Lupine...

It was a great Spring for the Lupine...

 

Yes, the red tractor is parked just outside

the Thread Shed door...

The Cowboy brought it home to do some 

maintenance on it for hay season.

The Lupine are really putting on a show !

They are growing just outside the door

to the Thread Shed where I do most

of my stitching...

They were planted from seed last year

and they came back this year

so full of blooms !

This is the first time I have had several

different colors, other than purple...

They make me happy each time I pass by

them to go out and do some stitching

in The Thread Shed.

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LuAnn Kessi 

Drunkards Path...Border

 

At this point, the blocks are all

pieced together into circles...

I do love the cirles...

I think the border treatment needs some

straight lines.

I started playing around with some

improv X blocks...

The X blocks are super FUN to make...

The X blocks play together well

with all of those circles...

In between trips to the hay fields,

I will come home and make a block or two

for the borders.

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LuAnn Kessi 

Hay Season...2024

 

Hay season has begun...

The Cowboy opened the gate into

the first hay field...

This is where I will be spending my day...

behind the wheel of the tractor

mowing hay...

After 4 or 5 hours, the field is half mowed down...

8 hours and the field is mowed,

I just have to mow out the corners...

The corners of a field are tight,

so you have to cut across the corners

which creates a half moon crescent shape of grass.

Then you go back and mow out the corners.

My last strip to mow down the middle.

9 hours of mowing...

I am dirty, tired and hungry and heading home.

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LuAnn Kessi 

Vintage Christmas Quilt...Progress

I met up with my Stitching Sisters

@ The Quilt Palace yesterday... 

I am making some progress on the

Vintage Christmas Quilt Top...

All three rows are assembled...

it doesn't show it here, but I also

have the sashing between the rows done.

Next Wednesday I will add the borders !

The Calla Lillies are putting on a show

just outside the door of the Thread Shed.

The first hay field has been mowed

and we are ready to rake and bale it tomorrow.

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LuAnn Kessi 

Vintage Christmas Quilt...

 

This is my latest project

when I meet with my local

quilting tribe...

Vintage Christmas

It took several days to cut out all of the pieces:

How much do I love these pick up trucks !

This pattern was nicely written

and so easy to follow...

All 5 pick up trucks have been completed...

Now it is time to piece the big trees:

Big and smaller trees...

All of the units have been pieced together...

It is time to cut the sashing strips,

but that is for next time.

Yes, I am desperately in need of a new design wall.

The kitty cat shredded this one....eek!

Here is your Super Cuteness for the day:

Baby Tree Swallow

We put a bird house on the patio and

now there are baby birds in it....FUN!

One of the babies jumped out and up

on top of the bird house...

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LuAnn Kessi 

Drunkards Path Quilt Blocks...

 

More than 15 years ago

I pieced a pile of Drunkards Path blocks

I pulled out my batik fabrics and had FUN

curved piecing...

I have to say, I have never been fond

of Drunkards Path quilts...

The layout and design of the

Drunkards Path puts me on edge...

so the blocks have been sitting in a drawer.

While I was searching for something else

in the Thread Shed I found the blocks...

I started playing around with them...

The full circle makes me happy !

Circles have always made me happy...

I like the way the circle really

jumps out at you...

So BOLD !

So I made a pile of circle blocks...

16 inch Blocks

Up on the Design Wall...

not sewn together just yet.

First row stitched together...

Two rows together...

All 16 blocks stitched together...

15 Years and the Quilt Blocks

are finally stitched into a quilt top...

How FUN is this !

I am not sure about a border treatment?

I am liking the yellow fabric...

We are all done branding calves and getting

the cow and calf pairs out onto

summer pasture with the bulls.

I am working in the flower beds now

battling the weeds, mulching, fertilizing

and watching the flower seeds sprout.

The Cowboy is busy getting the hay equipment

out of storage and ready to rock 'n roll

in the hay fields very soon!

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LuAnn Kessi