From: Kessi Farms
Wishing you All the Best
in the coming year !
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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn Kessi
Monday, December 31, 2018
Sunday, December 30, 2018
Bottle Calves....Update
Remember these little bottle calves ?
We raised them on a bottle 2 summers ago...
orphan calf...number 25
Vern
Bull Calf....from the dairy
Big Marv
Here they are the first day they met...May 2017
December 2017.....Weaned off the bottle
and ready to be put with the rest of the calf herd
Big Marv....eating hay fed from the hay wagon
January 2018
Vern and Big Marv learn to eat
with the rest of the calf herd
December 2018
Big Marv and Vern
Here they are eating with the cow herd
they are on the far right...
They will be 2 years this spring:
Bottle Calves.....Big Marv and Vern
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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn Kessi
Saturday, December 8, 2018
Barn Lot Quilt Series.....Progress
I have been making some progress
on the rust dyed quilts...
This is the 5th quilt top in the series...
These images are super rusty!
In the upper right corner of the quilt top
you can see rusted horse shoes:
The horse shoes were worn by
the Cowboy's Cow Pony, Dancer...
rusted horse shoes on fabric...
All 5 quilt tops now have borders:
Quilt.....5
Quilt....1
Quilt.....2
Quilt....3
Quilt....4
I have some applique' work to do,
then they will be spray basted
and ready for machine quilting.
This was our sunrise this morning
just out the back door.
I have a January deadline on the rusted quilts.
Nothing gets things done like a deadline!
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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn Kessi
Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Soy Wax....Fabrics
Last week I spent the day stamping
hot soy wax on fabric...
I started out with a
commercial batik fabric...
Using a found object,
I stamped hot wax on the fabric...
Then I painted over the waxed fabric with
purple setacolor textile paint...
When dry, I heat set the paint with an iron:
All that is left to do is wash out the wax
in a hot washing machine.
The shadow marks on the fabric will be
washed away in the washing machine:
These were SUPER FUN to create!
I am anxious to put them into a project soon.
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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn Kessi
Sunday, November 25, 2018
Replacement Heifers...
We are across the river this morning
feeding the replacement heifers...
On the far right...
you can see our red barn at home.
This is a small herd of heifers.
We kept them for replacement cows...
You can see Golden Girl
through the bale feeder.
She had her first calf last may...
In the front row are 3 little heifer's calves...
they weren't born until late Spring,
so they are still at their mother's side
and won't be weaned until the first of the year.
The Cowboy is unlocking the gate
to let them in the barn to eat some hay...
This is the Cowboy...
nothing gets done on this place without him.
He gets things done!
p.s. The Cowboy built my Thread Shed in 2000
Enjoy the Heifer Video:
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