Snow Horse Panel...

 A new fabric panel is on the design wall

 

Horses in the snow...

I am making a few snowflake blocks

to see if they will work as a border treatment...

This is the back side of the snowflakes,

they are foundation paper pieced...

I would never attempt these

if they weren't paper pieced.....eek!

Lots of intricate cutting and piecing has

been made simple by paper piecing...

It takes about 8 hours to

paper piece each block...

I just put on a DVD series,

relax and sew...

I take my time and enjoy the process...

When I am not sewing

I am with the Cowboy making hay...

The mowing, raking and baling are done...

we are now picking up the bales

and storing them away for the winter.

We picked up 100 bales today

in 95 degree heat.

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LuAnn Kessi 

Paper Piecing...LOVE

 

I am still having a lot of FUN trying out

different FPP blocks...

Last week I made this LOVE block...

This is a beginner level FPP...

I am using fabric scraps leftover

from quilts I made last year...

I have never done ABCs...

It was great FUN to see the letters

come alive...

12 inch  LOVE block...

I couldn't resist...

6 inch LOVE block

The daffodils are blooming

below our Century Farm sign...

This is Althea Pink...

still waiting for her to have her calf.

The Cowboy feeding a new bale

in the bull field...

There are 7 bachelors that belly up

to the hay bale each day...

There are cattle videos on my Instagram

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LuAnn Kessi 

Mod TV....TV Screens

 

This is my Wednesday project

when I meet up with my local quilt group:

Mod TV Quilt

I decided to add a fifth row of TV blocks...

I printed out images on fabric sheets 

of some of the favorite shows 

from my child hood...

The TV sets now have FUN images

on the screens...

I used fusible web and invisible applique'

to attach them to the TV blocks...

When I look at them I can hear

the TV show theme songs in my head...

Lots of FUN !

They really add to the whole

Mod TV vibe...

Saturday morning cartoons always

included the Jetsons...

Everybody wanted a talking horse

like Mr ED...

Oh, and to be magical like

I Dream of Jeannie...

I also included some test patterns

on a few of the TV sets...

This is as far as I got on Wednesday.

Next week I will add a few more TV shows

then begin moving the blocks around

so it looks more balanced.

Unfortunately, this just doesn't photograph

as well as it really appears in person.

Our days begin and end in the

calving grounds:

This is the view that greets us each morning

when we cross the river and head over

to feed and check on the cows and calves...

You can see our home place across the river 

in the background where the red barn sits...

Each morning is like Christmas...

we look around to find a brand new calf

with its' mama.

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LuAnn Kessi 

Calving Season...

We are two weeks into calving season

here at the Kessi Ranch

The pastures are starting to fill up

with baby calves...

Once the calves are a week old, 

they start to gang up together and 

play tag....chasing one another

 all over the pastures !

This calf had its nose up in the air

trying to smell me when I was

taking the picture...

This mama is the babysitter...

She watches over a group of calves

while their mothers go out and graze for awhile. 

We will be calving for 8 more weeks

so there is lots more to come.

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on my Instagram.

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LuAnn Kessi 

Paper Piecing Continues...

 

Between trips across the river to

check on the cows and calves

I have been stitching...

I have had this pattern for a few years

and wanted to give it a try...

This is the color story...

Two templates....4 of each are required

to complete the star block...

First two templates are paper pieced...

Four Templates....half the block done

It is FUN watching this come alive...

All 8 templates are paper pieced...

The last seam is on the diagonal...

Poof...the block is together !

This is what the back side looks like...

I am trying out different quilt blocks

to use in future quilt designs.

It is calving season here on the Kessi Ranch:

So much cold RAIN it is miserable,

but the calves just keep on coming...

We have been supplementing lots of calves

with powdered colostrum to warm them up

and get them nursing...

More To Come...

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi