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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 2 years, 1 month ago. under fabulous finishes , machine quilting , panels , sweet sixteen

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 2 years, 2 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 2 years, 2 months ago. under design wall , horses , panels

September in Cellars... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

I have spent most of this year plowing

my way through a pile of fabric panels

I have acquired over the years...

I completed the design work on this autumn

panel in March and it is time to get it

quilted and hung in our living room...

The maple leaf blocks in the border

give this quilt so much movement...

The quilt is basted and on the

Sweet Sixteen

Sit-Down Long Arm

I began the quilting in the morning and

the quilt was done by 9pm...

Most of the quilting was accomplished with

these two long arm rulers...

The top ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 2 years, 4 months ago. under fabulous finishes , machine quilting , panels , tips , traditional quilts

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, 4 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, 5 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, 5 months ago. under design wall , panels

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

I continue to push on with my

pile of fabric panels...

Here is another favorite....Horses

Here are a few soft colors

pulled from the fabric cupboard...

I am auditioning border fabrics...

I decided to try out the

Delectable Mountain Block...

I am only using half of the block...

Here is a Delectable Mountain border...

Wow....I am pleased !

Just outside the Thread Shed:

There is a RIOT of color !

Black Eyed Suzy

Pink Cone Flowers

Purple Hydrangea

Pink Star Lily

The flower bed in front of the house

is filling in nicely...

The Dahlias and Zinnias are just

beginning ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 2 years, 5 months ago. under flowers , garden , 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, 6 months ago. under applique , design wall , flowers , garden , panels , traditional quilts

High Desert Mule Deer...#2 from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

In May I created two of these

Mule Deer Panel Quilts...

I finished the first one and

gave it away as a gift...

I just finished the quilting on the second one...

I machine quilted it on my

Sweet Sixteen sit-down long arm...

I changed thread colors several times

to match the colors in the quilt...

It is so satisfying cutting off the rough edge,

stitching on the binding and hanging sleeve...

Here it is hanging in the living room.

Here are the first 3 blooms on the

Black Eyed Suzy plant....

The Day Lilies are blooming...

The Orange Cone ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 2 years, 6 months ago. under fabulous finishes , flowers , garden , panels , traditional quilts

High Desert Mule Deer Quilt...DONE ! from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

Remember the Mule Deer Panel...

I got it under the needle last week...

I quilted it in about 6 hours on my

Sweet Sixteen

Sit-Down Long Arm...

This is my Big Girl Machine

and she knows how to get things done !

Time to trim it up square...

I use the Omnigrip 20 inch Square

The binding strips are cut...

The Binding is stitched on...

The label is sewn on the back corner...

The High Desert Mule Deer quilt

is in the mail and on the way

to comfort a dear friend...

No, you are not seeing double...

The Cowboy liked ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 2 years, 8 months ago. under fabulous finishes , free motion quilting , panels , traditional quilts , wildlife

Cougar Quilt....Ta-Done ! from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

I started designing this Cougar Panel

back in March...

I had FUN creating lots of different

sampler blocks as a border treatment...

The machine quilting is complete

and I am binding it today...

For machine bindings, I clip ever inch

of the binding so it does not move

when I am stitching it in place...

I stitch in the ditch on the front side...

I included a hanging sleeve on the back,

so we can display it in our living room...

You can also see the back side of

the binding stitched down.

I just need to add a quilt ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 2 years, 8 months ago. under fabulous finishes , panels , traditional quilts

Mule Deer Quilt... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

We are in need of a quilt to comfort

a very dear friend...

We found this Mule Deer panel

and auditioned a few fabrics

from my cupboards in the Thread Shed...

I think this grouping should work nicely

and lots of texture !

I found a block to piece into borders

from this book...

Twin Star Quilt Block....12 inches

My work table is all set up and ready

for stitching, when I can sneak in here

and sew for a few minutes here and there...

First block cut out and on the

design board...

As time allowed...

I stitched a ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 2 years, 8 months ago. under cattle , cows , design wall , farm , panels , traditional quilts

High Horses... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

Remember this horse panel...

I created the Bear Paw Block borders

in January...

Here it is all pressed and ready to be

machine quilted...

Ta Da.......DONE !

Here it is all quilted, binding and

even a label on the back

hanging in our living room...

Close Up view of machine quilting...

"High Horses"

LuAnn Kessi

Harlan, Oregon

2023

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LuAnn Kessi

added by LuAnn Kessi 2 years, 8 months ago. under horses , panels , traditional quilts

Farm Panel....Top DONE from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

I peeled this project off the

design wall in the Thread Shed...

and took it with me to

Quilt Retreat last week...

I stitched all of the quilt blocks

together into borders...

I added the wagon wheel border treatment...

This Barn Panel quilt top is

ready to be sandwiched and quilted !

Looking forward to seeing this one hung

in our living room.

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added by LuAnn Kessi 2 years, 9 months ago. under design wall , panels , quilt retreat , traditional quilts

Farm Panel... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

I pulled a Farm Panel

out of the cupboard

and put it up on the design wall...

I love the colors

and I am ready to to begin working on this...

How great is this wagon wheel fabric !

I am hoping to use this as a border treatment...

These are the fabrics I have pulled

to work with this panel...

I have chosen 2 blocks from this book...

Churn Dash aka Hole in the Barn Door

Shoo Fly

My work table is set up and I am ready

to get right with it...

Shoo Fly block cut out and ready ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 2 years, 9 months ago. under design wall , panels , traditional quilts

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

Just one border left to stitch together...

At this point, I ran out of the

yellow background fabric...

Luckily a quilt shop in Tennessee

had a supply of this 9 year old fabric !

The final yellow border is stitched on...

I have the strips cut for the final borders...

I am calling this autumn quilt panel.....DONE !

Now, I need to paw through the fabric

cupboards and find something for a backing.

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added by LuAnn Kessi 2 years, 10 months ago. under design wall , panels , traditional quilts

Autumn Leaf Panel....Borders from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

24 Leaf Blocks have been pieced...

I am running low on the

yellow background fabric...

I have enough yellow to complete the

leaf border on the right...

Not enough for the outside border

that goes around all of the leaves.

This is fabric purchased 9 years ago...

I was lucky to find more online...

Now, we wait for it to arrive in the mail.

We are still in the middle of calving season

here @ the Kessi Ranch

We have been averaging about 7 calves a week

since we started in February...

Over 40 calves on the ground so far...

I ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 2 years, 10 months ago. under cattle , cows , design wall , farm , panels , traditional quilts

Autumn Leaf Panel....Progress from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

Autumn Leaf Panel on the design wall:

I need 6 more maple leaf blocks

to fill in around the border...

Design boards keep me organized

when I am piecing quilt blocks...

It has been FUN using landscape fabrics

to design the maple leaves...

During the dreary, cloudy, gray

winter days, these bright colors

make me happy !

I have enough maple leaf blocks...

I need to add sashing strips between the

leaves and make this whole thing

fit together.....more to come !

Pretty Heifer Calf

Eloise...a real beauty !

I call this photo....The Babysitter:

The mama cows have all ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 2 years, 10 months ago. under design wall , panels , traditional quilts

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

A gorgeous autumn quilt panel...

These panels are so beautiful

and hard to resist when you see them

at the quilt shops...

especially when you already have a big stash

of landscape fabrics in your cupboard at home

that will compliment them:

I cut up a bunch of squares from the

landscape fabrics and started to

build maple leaf blocks...

This is an excellent quilt block reference...

Quick & Easy Block Tool

Directions for quilt blocks in 5 sizes !

It feels good to be using up some

of these stash fabrics !

Here come the leaf blocks:

Here is a maple leaf ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 2 years, 10 months ago. under design wall , panels , traditional quilts

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