Rodeo Dreams...

Rodeo Dreams.....Quilt Panel 

This was gifted to me last year...

It's time to put it up on the design wall

and see what shakes out...

I made some strip units in red and white

and sub-cut them and made a checker board...

I placed them around the edge as a possible

border treatment...

I paper pieced a few star blocks...

I like the denim fabric behind the stars...

This is what I have so far.

I plan to make a few cattle brand blocks,

including our brand...

This is the view this morning out our window...

the elk are sharing the pasture with our cows.

Baby calves are due in March.

More to Come !

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LuAnn Kessi 

Horses in Snow.....Top Done

The Quilt Top is complete

 

All 18 paper pieced snowflakes are done...

This measures 68 inches wide...

Once it is quilted and bound

it will hang in our living room.

Good to get this one done.

Now I can get to work on a few holiday gifts.

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LuAnn Kessi 

Snowflakes...

I was able to squeeze in some stitching and 

finished up the last of the snowflake blocks

 

Intricate piecing that could only be

done by paper piecing these blocks...

The snowflakes show up really well

against this putty colored background fabric...

Every snowflake is different...

18 snowflake blocks

It took 2 days to rip all the papers off

the back side of the blocks...

The inner border has been added to the panel...

Close up view of inner border...

sparkly snowflakes

The bottom snowflake border 

is stitched into place...

The top and bottom borders are on...

Hoping to get back out to the Thread Shed

soon and put the side borders on.

We have a new square bale feeder...

It holds a ton of hay in a single feeding.

The cows like it !

We weaned the baby calves last week.

Always hate to do that, but the mama cows

need a break before they have their new

calves in the spring.

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LuAnn Kessi 

More Snowflakes...

 In between making hay this summer,

I have been paper piecing more

snowflake blocks...

These snowflake blocks are a bit advanced

so you need some foundation paper piecing

experience to get them done...

I love the precision of paper piecing

so really enjoy creating these snowflakes...

I have completed 15 snowflake blocks so far...

not sure how many I will need.

Nothing is sewn into place just yet,

I am auditioning possible border treatments.

This will be an ongoing project for

the rest of the summer months ahead...

We put up new fencing around the flower bed

in front of the house...

to keep our chickens from scratching it all up !

That is a super giant lime green hosta

by the whiskey barrels...

I do love me some lime green !

The Gaillardia aka Blanket Flowers

are really putting on a show right now...

Hundreds of blooms on just one plant !

If you look close...

you can see the bumble bees just love them !

This image is from a month ago...

lots more flower blooms out there now

and a couple of tomato plants

with tomatoes on the vines.

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LuAnn Kessi 

Snow Horse Panel...

 A new fabric panel is on the design wall

 

Horses in the snow...

I am making a few snowflake blocks

to see if they will work as a border treatment...

This is the back side of the snowflakes,

they are foundation paper pieced...

I would never attempt these

if they weren't paper pieced.....eek!

Lots of intricate cutting and piecing has

been made simple by paper piecing...

It takes about 8 hours to

paper piece each block...

I just put on a DVD series,

relax and sew...

I take my time and enjoy the process...

When I am not sewing

I am with the Cowboy making hay...

The mowing, raking and baling are done...

we are now picking up the bales

and storing them away for the winter.

We picked up 100 bales today

in 95 degree heat.

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LuAnn Kessi 

Garden Tea Party Quilt...

 I am starting a new quilt project

on Wednesdays....

I am a sucker for large florals...

This Garden Tea Party Quilt kit

has been in my fabric cupboard since 2009...

I forgot all about it.....eek !

The interior of the quilt is all large cut blocks

and the edge is all fussy cut applique shapes...

These tea pots and flowers are the size

of my hand...

What a treat to work with all of these

beauties every Wednesday all summer long...

The blocks are cut large, which will

show off all of the large motifs...

The blocks are all different sizes

and it took an entire Wednesday to cut

all of them out...

Last Wednesday I started piecing the blocks

into long panels...

3 panels....in progress

This is as far as I got last week...

I am looking forward to starting the

applique work...

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LuAnn Kessi