Quilt Retreat Week...

I attended the annual

Harlan Valley Quilters Autumn Quilt Retreat

It was a fun week listening to the hum

of sewing machines !

I spent the week creating lots and lots of

Zipper bags...

This summer I dyed a few pieces of fabric

in the indigo bucket:

I used red leather to create the handles

and the bottom of the bag...

This is my first time sewing leather...

I found it easy to work with.

The lining is also indigo fabric.

This tote bag is created from

home dec sample fabrics...

I did a bit of quilting...

the handles were installed with

double cap rivets.

The lining is also home dec sample fabrics.

On Friday...

I taught a Confetti Bag Class.

What a FUN week !

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Felted Brooches......

Permission 2 Play

Felted Brooches Class

Felted Brooch

Felt, Roving, Beads and Yarns...

Foam Blocks were used as a base for felting...

The students enjoyed creating wearable art...

Please Join Us Next Month:

Permission 2 Play

Felted Acorn Class @ 1:00

JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop

1243 Main Street

Philomath, OR 97370

541-929-3795

Permission 2 Play is a FREE class offering for cancer diagnosed patients.
No experience is necessary to participate.
All supplies are provided for the students.
Classes are held the 4th Thursday of each month at JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop, Philomath, OR

If you are interested in joining this class contact:
LuAnn Kessi   kessi@pioneer.net

Our Best To You,
Instructors: Nancy Bryant, Kathi Borrego, 

Debbie van der Sommen, LuAnn Kessi

 Many Thanks for the support of:
JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop, OSU Folk Thrift Club of Corvallis, OR, Mary's River Quilt Guild, Donations made by private individuals, Good Samaritan Hospital, Samaritan Regional Cancer Center, Corvallis Clinic Oncology, Project H.E.R.
You make this class possible!

Plow Girl....The Field is Seeded

9am...

the morning fog has cleared

we are back in the saddle...

The weather report says RAIN at 5pm

I have several hours left of 

Rolling and Packing the field.

Look out there...see the red tractor?

It's the Cowboy chasing me around the field

with the drill planting seed.

What a welcome sight !

In the back of this field is an enormous tree...

the cows camp out here and shelter 

from the rain and the sun.

Look what I found growing under the tree:

These mushrooms had to be 

8 inches in diameter.

I didn't eat them, but I did photograph them.

I looked up from the mushrooms

just in time to photograph the Cowboy

driving by seeding the pasture.

I finished packing the field by 1pm...

I was able to sit back and relax

and watch the Cowboy do his thing.

3pm...the field is seeded.

We parked the tractors in the machine shed 

and put away the implements.

5pm...down came the pouring RAIN

How is that for timing ?

I am looking forward to getting better acquainted

with my sewing machine !

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Plow girl.....time to Harrow

We are expecting lots of rain tomorrow...

we are chasing our tails to get this field done.

9am  I am knocking down all 

of the plowed ground

with the harrows...

There are two harrows behind the tractor...

a large hydraulic harrow, then behind that is

a small drag harrow.

By late afternoon, all of the harrow work is done.

The Cowboy hooks the roller packer

onto the back of the John Deere:

The Roller Packer packs down all of the loose dirt

and gets the ground ready for seeding...

Behind the Roller Packer is the small harrow...

this was quite a bit to drag around behind me 

and took longer  than I thought it would 

to cover the whole field.

It's is 3:00

The Cowboy has hooked up the drill

to the back of the International tractor:

He is filling the drill with 

bags of grass seed and fertilizer.

For the rest of the day I ran the Roller Packer

and the Cowboy followed me drilling seed.

7pm....10 hours today

and we just couldn't get the field finished.

Tomorrow is another day.

Enjoy the Videos:

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Plow Girl.....Plowing the next field

We're in the next field....ready to PLOW

5 Bottom Plow

The Cowboy is making a few adjustments

on the plow before I get started...

The cattle will keep me company today

while I get this worked up...

This is one of my favorite barns on the place.

Ground on the right had the 

disc run over it twice.

Ground on the left has been plowed.

I am in the back portion of the field...

you can see the barn 

way up there in the distance.

Plowed ground on the right...

This field is super hard...

The plow worked hard to get through it.

Took me 3 days, instead of 1, 

to get it all plowed up !

Enjoy the Video:

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi