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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 3 days, 14 hours 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 1 week, 6 days 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 2 weeks, 1 day 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 3 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 4 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 9 months, 1 week 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 9 months, 4 weeks 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 9 months, 4 weeks 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 11 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.

I am making Test Pattern blocks...

They add a lot of FUN to the Mod TV quilt...

I have decided to add another row

to the quilt top to make it a bit wider.

More to Come next Wednesday !

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added by LuAnn Kessi 11 months, 3 weeks ago. under design wall , improv

Calving & Bear Quilt... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

Calving season has begun here at

The Kessi Ranch

This is our first baby of the year 2025...

Calf Number 1 Born March 1, 2025

She was a bit early so she is tiny and.....wild !

She runs laps around the barn like a race horse !

Out in the Thread Shed

I am making some progress

on the Bear panel quilt:

I am stitching together Bear Paw Blocks...

I need one more border treatment

for the bottom of the Bear panel...

I'll put these up on the design wall

and see if they work...

Bear Paw border...

Mountains at ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 11 months, 3 weeks ago. under cattle , cows , design wall , farm , panels

Mod TV Quilt...Progress from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

This has been my Wednesday project

the last few weeks...

Mod TV Quilt

I work on it each Wednesday when I meet

up with my local quilt group...

This week I fused all of the TV screens

in place...

The TVs really came alive

when the screens were added...

I am enjoying playing with all of this COLOR

during these dreary winter months...

16 TV screens are in place...

I put them up on the design wall in no

special order...

I moved them around a bit and the

lights and darks are more balanced here...

I used monofilament thread ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 11 months, 4 weeks ago. under design wall , improv

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

I am making some progress on

the Bear panel quilt top...

I finished up the tree blocks...

I have decided to try putting together some

mountain blocks for the top border treatment...

I changed up the block pattern so it

measures 12 x 9 inches

I like the way it is coming together,

so I made a few more blocks...

I am thinking bear paw blocks for the

bottom border treatment...

More to come !

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added by LuAnn Kessi 11 months, 4 weeks ago. under design wall , panels

Bear Panel Quilt Top... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year ago. under design wall , improv

SAHRR and Snow Happens on Free Motion Mavericks from Quilting & Learning

Allô and welcome

added by Andree G. Faubert 1 year ago. under blocks , design wall , embroidery , free motion mavericks , linking party , panel , sahrr , wall hanging

January 22, 2025

Bear Paws... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

I am making Bear Paw Blocks this week:

Bear Paw Block

I am using them as a border treatment

for this High Horses panel...

Here is my fabric pull for this project;

Green Background Fabric

Assorted Brown Fabrics

I chose this Bear Paw pattern because it offered

cutting directions for a 7 inch block...

It also gave directions to make

8 bias squares at once...

I assembly line press the bias squares

then use a clapper to keep the blocks flat...

I use a Bloc Loc ruler to trim the

bias squares to the proper size...

I trim them on ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 1 month ago. under design wall , panels , tips , traditional quilts

January 20, 2025

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

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 ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 1 month ago. under design wall , periwinkle quilt , traditional quilts

January 10, 2025

Expanding My Temporary Design Wall from Podunk Pretties

Winter is in full swing out here in Podunk. We've had lots of snow, below freezing temps and I have one doozy of a winter cold that has made me a bit lazy the last few days. No problem, throw on a sweater, take little Tylenol, and break out the space heater and I'm ready to sew!

My Bow-Tie quilt will finish at 90x90. The design wall isn't large enough to layout the entire quilt and even if it was big enough it's behind my sewing table. I plan to rearrange the studio soon to solve ...

added by Podunk Pretties 1 year, 1 month ago. under bow-tie quilt , design wall

January 6, 2025

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