Happy New Year...2019

From:  Kessi Farms

Wishing you All the Best

in the coming year !

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

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

Highlights.....2018

It's always FUN to look back 

and Remember...

January.....Finished Airplane Quilt

February......Nature Walk wins Best of SHOW !

Calving Season is in....FULL Swing

March......Turkey Vultures have returned

April.....Buttons Necklaces

My obsession with 

handcrafted foam stamps...begins

May.....Golden Girl has her first calf

Jello Printing has a hold on me again!

June.....Button Bracelets

July and August.....Canvas Painted Tote Bags

September.....still creating Foam Stamps

October

Finished the Sunflower Quilt Top

Traveled to Idaho to attend a Quilt Retreat

and made progress on my Crosscut Quilt

Attended Pat Pauly Workshop

November

Weaned the Calves

Playing with Soy Wax Batik again

December

Making progress on the Barn Lot Quilt series

 I have a January deadline on this series of quilts

so you may not hear a lot from me 

in the next few weeks.....eek!

 I hope you take time to look back and

remember 2018...

I hope you have lots of wonderful

things come your way in 2019.

My Best To You,

LuAnn 

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

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!

CLICK HERE to view all rusted quilt posts

CLICK HERE to view my rust dye tutorial

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Tea Dyed Heart Sachets...

The Permission 2 Play Instructors

are creating Heart Sachets...

Class Sample

Hibiscus Tea Bags

The pink tea bags are the inspiration...

The tea bags were used to dye the fabrics...

The hearts are embellished with:

Trim...

Lace...

Ribbon

Heart.....in progress

The hearts are filled with lavender...

Filling the hearts with a funnel...

Here comes the.....Show 'n Tell:

Tea Dyed Heart Sachets

Please Join us in Class:

Thursday, January 24, 2019 @ 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!