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March 6, 2025

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 2 weeks, 5 days 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 2 weeks, 6 days ago. under cattle , cows , design wall , farm , panels

February 28, 2025

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 3 weeks, 4 days ago. under design wall , improv

February 27, 2025

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 3 weeks, 5 days ago. under design wall , panels

February 14, 2025

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 month, 1 week ago. under design wall , panels

February 13, 2025

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 month, 1 week ago. under design wall , improv

January 25, 2025

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

Allô and welcome

added by Andree G. Faubert 1 month, 4 weeks 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months, 2 weeks ago. under bow-tie quilt , design wall

January 6, 2025

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

I am making progress on the Periwinkle Quilt

102 Star Blocks pieced together...

Ready to trim the blocks to 6 inches...

This Bias Square ruler is my very favorite

for trimming up blocks...

I also use the revolving mat

to make the trimming go faster...

102 blocks all trimmed up and ready for

the design wall...

First two rows up on the wall...

8 rows up on the wall...

I have admired this quilt design for years

and it is finally a reality...

42 dark star blocks left...

I am placing the dark stars around the

outside as a border ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 2 months, 2 weeks ago. under cattle , cows , design wall , farm , periwinkle quilt , traditional quilts

October 17, 2024

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

Last week I managed to finish all

36 of the border blocks

Today I am putting all of the quilt blocks

up on the design wall together

for the very first time...

A few of the star blocks are up...

Here is the start of the center of the quilt...

The Star Medallion block is in place...

More small star blocks and

the center is almost filled in...

9 rows up on the design wall...

The quilt is too big for the wall

so the 10th and final row doesn't fit.

This is the pattern book I am working ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 5 months, 1 week ago. under design wall , traditional quilts

October 11, 2024

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

I am still pecking away at this quilt...

I forgot to take an updated photo,

but all 40 star blocks have been completed.

I am now assembling all of the

border blocks:

I do love assembly line stitching...

All of the little 4 patch blocks are done...

I am now assembling the 9 patch blocks

with the 4 patch blocks...

9 Patch Border Block...

The little light gray squares create a design

all around the edge of the quilt...

This image from the pattern shows

how the border blocks are arranged...

I need 36 nine patch border blocks...

This is ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 5 months, 2 weeks ago. under design wall , traditional quilts

October 2, 2024

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

This has been my Wednesday project

20 inch Star Block...

I have been pecking away at this

the last few weeks on Wednesdays...

Each Wednesday I add a bit more

to the design wall...

Adding more star blocks each week...

Here are the last 9 stars to go up on

the design wall today...

Then I will be on to the final border treatment.

This is a Christmas gift, so there is nothing like

a deadline to get things done !

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LuAnn Kessi

added by LuAnn Kessi 5 months, 3 weeks ago. under design wall , traditional quilts

September 5, 2024

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 6 months, 3 weeks ago. under design wall , traditional quilts

August 13, 2024

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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LuAnn Kessi

added by LuAnn Kessi 7 months, 2 weeks ago. under batik , design wall , drunkard's path , improv

August 2, 2024

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 7 months, 3 weeks ago. under design wall , etsy

July 20, 2024

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

I am creating a Comfort Quilt...