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March 6, 2025
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 ...

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added by LuAnn Kessi 1 week ago. under cattle , cows , design wall , farm , panels
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 !

You can view the first post HERE


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added by LuAnn Kessi 2 weeks 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 ...

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added by LuAnn Kessi 3 weeks, 6 days ago. under design wall , panels
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 ...

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added by LuAnn Kessi 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under design wall , panels , tips , 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 8 months, 2 weeks ago. under design wall , elk , panels , traditional quilts
March 12, 2024
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 ago. under cattle , cows , fabulous finishes , farm , horses , panels , traditional quilts
March 11, 2024
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 ...

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added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year ago. under fabulous finishes , free motion quilting , horses , panels , tips , traditional quilts
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 1 year, 1 month 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 1 year, 1 month 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 1 year, 2 months ago. under cattle , cows , design wall , farm , panels
December 18, 2023
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 ...

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added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 2 months ago. under horses , panels
December 17, 2023
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 ...

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added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 2 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, 2 months ago. under fabulous finishes , machine quilting , panels , sweet sixteen
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, 3 months 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, 3 months ago. under design wall , horses , panels
September 11, 2023
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 ...

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added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 6 months ago. under fabulous finishes , machine quilting , panels , tips , traditional quilts
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, 6 months ago. under design wall , flowers , garden , horses , panels
September 2, 2023
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 ...

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added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 6 months ago. under design wall , panels
August 23, 2023
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 1 year, 6 months ago. under design wall , panels
August 14, 2023
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 ...

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added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 7 months ago. under flowers , garden , panels
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