Flowers & Spider Webs...

 

Saying Good Bye to Summer...

It is time to clean out the flower beds...

Dinner Plate Dahlias...

The rain is back and everything is getting soggy !

We have two seasons here in Western Oregon...

Wet and Dry

While feeding cows this morning, 

spider webs caught my eye...

They show up so well when they

are back lit as the sun rises...

The spiders have been busy...

These are GIANT webs...

There are giant spiders in the center

of the webs...

Good Bye Summer...

Hello Autumn

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi 

Pumpkins...

It's the first day of Autumn...

time to make some pumpkins

 

I pulled some fabrics and made strip sets,

sandwiched them together with insulbrite

and cotton batting...

If you look close you can see

curved machine quilting lines...

Back view shows the machine quilting...

Using a template, I cut out a pumpkin shape...

Back View...

All ready for a binding

I made a few for gift giving...

The bindings are done...

Found a green fabric for pumpkin stems...

I layered these with batting

and stitched them into stems...

The first stem is on the pumpkin...

These quilted pumpkins can be used for 

trivets, hot pads or candle mats...

This is the first project I have created with

my new Bernina 440 QE...

it sews like a dream.

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LuAnn Kessi 

Surprise...

The Cowboy SURPRISED me with a new

sewing machine...

Bernina 440 Quilters Edition

This machine was made in 2007...

It is just like NEW...

only 32 hours on the machine...

how wild is that !

2007 was the 75 year Anniversary of Bernina

I love the large, white extension table...

I also like the sliding speed control

and the blue on/off button...

I played with the BSR foot and

even though I have been free motion quilting

for over 30 years I actually liked it !

It came with a dozen feet and most of them

are my favorites...

I have made it most of the way through the

manual and the machine operates the same

as my other Berninas, so not a lot to learn there...

180 Stitches...

I feel so lucky to have this machine and

I want to take good care of it so....

The very first thing I stitched with it is

this sewing machine cover...

The front has a large zipper pocket

and both sides have handles and pockets.

This should keep my new baby dust-free.

Thank You Cowboy!

 

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LuAnn Kessi 

Hard Work made this Country...

 

Phyllis Burchett

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LuAnn Kessi 

Cleaning out the Calving Barns...

Our fleet of manure spreaders are

hooked up to the tractors and

ready to go to work...

We are cleaning out the two calving barns

we use in March, April and May... 

The cowboy is  on the Ford tractor

scooping  out the barn and

loading up the spreaders...

We are working across the river from

our home place...  off in the distance you

can see our red goat barn and my Thread Shed.

By the time I return with an empty spreader,

the Cowboy has the next spreader filled up 

and ready for me to spread on the pastures...

We just keep tag teaming all day

until the barns are all clean and ready

for next calving season.

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and I cleaning out the barns on Instagram

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LuAnn Kessi 

Thread Shed Flowers...

 

Lilies growing just outside the Thread Shed

They greet me when I walk in the door...

My brother in law made this sign for the door...

Where the Girls Are...

The Thread Shed

Lots of creativity goes on inside 

this little building...

My aunt gave me the chicken bell and she

likes to ring it when she comes to visit...

My mother in law gave me the

sunflower barn quilt...

Hydrangeas growing out front...

The blooms start out green, turn pink

then purple...

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The red hen house sits just to the right

of the Thread Shed...

The rooster and the hens like to

hang out in front of the Thread Shed...

The Cowboy built this for me 25 years ago

and it still serves me well and is

my happy place !

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi