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Hello Spring....Progress from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

Happy Spring Quilt

Progress Report...

This is my Block of the Month

the first Wednesday of each month

at my local quilt group

The flower blocks are 20 inches long...

There are three different design choices...

I am doing the first one on the left,

which includes flowers and lady bugs

I made my first lady bug today....FUN !

The design layout I chose

includes 14 lady bug blocks...

By the end of the day I have all 8 flowers

and 2 lady bug blocks completed.

We are back to feeding cattle...

The grands are here for a visit ...

added by Unknown 2 weeks, 1 day ago. under bom , design wall , farm , traditional quilts

There Goes The Neighborhood...Progress from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

I continue to stitch away on my aunt'sHouse Quilt... All of the tree blocks are done...The quilt top is coming to life...I decided to try a Confetti Border treatment...You can find the tutorial for this Improvtechnique on my blog HEREI like the confetti border so I willcontinue to make more...this border treatment adds to thewhimsical nature of this quilt...I had great FUN setting these

added by Unknown 3 weeks ago. under applique , design wall , improv

There Goes The Neighborhood... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

There Goes The Neighborhood !I brought home a box full of house quilt blocksfrom Idaho this summer...they belong to my aunt.These wild fabrics were also in the box...This note was also in the box...Each block was created by a different quilterand a few of them wrote a note to my aunt.Here is a close up view of a few of the blocks:The box of fabrics and instruction notewas handed off to each

added by Unknown 1 month, 1 week ago. under applique , design wall

Rodeo Dreams... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

Rodeo Dreams Quilt Top...This Rodeo Dreams panel was a gift from my auntI hand cut and pieced the red and whitecheckerboard inner border...The red star border is paper pieced...Last I added the red and blue outer borders...The quilt top now measures 72 x 59 inchesI have the backing made and will machine quiltthis on my Sweet Sixteen long arm this winter.It will eventually be displayed

added by Unknown 1 month, 1 week ago. under design wall , panels , paper piecing

Hello Spring Quilt... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

Hello Spring Quilt

This is my 2026 Block of the Month

I am making the lap size quilt...

All of the pieces have been cut and are

organized and pinned onto this design board...

I am currently piecing the flower heads...

This is a 10 inch flower head...

All the flower heads are done...

I am ready to begin piecing the

leaf units...

The first flower head and leaf unit

are completed...

This measures 10 x 20 inches

My sewing table is ready for more stitching

next week when I meet up with my

local quilt group.

Lupine greet me ...

added by Unknown 3 months, 2 weeks ago. under design wall , farm , flowers , photography , traditional quilts

Black Eyed Suzy & Hay Raking... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

This has been my Wednesday quilt project...

I have been pecking away at it since February.

The last time I shared images,

I had completed 6 flower blocks...

My pecking is paying off...

Every Wednesday I would add another flower

to the design wall...

All 16 flower blocks are done...

I have started the borders.

The Cowboy hooked up the hay rake...

The hay has been mowed for several days

and it is time to rake it into wind rows...

Here we go!

These foxgloves grow like weeds

all around the edges of the hay fields...

Gorgeous!

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added by Unknown 3 months, 2 weeks ago. under design wall , farm , flowers , photography , traditional quilts

Rodeo Quilt.....Progress from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

I started the design work on the Rodeo panel

in February and I have been pecking away at it

on and off the last few months...

These paper pieced star patterns caught my eye

for a border treatment, but the 6 inch is too

small and the 12 inch is too big...

I enlarged the 6 inch by 150%

and it finishes to a 9 inch block...just right.

It takes 4 sections to make one star block...

Here is the back side of the star block...

Star block ready to trim down to 9 1/2 inches...

It takes ...

added by Unknown 3 months, 2 weeks ago. under design wall , panels , paper piecing

Black Eyed Susan Quilt... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

This is my Wednesday Quilt Project

Black Eyed Susan

I meet up with my local quilt group

every Wednesday and this is my newest project...

I am working on a design board

so I can see my block vertically while

I am piecing it...

Black Eyed Suzies have always been

a favorite of mine...

These flowers are quite large...

16 flower blocks makes a lap quilt

I am having great FUN !

