Moose Quilt & Feeding Cattle...

I continue to work my way through

the pile of fabric panels

I have collected over the years...

 

Next up on the design wall is this

gorgeous bull moose...

I am auditioning fabrics...

I probably won't dig into this one 

until the New Year.

A few of our mama cows...

They greet us each morning when we

come over the hill with

with the feed wagon...

The mama cows will begin calving in March 2024.

The Cowboy and I are celebrating

our 40th Wedding Anniversary

on New Year's Eve !

Wishing all of you the VERY BEST

in the coming New Year 2024 !

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Highlights...2023

 

LuAnn Kessi Highlights 2023

January...2023

High Horses...Quilt Top Done

February...2023

Reflections of Autumn...Quilt Top Done

March...2023

Here she is....Elsa

Our frozen calf...all thawed out !

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The Favor

CLICK HERE to read the story

April...2023

Reflected Harmony Quilt

New York Beauty Quilt

Apple Core Quilt

May...2023

Cougar Quilt

High Desert Mule Deer

High Horses Quilt

June...2023

Moda Love Quilts

Moving Cattle to Summer Pasture

July...2023

Waving Hello from the tractor seat...

It is summer and we are making hay...

We grow hay to feed our cattle

August...2023

Double Wedding Ring Quilt

September...2023

Reflections of Autumn

October...2023

I started making holiday gifts:

Camper Zip Cases

Ric Rac Zip Cases

Even More... Rick Rac Zip Cases

November...2023

Quilt Retreat

Feeding Cattle...25 degrees:

CLICK HERE: Cattle Feeding Video

December...2023

Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep Quilt

I started this blog 15 years ago

as a way to document 

my quilting and farm life.

It is a great way to keep track of things.

Happy Holidays & New Year To You!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Horse Quilt Top...

 

I took this off the design wall...

It is time to put this quilt top together...

I piled the quilt blocks and

flying geese units on a design board

so they can travel easily to the machine...

It took a bit of measuring and fudging

to get the quilt blocks to fit nicely

along the sides of the horse panel...

The flying geese units

were a bit of a chore to get them to fit

the quilt and keep all the points pointy...

I had to do lots of fudging on the seam allowances

to get the flying geese borders to fit...

We are ready for the final borders...

After auditioning too many fabrics,

this distressed brown fabric made the cut...

That final dark brown border really

makes that light inner pieced border just shine !

It is good to have this off the design wall

and all pieced together.

I am hoping to have some time after

the holidays to get it under the needle

and get some machine quilting done.

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LuAnn Kessi

Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep...

The machine quilting is complete,

it is time to get to the binding...

I use my trusty 20 inch square up ruler

to square up the corners...

It is so satisfying to trim off all 

those rough edges...

The binding is pieced and pressed

and ready to stitch in place...

Stitching down the binding...

The binding and hanging sleeve are done...

When the label is sewn on the back

it is officialy done !

This Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep

was made especially to display in our living room

on a shelf I had built 30 years ago.

 My goal since 2022 was to try and finish up

my in progress quilts.

I completed 24 of them !

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LuAnn Kessi

Big Horn Sheep Quilt...

It's time to get the Big Horn Sheep

under the needle... 

I am stitching with my Big Girl Machine...

HQ Sweet Sixteen

This is the view from the driver's seat...

I am doing a little ruler quilting with the

HQ Wave E Template

I do love me some wavy lines...

I am using the HQ Right Angle Ruler

for the final borders...

We are coming into the home stretch...

The machine quilting is complete.

Next...the hanging sleeve, binding & label.

More To Come !

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi