Quilt Retreat....Day 4

Just had to start out with Linda's

wonderful Pumpkin Seed quilt top: 

She started this a year ago and has been

diligently stitching on it every Monday...

Yes, each petal is surrounded with Ric Rac

Larissa is putting together her very first

Log Cabin Quilt top...

Debbie is making this Jelly Roll Hobo Bag...

It was FUN watching her stitch all of these

gorgeous batiks

The Quilt Palace Kitty

enjoyed chasing these long tubes

as Debbie stitched them.....yikes!

Here is the body of the bag

waiting for a handle...

Inside Pockets...

Finished Hobo Bag....Wonderful !

This is what Debbie did later in the day

when she couldn't find something:

Yup, we have all been there...

can't find something, so you rip it all apart,

end up cleaning out and organizing...

And, she put it all back together again !

Way to GO Debbie !

Anything can happen at Quilt Retreat...

The Quilt Palace Kitty has decided

he like's Linda's basket today...

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LuAnn Kessi

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Quilt Retreat....Day 3

Today at the Quilt Retreat I am stitching a

Project Bag 

This Petal Power line of fabric is so FUN !

I am using the mini charm squares

to create the inside of the bag...

I have cut a chunk of Pellon Fusible Foam

as a base to lay out the mini charms...

Once the charm squares are pieced together,

I fused them onto the foam:

Then I stitched in the ditch

and quilted it all together...

So much quilting definition when stitching

through the foam...

At this point,  the top of the bag is complete

with the vinyl window section

stitched between the yellow fabrics...

The handle is sewn in with the binding

around the edge:

Project Bag:  22 inches square

Here it is with a smaller project bag

I made a few months ago:

I am ready to travel with my quilting projects !

This is the new Quilt Palace Kitten:

Last Autumn

Kitten....2 months of age

Kitten.......4 months old

Kitten today.....8 months old

It is FUN to watch him grow!

He finds everything Quilters do...just fascinating !

He has learned how to un-thread 

the sewing machines,

which is not so fun for the Quilters...

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LuAnn Kessi

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Quilt Retreat......Day 2

 

I brought my vintage Yo Yo top to the retreat

for Show 'n Tell:

It was made during the depression

and is approaching 90 years old...

It has inspired me to create my own Yo Yo top...

I carry mine in this canvas dowel bag:

I made this a few years back...

My Yo Yo top is getting larger and is

outgrowing the dowel bag...

This is a much larger dowel bag:

I ice dyed and machine quilted the fabric,

then my aunt created the bag for me...

I have decided to make a larger 

canvas dowel bag

to carry my ever-growing Yo Yo top:

Debbie and Linda want to make a bag too...

Here is some messy painted canvas that we

created in 2020

This is a 2 yard piece of canvas

that will be come my new dowel bag...

The bag body and sides are cut out

and ready to stitch together...

The outer shell of the bag is together...

I am stitching together the orange batik lining

and the canvas bag together...

The bag is ready for the dowel handles...

It was a FUN break to get away from the machines

and head into the kitchen to paint our dowels...

While the paint was drying,

we created the bottom support for the bags...

I used the orange batik lining fabric

to cover my heavy cardboard support...

Here it is finished and ready

to transport my Yo Yo top around...

Dowel Bags

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LuAnn Kessi

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Quilt Retreat...Day 1

I spent this week with the

Harlan Valley Quilters

at the HVQ Spring Quilt Retreat 2022

 

I took along my new large flowers quilt top...

I decided I want this quilt to fit my bed,

so I added more of the white background

around all 4 borders...

This white background will give me lots

of open space for some FUN quilting designs...

I have the background fabric ironed

and ready to baste...

We have a big work table where we

spray baste our quilts together...

I spray baste with Odif 505 spray...

no odor and it sticks really well 

and comes out in the wash...

I use wool batting in all of my bed sized quilts...

The Quilt Palace Kitten 

seems to approve of my newest quilt...

More To Come !

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LuAnn Kessi

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