Periwinkle Quilt Top....DONE !

I spent a few days last week piecing together 

all of the Periwinkle blocks... 

Here is the top laying on the work table...

These are all hand cut pieces...

not paper pieced

With all of the bias cut edges,

this was challenging to line up 

all of the pieces and make them fit...

I pawed through the fabric cupboards

and auditioned border fabrics...

I am going with the yellow inner border

and the Marcia Brady Flower Power outer border.

The yellow inner border is on...

It is ready for the outer border...

Here I am at the big board

pressing the first outer border...

The Flower Power fabric is just right...

This is a good winter project...

it looks like Spring !

I pawed through the fabric cupboards

in search of backing fabrics and came up

empty handed...

I found a mint green 108 inch backing online...

I will have to be patient and wait until

the mail arrives.

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LuAnn Kessi 

Heart Garland...and Tutorial

I started playing around with hearts this week:

 

No pattern...just an idea 

I wanted to work through...

Before I knew it I had a heart garland

to hang on a mantel or wall or window, etc.

I pawed through the fabric cupboards

and found some pinks...

so made another Heart Garland...

These are FUN and don't require

a lot of your fabric or your time...

I hung them up on the design wall

for a photo shoot...

I turned my back and there were FOUR !

I ended up making SIX Heart Garlands

and already gave two of them away...

If you want to join in the FUN

here is a tutorial...

Supplies:

5 inch squares of fabric (two for each heart)

Heart Template for Fabric (I made mine from freezer paper)

Batting scraps or Felt (cut into heart shapes)

Heart Template for Batting (smaller than 5 inch template)

Pinking Shears and Scissors

Jute cording

Glue Stick

I cut 2 squares of fabric at a time

with the pinking shears...

I cut out 9 hearts (2 fabrics each for 18 hearts)

The length of jute you need will depend on

how long you want your garland to be...

Stretch out the jute and place one heart shape underneath

(wrong sides of fabric facing you) and apply some glue stick.

place one batting heart shape on top 

and press down...

apply glue stick to the batting...

Place the 2nd heart shape on top 

and press down...

Iron the heart to set the glue...

Topstitch the heart on your sewing machine,

this will hold the jute in place...

Keep adding more hearts, 

leaving and inch or more between them...

I am working on a wool press mat

and use pins to hold the jute in place

for easier handling of the hearts...

Keep adding hearts until your garland

is the desired length.

I leave 12 inches of extra jute on each end...

Cut 1 inch strips of fabrics...

these will be used to create ties...

Place 3 fabric strips in between each heart...

tie the strips in a knot...

Keep going until you fill the garland in with ties,

even at the beginning and end of the jute...

These are a great deal of FUN and

will make great gifts next month for

Valentines Day !

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LuAnn Kessi 

Mamma Cows...

We have been gathering up the mama cows

so they are all in one location... 

for calving season...just 7 weeks away !

These are some of our new 

replacement heifers...

We are adding them to our cow herd.

They are expecting their first calves

in March...

Althea and Eloise...

Both of these heifers are Golden Girls...

Elsa (on the left) is the frozen calf.

She is 2 years old and expecting her first calf.

Golden Delicious (on the right) is her sister

and expecting her 2nd calf.

Enjoy the videos of the cattle:

Meet our Heifers Video:

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LuAnn Kessi 

Show 'n Tell...

Here is a little Show 'n Tell for you ! 

Medallion Star Quilt

A gift for our son and DIL...

The whole family is all smiles !

Raiders Star Quilt

Our grand girl created this quilt for her dad

as a Christmas surprise !

La Primera

This was made special to fit on the quilt shelf

in our living room.

It's always good to get a few quilts done

and get jazzed to start a new one !

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LuAnn Kessi 

Periwinkle Quilt...Progress

 

I am making progress on the Periwinkle Quilt

102 Star Blocks pieced together...

Ready to trim the blocks to 6 inches...

This Bias Square ruler is my very favorite

for trimming up blocks...

I also use the revolving mat

to make the trimming go faster...

102 blocks all trimmed up and ready for

the design wall...

First two rows up on the wall...

8 rows up on the wall...

I have admired this quilt design for years

and it is finally a reality...

42 dark star blocks left...

I am placing the dark stars around the

outside as a border treatment...

That's all for now....more to come !

Calving season begins in 8 weeks

The heifers are getting round !

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LuAnn Kessi