Lots of new cow videos on my Instagram

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

added by LuAnn Kessi 7 months ago. under design wall , traditional quilts

Two Bucks A Block Quilt On My New Design Wall from Podunk Pretties

The 2025 Two Bucks a Block quilt will be my first completed project in 2026. This Thangles Block of the Month came from Back Door Quilts, our local quilt shop. Since I’m a fan of quilts big enough to double as portable forts, I decided to make two identical blocks each month and work up my own layout. Here’s a New Year’s Day snapshot of the quilt on my shiny new design wall, which we’ll chat about shortly.

The picture below was taken on January 23, and the quilt is still on the frame and a ...

added by Podunk Pretties 7 months, 1 week ago. under 2 bucks a block 2025 , design wall

Rodeo Dreams... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

Rodeo Dreams.....Quilt Panel

This was gifted to me last year...

It's time to put it up on the design wall

and see what shakes out...

I made some strip units in red and white

and sub-cut them and made a checker board...

I placed them around the edge as a possible

border treatment...

I paper pieced a few star blocks...

I like the denim fabric behind the stars...

This is what I have so far.

I plan to make a few cattle brand blocks,

including our brand...

This is the view this morning out our window...

the elk ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 7 months, 2 weeks ago. under cattle , design wall , elk , panels

Horses in Snow.....Top Done from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

The Quilt Top is complete

All 18 paper pieced snowflakes are done...

This measures 68 inches wide...

Once it is quilted and bound

it will hang in our living room.

Good to get this one done.

Now I can get to work on a few holiday gifts.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

added by LuAnn Kessi 10 months, 3 weeks ago. under design wall , horses , panels , paper piecing

Snowflakes... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

I was able to squeeze in some stitching and

finished up the last of the snowflake blocks

Intricate piecing that could only be

done by paper piecing these blocks...

The snowflakes show up really well

against this putty colored background fabric...

Every snowflake is different...

18 snowflake blocks

It took 2 days to rip all the papers off

the back side of the blocks...

The inner border has been added to the panel...

Close up view of inner border...

sparkly snowflakes

The bottom snowflake border

is stitched into place...

The top and bottom borders are on...

Hoping to get back ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 11 months, 1 week ago. under cattle , cows , design wall , farm , horses , panels , paper piecing

Baby Nines... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

I am in need of a baby quilt...

This very scrappy nine patch pattern

will work nicely with the scrap fabrics

I have in the bin by my cutting table...

I used 2 inch squares to create the 9 patch blocks,

I had leftover 5 inch charm squares,

also found leftover white background fabric

from a previous quilt...

The 5 inch charm squares

for the center of the quilt

are up on the design wall...

I am placing the 9 patch blocks

around the charm squares...

9 patch blocks make everything better...

It's a good thing this is baby ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 4 months ago. under baby , design wall , traditional quilts

Bear Quilt Top...DONE ! from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

I started this Bear Quilt top

10 weeks ago...

I have been stitching on it

in between trips over to the

calving grounds to check for new calves...

Our mornings begin with loading up

hay and driving it over and feeding

it to the mama cows and their calves...

We have 3 orphaned calves this year

so I feed them bottles morning and night...

We check for newborn calves

several times a day,

and tag and vaccinate all new calves...

On the not so busy days...

I get to spend time in the Thread Shed stitching.

Today I put the ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 4 months ago. under design wall , panels

Bear Quilt....Design Wall from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

I am still pecking away at the Bear Quilt

in between runs to the calving grounds

to check for new calves...

This is what it looked like on the design wall

a few weeks ago...

I am not happy with the large bear paw blocks

at the bottom of the quilt.

I cut out smaller bear paw blocks

and pieced a few together...

These will finish at 7 inches square...

Here are a few up on the design wall...

The scale looks better already...

These are a better fit.....aaaah.

Now to piece this puzzle together

and make it all ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 4 months ago. under design wall , panels

Mod TV....TV Screens from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

This is my Wednesday project

when I meet up with my local quilt group:

Mod TV Quilt

I decided to add a fifth row of TV blocks...

I printed out images on fabric sheets

of some of the favorite shows

from my child hood...

The TV sets now have FUN images

on the screens...

I used fusible web and invisible applique'

to attach them to the TV blocks...

When I look at them I can hear

the TV show theme songs in my head...

Lots of FUN !

They really add to the whole

Mod TV vibe...

Saturday morning cartoons always ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 5 months ago. under applique , cattle , cows , design wall , farm

Mod TV Quilt...Test Patterns from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

Progress on the Mod TV Quilt

continues on Wednesdays...

A test card, also known as a test pattern or start-up/closedown test, is a television test signal, typically broadcast at times when the transmitter is active but no program is being broadcast.