My Tips n Techniques

Monday, December 31, 2018

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

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

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

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

Monday, December 17, 2018

Permission 2 Play.....2018 Review


We are celebrating

10 years of

Permission 2 Play !


2018....Was a FUN and CREATIVE year:


January....Pop Up Cards










March....T-Shirt Scarves






























September....Painting Fusible Web





October....Blooming Brooches





November...Soy Wax Batik





December....Nature Printing


Many Thanks To:

JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop

OSU Folk Art Thrift Store

Corvallis Clinic Project H.E.R.

Mary's River Quilt Guild

Jan Tallis, Grant Writer

Carmen Steggell, P2P Fliers

P2P Instructors and Classroom Helpers

and most of all to our students who are our biggest inspiration!


Looking forward to seeing you in the New Year

and giving ourselves....Permission 2 Play



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!