Showing posts with label farm. Show all posts
Showing posts with label farm. Show all posts
Monday, September 1, 2025
Saturday, August 30, 2025
Cleaning out the Calving Barns...
Our fleet of manure spreaders are
hooked up to the tractors and
ready to go to work...
We are cleaning out the two calving barns
we use in March, April and May...
The cowboy is on the Ford tractor
scooping out the barn and
loading up the spreaders...
We are working across the river from
our home place... off in the distance you
can see our red goat barn and my Thread Shed.
By the time I return with an empty spreader,
the Cowboy has the next spreader filled up
and ready for me to spread on the pastures...
We just keep tag teaming all day
until the barns are all clean and ready
for next calving season.
You can view videos of the Cowboy
and I cleaning out the barns on Instagram
Monday, June 30, 2025
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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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn Kessi
Friday, March 28, 2025
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
Thursday, March 27, 2025
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.
There are cattle videos on my Instagram
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