Challenge Project...2026

 

Challenge Fabric...

Fabrics I chose to be part of my

challenge fabric story...

Project I chose for my challenge...

Paper Pieced Feathered Star

Paper Pieces cut out and ready to stitch...

Fabrics cut out and ready to stitch...

This is my work table...

Wool Press Mat & Travel Iron

Light Board with patterns and fabrics

Sewing Machine

I like to work on a light board

to help me see the lines on my papers

to help with fabric placement...

Here is my first unit all paper pieced...

I have to quit for today to help the Cowboy

round up a few of our cows...

It is so dry here in Western Oregon,

we are already feeding the hay we made

in June and July

to our cattle...

I do love the Queen Anne's Lace

that grows in the hay lot...

Most people consider it a weed...

I think it is gorgeous!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi 

Baling Hay @ The Kessi Ranch

 

Hay making season...

Our round hay bales are

5 feet x 6 feet and weight 1,000 lbs.

The Cowboy bales the hay

in this red round baler.

The door on the back opens up...

The bale starts to roll out the back ...

Poof.....all ready for the cattle to eat this winter

When we make repairs on the baler,

we have to crawl inside to work on it...

it is like being inside a large elevator.

I spent the day on the old Ford Tractor

raking the hay into wind rows...

This is what the field looks like

after it has been raked...

it is all ready for the Cowboy to come along

and bale it up.

The John Deere tractor straddles the

wind rows and the baler follows behind

and picks up the hay and rolls it up

into a giant round hay bale.

Foxgloves growing along the edges

of the hay field...

sometimes you see a white one !

You can view hay making videos on

my instagram feed

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi 

Hello Spring Quilt...

 

Hello Spring Quilt

This is my 2026 Block of the Month

I am making the lap size quilt...

All of the pieces have been cut and are

organized and pinned onto this design board...

I am currently piecing the flower heads...

This is a 10 inch flower head...

All the flower heads are done...

I am ready to begin piecing the

leaf units...

The first flower head and leaf unit

are completed...

This measures 10 x 20 inches

My sewing table is ready for more stitching

next week when I meet up with my

local quilt group.

Lupine greet me when I enter

the Thread Shed...

Foxglove growing along side 

the machine shed at the barn lot...

Our little valley is overflowing with

Foxglove this time of year...

Don't you just love those little circles

inside each and every petal !

We are raking and baling the first

hay field today...

trying to beat the rain on Saturday...eek!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi 

Black Eyed Suzy & Hay Raking...

 

This has been my Wednesday quilt project...

I have been pecking away at it since February.

The last time I shared images,

I had completed 6 flower blocks...

My pecking is paying off...

Every Wednesday I would add another flower

to the design wall...

All 16 flower blocks are done...

I have started the borders.

The Cowboy hooked up the hay rake...

The hay has been mowed for several days

and it is time to rake it into wind rows...

Here we go!

These foxgloves grow like weeds

all around the edges of the hay fields...

Gorgeous!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi