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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 ...

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added by LuAnn Kessi 2 months 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 ...

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added by LuAnn Kessi 2 months, 1 week 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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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi 


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added by LuAnn Kessi 2 months, 2 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 ...

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added by LuAnn Kessi 3 months, 2 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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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi 


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added by LuAnn Kessi 4 months, 1 week 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 ...

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added by Lori 4 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...



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 ...

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added by LuAnn Kessi 5 months ago. under design wall , farm , traditional quilts
July 2, 2024
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 ...

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added by LuAnn Kessi 5 months, 3 weeks ago. under design wall , elk , panels , traditional quilts
June 29, 2024
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 


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added by LuAnn Kessi 5 months, 3 weeks ago. under batik , design wall , improv
June 15, 2024
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 ...

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added by LuAnn Kessi 6 months, 1 week ago. under batik , design wall
May 3, 2024
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 ...

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added by LuAnn Kessi 7 months, 3 weeks ago. under cattle , cows , design wall , farm , traditional quilts
February 29, 2024
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 ...

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added by LuAnn Kessi 9 months, 3 weeks ago. under design wall , traditional quilts
February 5, 2024
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 10 months, 2 weeks 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 ...

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added by LuAnn Kessi 10 months, 2 weeks ago. under design wall , piecing , tablerunner
January 31, 2024
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 ...

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added by LuAnn Kessi 10 months, 3 weeks ago. under design wall , goats , panels , wildlife
January 22, 2024
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 ...

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added by LuAnn Kessi 11 months ago. under design wall , panels
December 31, 2023
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 ...

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added by LuAnn Kessi 11 months, 3 weeks ago. under cattle , cows , design wall , farm , panels
December 1, 2023
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 ...

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added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year ago. under cattle , cows , design wall , farm , horses , panels
November 29, 2023
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 ago. under design wall , horses , panels
September 10, 2023
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 ...

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added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 3 months ago. under design wall , flowers , garden , horses , panels
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