Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Horse Panel....Border Blocks

The top border is complete... 


I am contemplating the bottom border...





This has become my Go-To-Book

for Quilt Block designs...





I think the points in this Rising Sun block

will go well with the mountain blocks...





Here is the first block on the design board

ready to stitch together...





Two blocks on the design wall...

they are 8 inch blocks and seem small to me?





I do like the Rising Sun blocks...





They still seem under-sized to me...

I will live with them on the design wall

for a few days and see what transpires.

More To Come...


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LuAnn Kessi


Monday, August 14, 2023

Horse Panel...

 

I continue to push on with my

pile of fabric panels...


Here is another favorite....Horses





Here are a few soft colors

pulled from the fabric cupboard...





I am auditioning border fabrics...





I decided to try out  the

Delectable Mountain Block...





I am only using half of the block...





Here is a Delectable Mountain border...





Wow....I am pleased !




Just outside the Thread Shed:


There is a RIOT of color !





Black Eyed Suzy





Pink Cone Flowers





Purple Hydrangea





Pink Star Lily





The flower bed in front of the house

is filling in nicely...





The Dahlias and Zinnias are just

beginning to bloom...




It was 107 degrees today...

I better get out and water all of the flowers.


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LuAnn Kessi

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Little Houses Table Runner...DONE !

I started this table runner last week

with my Monday quilt group...


I am finishing it up this Monday


It is all sandwiched together and I spent

the day machine quilting...





Free Motion Fun !





These playful fabrics need some

playful quilting motifs...





Time for the binding...











This was so much FUN...

I have already started the next one !


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LuAnn Kessi

Monday, August 7, 2023

Double Wedding Ring Quilt...

Double Wedding Ring Quilt

 


The quilting is done...

time to trim off the rough edges

and prepare it for a binding.





The edge is trimmed...

don't you just love those beautiful round circles !





I will take it home and begin the binding process.

















The bias binding strips are cut...





I am stitching the binding to the

top side of the quilt by machine...





I hand stitched the binding to the back side...





The binding is all done...





The label is sewn on the back...





I came right in from the Thread Shed

and put it on our bed...










Nothing left to do but...

sleep under it !

Goodnight.


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LuAnn Kessi

Saturday, August 5, 2023

Unbridled.....Horse Quilt

 

I am still making my way through 

a pile of fabric panels

I have purchased over the years...


This horse panel is called...Unbridled



As soon as I put this panel up on the design wall,

I just knew I wanted to include big stars


I could not find a pattern 

so I made a star block of my own...

The star is paper pieced

then I cut it into a circle

and it is turned edge appliqued to the quilt top...





I like the way this is looking...

so I made more stars...





At this point a gold Stonehenge fabric

borders the horse panel and

the star borders are stitched in place...





Time to audition the final border fabrics...

a distressed dark brown on the left...

a distressed white on the right...





The brown border works just right !

I plan to do some FUN machine quilting

on that wide brown border.



Just outside the Thread Shed...


The butterflies are enjoying the 

pink coneflowers...





We have had more butterflies this year

than I can ever remember 

visiting our flower beds...











More To Come !


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LuAnn Kessi