We are delivering oats to the goat barn today
The baby goats came out to see
what we are doing...
There isn't anything much cuter
or more FUN than a
Baby Goat!
I captured this video of the Baby Goats:
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Sunday, April 30, 2017
Saturday, April 29, 2017
Whole Cloth.....Design Work
I have been playing around on paper
doing some design work for a
whole cloth quilt I am planning to create...
Tracing Paper over the top of a
9 patch quilt image
This is a design technique from
2nd layer of tracing paper over the top...
filling in with feather motif.
3rd layer of tracing paper over the top...
trying out a few fill designs and edge designs.
I am working @ a slower pace than I would like...
Ralph insists on helping
with the design process.
This is my second attempt
at a whole cloth design:
First layer of tracing paper...
drawing in the basic design lines.
2nd layer of tracing paper...
I love feathers so here they are again!
As soon as Ralph is done with his nap...
I will draw in the fill work.
Here are the last images of the tulips:
A storm moved in and finished off the tulips...
Henny Penny looks like she wants to sew
in the Thread Shed today...
I am hoping to work a bit more on the
whole cloth design on Monday.
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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn Kessi
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Life @ the Goat Barn...
I took my camera along to the goat barn...
We are feeding nannies and kids
this morning...
This is Lily
Her mama, Long Ears, is my favorite goat.
You can see that Lily inherited her mamas
beautiful long ears.
We are still in the calving mode...
a dozen cows left to calve yet.
This little white face calf makes me smile...
one black eye, one white eye.
This is the second set of twin calves...
They are several weeks old now and out in the
pasture with their mama.
These are the last images of the tulips
in the yard:
The morning sun and evening sun
make for terrific back-lit photography...
I am working on a whole cloth quilt project...
I will upload the design images soon.
CLICK BELOW to watch the Goat Video:
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Sunday, April 23, 2017
Soy Wax Over-Dye......Fabric Reveal
Here are the results of our
Soy Wax Batik
Play Day last week...
These started out as light colored hand dyes:
This was a light gradient from blue to yellow
stamped with circle sponges
then over dyed dark green.
This is a lavender flour sack towel,
stamped with a hand cut sponge,
over dyed dark purple.
This was a piece I was using for
a demo in classes.
It has all sorts of soy wax stamping on it.
It started out light peach colored,
then over dyed dark maroon.
I am not certain of the original color,
stamped with a pool noodle,
over dyed dark green.
Not sure who did this one,
very cool.... I like it.
This started out white,
stamped with leaf shaped sponge and circles,
over dyed dark green.
This started out very light blue,
stamped with plastic plumbing pipe,
over dyed dark maroon.
Stared out white,
stamped with circles and squares,
over dyed dark green.
This started out as a yellow hand dye,
stamped with a hand cut oval sponge,
over dyed black.
This is the only piece to survive
the black dye bath.
All of the other pieces came out nearly all black
without any resist?
I think this was waxed with a
natural bristle brush?
White Fabric stamped with pool noodle,
over dyed dark green.
Lavender hand dye,
stamped with wire circles and plumber pipe,
over dyed dark purple.
stamped with potato masher and pool noodles,
over dyed dark purple.
Gradient hand dye yellow to blue,
stamped with sponges, pool noodles
and plumber pipe,
over dyed dark green.
Light blue hand dye,
stamped with circles,
over dyed dark blue.
Stamped with sponges and circles,
over dyed dark purple.
Light blue hand dye,
stamped with glass bowl and circles,
over dyed dark green.
Light blue hand dye,
stamped with hand cut oval sponge,
over dyed dark blue.
This one has some previous soy wax
that was over painted,
then soy waxed again,
then over dyed dark green.
Not sure what color this started out,
soy wax stamped with metal circles
and pool noodles,
over dyed dark green.
We had a FUN day playing with
hot soy wax and hand dyed fabrics
that needed more surface design treatments.
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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn Kessi
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