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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 5 days, 14 hours 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 2 weeks, 5 days ago. under cattle , cows , design wall , farm , horses , panels , paper piecing

Friends at the Fence... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

It is quilted, bound and up on the wall

in our living room...

Friends at the Fence

This horse panel is surrounded with

english paper pieced hexagons...

I love paper piecing and it was fun

to incorporate that into the

edge treatment on this quilt...

This image reminds me of looking out

the kitchen window to see our own horses

looking back at me over the yard fence...

Close-Up views of the Hexagons:

Top left border corner...

Bottom left border corner...

Bottom right border corner...

Top right border corner...

It grabs my attention every time I walk through

the room ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 2 months, 3 weeks ago. under english paper piecing , fabulous finishes , hand pieced , panels

Friends at the Fence..... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

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properly again check out

my latest post...

Friends at the Fence

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LuAnn Kessi

added by LuAnn Kessi 2 months, 3 weeks ago. under applique , english paper piecing , fabulous finishes , hand pieced , panels

Who sent the Squirrel?! from Grandma's Red Needle

Since last Saturday I've been doing a little bit tidying on the sewing table.

Before I packed away the red fabrics (RSC April), I made these two small hot pads. Aren't they cute?

The rectangle one measures a bit shy of 6.75 x 8.75 inches

The round one is 8.25 inches across

But that was not what I was going to talk about!

I had finished some items for my Etsy Shop, the hot pads, and the 'plan' was to sandwich another UFO (my goal for May)

After a delicious morning cuppa, I was going ...

added by Astrid 5 months, 3 weeks ago. under apq ufo challenge 2025 , hot pads , mug rugs , panels , rsc2025 , rscred , trivet

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 6 months, 1 week 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 6 months, 1 week ago. under design wall , panels

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 8 months ago. under cattle , cows , design wall , farm , panels

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 8 months, 1 week 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 8 months, 3 weeks ago. under design wall , panels

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 9 months, 2 weeks ago. under design wall , panels , tips , 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

Horse Quilt...Done ! from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

" Unbridled "

72 x 56 inches

The horse quilt is the same as the

pillows on the couches.

It's good to have it done and enjoy it

in the living room.

We had 5 newborn calves this morning...

They are all strong and healthy.

This is Althea Red

She is one of our oh so beautiful heifers.

She isn't showing any signs of calving just yet.

We check on the cattle several times a day to

see if any of the mamas are in labor yet.

Sometimes they need our help having their babies.

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added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 7 months ago. under cattle , cows , fabulous finishes , farm , horses , panels , traditional quilts

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

Remember this horse panel quilt top?

It has been sitting around long enough...

time to get it....under the needle !

It is a fair sized quilt, so I will quilt it

on my Big Girl Machine...

Handi Quilter Sweet Sixteen

This is a Sit-Down Long Arm

and I love it for larger projects...

I used the Handi Quilter Wave Ruler

to quilt the center of the panel...

I used the Hand Quilter Ditch Ruler

for all of the straight line quilting...

To mark the spine of the feather,

I used my very favorite marking tool...

Ultimate Marking Pencil

You just ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 7 months ago. under fabulous finishes , free motion quilting , horses , panels , tips , traditional quilts

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, 9 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 Top... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

I took this off the design wall...

It is time to put this quilt top together...

I piled the quilt blocks and

flying geese units on a design board

so they can travel easily to the machine...

It took a bit of measuring and fudging

to get the quilt blocks to fit nicely

along the sides of the horse panel...

The flying geese units

were a bit of a chore to get them to fit

the quilt and keep all the points pointy...

I had to do lots of fudging on the seam allowances

to get the flying geese borders ...

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

Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

The machine quilting is complete,

it is time to get to the binding...

I use my trusty 20 inch square up ruler

to square up the corners...

It is so satisfying to trim off all

those rough edges...

The binding is pieced and pressed

and ready to stitch in place...

Stitching down the binding...

The binding and hanging sleeve are done...

When the label is sewn on the back

it is officialy done !

This Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep

was made especially to display in our living room

on a shelf I had built 30 years ago.

My goal since ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 10 months ago. under fabulous finishes , panels

Big Horn Sheep Quilt... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

It's time to get the Big Horn Sheep

under the needle...

I am stitching with my Big Girl Machine...

HQ Sweet Sixteen

This is the view from the driver's seat...

I am doing a little ruler quilting with the

HQ Wave E Template

I do love me some wavy lines...

I am using the HQ Right Angle Ruler

for the final borders...

We are coming into the home stretch...

The machine quilting is complete.

Next...the hanging sleeve, binding & label.

More To Come !

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added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 10 months ago. under fabulous finishes , machine quilting , panels , sweet sixteen

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