Bear Panel Quilt Top...

I am still pecking away at my pile

of quilt panels... 

Grizzly Bear

The Cowboy just installed a new light

above the design wall.

It has made a huge difference when I am 

auditioning fabrics for my quilts,,,

I pawed through the fabric cupboards

and came up with these border fabrics...

I have these pulled for the tree fabrics...

This tree block pattern will work

with a few modifications...

I will make the bias squares / HST

with the 8 at a time method...

The revolving cutting mat works great

for cutting them apart after stitching....

The Bloc-Loc Ruler

works great for trimming them to size...

The groove on the underside of the ruler

catches on the seam and holds the block

in place during the trimming process...

All of the bias squares have been trimmed

and are ready to stitch into trees...

I added an extra row of squares

at the bottom of the tree blocks

to make them longer and measure

8 x 10 inches

The first few trees are up on the design wall...

I am planning mountain blocks for the

top border...

More To Come !

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LuAnn Kessi 

Thread Shed Curtains...

These are the curtains in the Thread Shed: 

I hung them up in 2000

when the Cowboy built the Thread Shed...

They are quilt tops from the 20's and 30's

that were never made into quilts...

They have dry rot and are falling apart...

They are torn in places and need to be replaced.

Here are a couple of quilt tops 

from the 30's that I have had for years:

They are not suitable to be quilted...

I do enjoy looking at them and will

appreciate seeing them every day

instead of storing them out of sight 

in the cupboard...

I will cut off the damaged parts and 

hem them to fit the window...

The old curtains have been removed...

This is my view when I am at the sewing machine.

The early morning light from the East

comes through this window...

The new curtains are in place

and they look lovely in the morning light...

I have a liner behind them to protect

them from the sunshine...

They brighten up the room

and I can enjoy them when I spend time

in the Thread Shed.

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LuAnn Kessi 

Mod TV Quilt...

I meet with my local quilt group

on Wednesdays... 

Mod TV Quilt

I have been stitching this together

once a week since January...

How FUN is this !

Disregard the Periwinkle Quilt on the design wall,

I am putting the Mod TV Blocks 

on top of it...

These are put together improv style...

Next week I will applique' the TV screens

onto the center of each block...

We have been getting a dusting of snow

here in out little valley...

This is the view out the front of the house...

This is the view out the back of the house...

Those large white barns across the river

are our calving barns...

The cows will begin calving in 3 weeks.

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LuAnn Kessi 

Feather Table Runner...

 

I am in the mood for applique'

 I recently purchased this feather pattern...

I cut all the feather shapes from

Jelly & Jam Fabric by Fig Tree...

The pieces are backed with fusible web...

All of the pieces have been pressed into place

on the white background fabric...

All of the shapes have been stitched 

all the way around...

It is sandwiched with batting and

spray basted with 505 Spray...

I started out quilting swirls on the feathers...

I am happy with it already !

White thread on white fabric...

time for some FUN quilting

quilting shows up so nicely on fabrics

that read solid...

I had no quilting plan...

I just had FUN !

the quilt truly comes alive with

machine quilting...

This is the back side of the runner...

Working on the binding...

The Table Runner is finished...

This is the BEFORE image...

This is the AFTER image...

Quilting definitely makes the Quilt!

It's not a Quilt until it is Quilted !

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LuAnn Kessi 

Weed Eaters...

The Cowboy built our red barn in 1989

and filled it with horses... 

Now it is home to our Boer Goats...

They are our weed eaters,

nibbling on the blackberries and thistles

in the pasture...

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LuAnn Kessi 

The Bachelor Herd...

 

The Cowboy feeding our Bachelor Herd

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LuAnn Kessi