Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Tote Bag...


This tote bag is cut out and ready to stitch... 


I pawed through the fabric cupboard and found 

one of my hand dyes to line the bag...





This Pellon Flex-Foam 2-Sided Fusible

creates a bag that is sturdy and stands up...






The bag is done and is ready for handles...

I like the way these faux leather handles

look and feel in my hand when carrying the bag.





Rivets make short work of attaching the handles...





Always FUN to get the hand dyes out and

give them new life...





The tote bag panel came with a pocket...FUN !





This will make a great new bag for....SPRING !

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LuAnn Kessi


Monday, March 18, 2024

Sew Happy Zen Chic Panel...

 I have had this panel sitting around

for long enough...


It is time to cut it up and do something with it...





Sew Happy by Zen Chic

It is a heavier linen fabric...




I decided to make zip bags 

with the small squares.

I matched the squares up with 

zippers and lining fabrics.






I am using foam instead of batting...





Pellon Flex-Foam 2-sided fusible





The foam creates a very sturdy bag...





Fried Egg lining fabric...





I placed the zipper on the side of this bag...


















8 zipper bags ready for gift giving...




These were much larger, 

so I turned them into pillows.


We now have 20 new calves on the ground.Calving season is galloping right along.

It was 80 degrees yesterday !

The Cowboy mowed the lawn.


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LuAnn Kessi


Sunday, March 17, 2024


How super cute is number 6 ... 


This is a little bull calf born a week ago...





His mama is eating clover pellets

behind the barn...





Replacement heifers in the side view mirror...

None of them are calving just yet.





Dollface had her calf yesterday...





Feeding heifers across the river from

our home place.

We have been enjoying sunny weather.

It was 76 degrees today !

We have 19 calves on the ground so far.

The cows will be calving through May.


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LuAnn Kessi


Wednesday, March 13, 2024

12 calves in 12 days...


Calving season is just getting started...

 


We will continue to have calves into May...





This is Edith with her new bull calf...





Most of the heifers will not have their calves

until April...




Things aren't too busy just yet,

so I have been able to spend time out

in the Thread Shed listening to the

hum of my sewing machine....aaah.


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LuAnn Kessi


Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Horse Quilt...Done !

 


" 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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LuAnn Kessi


Monday, March 11, 2024

Horse Quilt...


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 iron it off...





The white line disappears with heat...magic!




Close-Up view of Quilting:
































The 20 inch square up ruler

works best for trimming and squaring up...





Ahhh...the rough edges are gone !










Now I need to paw through the fabric cupboards

and find a binding that works...

I will send another image when this is

hanging on the living room wall.


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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi