and I can add this to my

Fabulous Finishes 2022

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LuAnn Kessi

Calving Season.....Calf Count

We are one month into calving season...

 

Edith has..... TWINS

Edith is doing a great job caring

for 2 babies...

The babies stick right with her !

The Cowboy stays busy tagging new calves...

This is a brand new shorthorn heifer calf.

This is a brand new black angus calf...

Within minutes the calf is up and

following mama cow...

Everyone shows up to welcome the new calf...

The calf's navel must be trimmed and  cleaned

with iodine to prevent infection...

We call this....chip off the old block:

Doll Face has a new calf......Butter Cup

This is.....Eleanor

I love her perfectly marked face !

Eleanor with her mama...

This is Abigail.....a real beauty.

We are one month into calving 

with 39 calves on the ground...

Two more months to go.

I am hoping to get out to the Thread Shed

today and get in some stitching...

maybe I will have some show 'n tell soon !

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LuAnn Kessi