New Project......Orange Peel/Pumpkin Seed Quilt

After completing the Double Wedding Ring

quilt top I am ready for a FUN, happy, quick project...

and I found one.

Orange Peel or Pumpkin Seed Quilt:

You can find this pattern on

Moda Bake Shop

I am using the Circle Magic acrylic template

to cut my circles

You can purchase this template HERE

The cutting goes very quickly...

I cut through 14 yards of fabric the first day...

234 circles

Day 2......cut batting circles 

and layered them with circle fabrics

Day 2......begin stitching the circles

Looks like a stack of pancakes!

By the end of  Day 2 I have half my circle units completed.

This is going to be a FAST project.

I will be working on this every Monday,

so there is more to come!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Double Wedding Ring Quilt Top.......DONE!

16 years ago I took a class...

Piecing the Double Wedding Ring Quilt...

I pieced it on my Featherweight 221...

In Yellowstone Park  in the camp trailer,

I pieced it on my Singer 301...

At an Idaho retreat,

I pieced it on my Singer 185K

Last week while at a retreat here in Oregon...

I pieced it on my Bernina...

The retreat was a week long...

I stuck right with the piecing...

16 years and 3,075 pieces later....it is DONE!

I worked on this quilt in...

Oregon, Idaho, Washington and Wyoming.

My dearest quilting kindred spirit, Linda,

worked along side of me and made her own quilt too!

LuAnn and Linda

Double Wedding Ring Quilt Tops....2016

Time to Celebrate!

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LuAnn Kessi

2016......Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

What direction will you be heading in 2016?

I thought I would begin the New Year by sharing

a quilting design from my sketch book...

I call this.....String of Pearls

The design begins with lines of circles...

You can chalk out the lines on your fabric to serve as 

guidelines as you quilt this design.

 After you have stitched out the lines and circles:

Begin filling in the background with different textures.

I drew half circles around some of the circles,

then some straight lines.

Continue to stitch out different textures 

in each background area...

This becomes challenging and FUN to put a different texture

in each space.

You get the idea......why don't you give it a go!

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LuAnn Kessi

Quilted......Vanity Bench

Here is something that has been on my list

for years.....

the bench to my vanity...

I found the remnant fabric from the vanity skirt I

made 10 years ago.....eek!

Amazing I could find the remnant....right.

I basted the quilt sandwich together with 

2 layers of batting...

I sat down at the sewing machine and played for an hour...

The doubled batting really brings out the stitching!

My vanity finally has a matching bench....

Get out one of those projects on your to do list...

You're worth it!

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LuAnn Kessi

Feeding Cattle...Video

It's a gorgeous, sunny afternoon...

Let's go get the cows fed!

You can watch the video below:

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LuAnn Kessi

Working Cattle...

It's too beautiful outdoors to stay inside and sew today...

Double Take

By: LuAnn Kessi

It is autumn and time to round up the cattle.

We are weaning the calves today.

Enjoy the Slide Show below:

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LuAnn Kessi

Fabric Dye.....10 months old

I keep my dye concentrates in a mini frig.

I mixed them up last January 2015.

I have been using them all year long...

I was getting concerned that maybe 

they were losing their potency?

This green fabric was dyed with them today...

I am pleased with the way the fabric

took the 10 month old dyes.

This piece was dyed with 3 or 4 different green dyes.

I decided to use up all of the dyes in the frig today:

This is black dye.......

It definitely has lost most of his potency...

I have been told that black dye works best when

it is freshly mixed up and used right away.

Maybe that holds true?

This piece was done with Azure Blue and Deep Purple...

These 2 colors dyed really well

Deep and Rich colors!

The warm colors dyed really well...

I am pleased with this red piece of fabric.

This is dyed with several different red dyes.

This piece is dyed with reds and oranges.

This piece was dyed with yellow then orange on top.

All of the 10 month old dye concentrates 

were used up today to create these fabrics...

Other than the very light black fabric,

I don't think there was much color loss with

the 10 month old dyes.

I guess I can relax and quit worrying about my

dye concentrates getting old...

I will mix up new dye concentrates in 2016

and not worry about them for the rest of the year!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi