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Medallion Star Quilt....Progress from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

This has been my Wednesday project

for the last 5 weeks...

I meet with my local quilt group on Wednesdays.

We laugh and have a great time together

and sometimes I get some stitching done too !

By the second Wednesday,

I was making these strip units...

It took several Wednesdays to complete

all 20 of these units...

Today I began putting the top together

on the design wall:

The center medallion star is 20 inches square...

It is FUN watching it grow...

I do love an "on point" setting...

Next up.....Star Blocks

This will be a queen size quilt ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 2 months ago. under design wall , traditional quilts

Drunkards Path...X Blocks from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

Playing around with some

Improv X Blocks...

I am trying find a border treatment

that will compliment this

Drunkards Path quilt top...

So much color on the work table...

I have arranged the drunkards path blocks

in circles...

The X Blocks add straight lines

to offset all of those circles...

The more I make...

the better I like it.

I need more!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 3 months ago. under batik , design wall , drunkard's path , improv

Fun on a Friday! from Humble Quilts

My design wall is pretty empty these days. The primitive Lone Cabin quilt is at the quilters and summertime isn't the most productive time in my sewing room.

But look at this amazing antique quilt block! I can see this being the center of a sweet medallion quilt.

This was my design wall before putting up that antique block- so stark and empty.

Alas! I'm pulling fabric for the yearly sewawlong! I'll add to these strips, red, green and a stripey brown! I'm hoping to get the top completed this weekend as we will be traveling ...

added by Lori 1 year, 3 months ago. under design wall , etsy

Quilting and Baling Hay... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

I am creating a Comfort Quilt...

I pulled a bunch of large floral fabric scraps

that have been in the stash for 20 years or so...

I chose this gladiolus fabric for the center.

They measure about 8 inches tall...

There was enough of this pink zinnia fabric

for a border around the gladiolus...

Before I knew it, there are 3 borders on

and it measures 60 inches square.

I will put one last border on...

Out in the last hay field:

We are finishing things up...

I am raking and the Cowboy is baling...

The Cowboy is baling up ...

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

The Elk Wedding Quilt.... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

The last time I shared this quilt

it was in the design stage...

I completed all of the 9 patch blocks

and began piecing them into borders...

I completed the quilt top last month:

I had to re-cut the inner green border

to make the 9 patch border fit correctly...

Once the 9 patch borders were in place,

I added 2 more tree borders...

I have had this aspen trees

with blue background

fabric for years...

so happy to finally find a quilt for it.

The final border is also aspen trees

in the autumn with yellow leaves...

The quilt ...

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

Drunkards Path...Border from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

At this point, the blocks are all

pieced together into circles...

I do love the cirles...

I think the border treatment needs some

straight lines.

I started playing around with some

improv X blocks...

The X blocks are super FUN to make...

The X blocks play together well

with all of those circles...

In between trips to the hay fields,

I will come home and make a block or two

for the borders.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

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

Drunkards Path Quilt Blocks... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

More than 15 years ago

I pieced a pile of Drunkards Path blocks

I pulled out my batik fabrics and had FUN

curved piecing...

I have to say, I have never been fond

of Drunkards Path quilts...

The layout and design of the

Drunkards Path puts me on edge...

so the blocks have been sitting in a drawer.

While I was searching for something else

in the Thread Shed I found the blocks...

I started playing around with them...

The full circle makes me happy !

Circles have always made me happy...

I like the way the circle really

jumps out ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 5 months ago. under batik , design wall

The Wedding Quilt... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

We live along the Big Elk River...

When we rise in the morning,

we see the Elk through the fog,

grazing just outside the yard fence...

The Elk are calving right now and will

bring their calves into our hay fields in June...

Two winters ago an orphan elk calf took up

with our cow herd and ate hay right off

the hay truck when we fed each morning...

When you live in this little valley,

you learn to live with the elk...

Our neighbors are getting married in August...

They also live along the Big Elk River...

This Elk ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 6 months ago. under cattle , cows , design wall , farm , traditional quilts

Christmas Tree Quilt Top... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

I have a request for a Christmas Quilt...

I found this image online...

I gathered up the fabrics...

It took 2 full days to get all of the cutting done...

When I began the piecing,

I numbered each row...

I also made a notation as to which way

the seam allowance was pressed on each row...

this will nest the seams together.

The first 4 rows are up on the design wall...

6 rows....the tree is coming to life...

8 rows...

10 rows...

12 rows...

15 rows...

The tree trunk and packages show up !

17 rows...

The quilt top ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 8 months ago. under design wall , traditional quilts

Migrating Geese....Table Runners from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

I have decided to turn the Migrating Geese

panels into table runners...

I am auditioning border fabrics...

First panel with border fabrics...

Second panel with border fabrics...

First three table runners on the design wall...

I made nine migrating geese panels

to stitch borders on...

Eight table runners on the design wall...

I may use the Migrating Geese design in a quilt

someday. but for today these are table runners...

Now I need to find backings so I can get

these machine quilted.

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added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 9 months ago. under design wall , tablerunner

Migrating Geese... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

Today is the day...

I am teaching myself to piece

Migrating Geese

I am using this

Migrating Geese Technique Sheet

Deb Tucker's Studio 180 Design

The technique sheet was easy to follow.

At this point the geese are

cut and pieced into units...

Here are a few geese ready to stitch into a row...

You alternate right side then left side

as you stitch the seams...

Four geese stitched together at this point.

I will add the yellow goose at the top

onto the right side...

You just keep adding geese until it is

the desired length.

At the ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 9 months ago. under design wall , piecing , tablerunner

Moose Quilt Top... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

I completed all of the star blocks

on the Moose Panel...

At this point they are just stuck up

on the design wall around the moose...

I decided to use low volume fabrics

between the star blocks as a background...

The top border is stitched in place.

3 star borders are stitched in place...

The star borders are on...

This needs one final border...

A narrow lime border works best...

The Moose Quilt Top is complete...

Now to paw through the fabric cupboards

for backing fabrics.

Just below our house the Canada Geese

enjoy grazing along with our goat herd ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 9 months ago. under design wall , goats , panels , wildlife

Moose Quilt... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

This moose panel is my first project

in the New Year...

This is my first audition of fabrics...

The bull moose is actually purple...

I chose a light purple inner border

and the moose likes it.

Just for kicks I put a light green

border around as well...

nothing is sewn down yet.

I whittled down the auditioned fabrics

to include the greens and purples...

I decided against the two background fabrics

I originally auditioned and went with

these low volume fabrics...

I thought I would keep the color story simple...

I stitched together an 8 inch Sawtooth Star...

I ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 10 months ago. under design wall , panels

Moose Quilt & Feeding Cattle... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

I continue to work my way through

the pile of fabric panels

I have collected over the years...

Next up on the design wall is this

gorgeous bull moose...

I am auditioning fabrics...

I probably won't dig into this one

until the New Year.

A few of our mama cows...

They greet us each morning when we

come over the hill with

with the feed wagon...

The mama cows will begin calving in March 2024.

The Cowboy and I are celebrating

our 40th Wedding Anniversary

on New Year's Eve !

Wishing all of you the VERY BEST

in the ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 10 months ago. under cattle , cows , design wall , farm , panels

Horse Quilt....Borders from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

I have always been fond of Flying Geese...

Such a simple quilt block that creates

such a big impact in our designs...

Flying Geese units add lots of movement

to this horse quilt panel...

they get along well with the

rest of the quilt blocks...

I am still in the design phase,

nothing is stitched in place just yet...

The color story is working...

I am stitching holiday gifts right now.

I will stitch them and

look at this on the design wall.

It will let me know what else it needs.

As for these two little cowgirls...

they were ...

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

Horse Quilt Panel... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

All this year I have been working my way

through a stack of fabric panels...

This horse panel is on the design wall...

I bordered it with a rusty brown fabric...

This is the color story I pulled from the

fabric cupboard...

I created a test block to see how

the fabrics work together...

I made a few more...

I put a few blocks up on the design wall....

I will play around with placement

and see what works...

More To Come !

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added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 12 months ago. under design wall , horses , panels

Horse Panel.....Top DONE ! from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

I have auditioned final border fabrics

for this horse panel quilt...

I decided to go with a different brown fabric,

other than the brown I used for the background

in the quilt blocks...

Yesterday I cut and pieced this brown batik

around the the horse panel...

There are small light green and yellow dots

in this batik fabric and they go nicely

with the greens in the quilt blocks...

I am happy with the design of this quilt,

it has a strong visual impact.

Now I need to paw through the fabric

cupboard and find a backing fabric.

Glad I ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 2 years, 2 months ago. under design wall , flowers , garden , horses , panels

Horse Panel....Progress from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

I continue the design work on this

Horse Panel

The Rising Sun blocks on the bottom work

nicely with the mountain blocks on top but...

I feel like they are too small.

I cut out a 12 inch Rising Sun Block...

4 inches bigger than the first blocks

Here is the 12 inch block on the design wall...

Three of the 12 inch blocks fit nicely...

Yes, the larger, bolder blocks work...

Now you can see just how small those

first 8 inch Rising Sun blocks really are...

I chose a putty color fabric as an accent border

around the ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 2 years, 2 months ago. under design wall , panels

Horse Panel....Border Blocks from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

The top border is complete...

I am contemplating the bottom border...

This has become my Go-To-Book

for Quilt Block designs...

I think the points in this Rising Sun block

will go well with the mountain blocks...

Here is the first block on the design board

ready to stitch together...

Two blocks on the design wall...

they are 8 inch blocks and seem small to me?

I do like the Rising Sun blocks...

They still seem under-sized to me...

I will live with them on the design wall

for a few days and see what transpires.

More To Come...

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added by LuAnn Kessi 2 years, 3 months ago. under design wall , panels

Unbridled.....Horse Quilt from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

I am still making my way through

a pile of fabric panels

I have purchased over the years...

This horse panel is called...Unbridled

As soon as I put this panel up on the design wall,

I just knew I wanted to include big stars

I could not find a pattern

so I made a star block of my own...

The star is paper pieced,

then I cut it into a circle

and it is turned edge appliqued to the quilt top...

I like the way this is looking...

so I made more stars...

At this point a gold Stonehenge ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 2 years, 3 months ago. under applique , design wall , flowers , garden , panels , traditional quilts

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