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Showing posts with label panels. Show all posts
Showing posts with label panels. Show all posts
Saturday, August 9, 2025
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Friends at the Fence...
It is quilted, bound and up on the wall
in our living room...
Friends at the Fence
This horse panel is surrounded with
english paper pieced hexagons...
I love paper piecing and it was fun
to incorporate that into the
edge treatment on this quilt...
This image reminds me of looking out
the kitchen window to see our own horses
looking back at me over the yard fence...
Close-Up views of the Hexagons:
Top left border corner...
Bottom left border corner...
Bottom right border corner...
Top right border corner...
It grabs my attention every time I walk through
the room...I can almost hear the horses
whinny at me.
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LuAnn Kessi
Sunday, July 20, 2025
More Snowflakes...
In between making hay this summer,
I have been paper piecing more
snowflake blocks...
These snowflake blocks are a bit advanced
so you need some foundation paper piecing
experience to get them done...
I love the precision of paper piecing
so really enjoy creating these snowflakes...
I have completed 15 snowflake blocks so far...
not sure how many I will need.
Nothing is sewn into place just yet,
I am auditioning possible border treatments.
This will be an ongoing project for
the rest of the summer months ahead...
We put up new fencing around the flower bed
in front of the house...
to keep our chickens from scratching it all up !
That is a super giant lime green hosta
by the whiskey barrels...
I do love me some lime green !
are really putting on a show right now...
Hundreds of blooms on just one plant !
If you look close...
you can see the bumble bees just love them !
This image is from a month ago...
lots more flower blooms out there now
and a couple of tomato plants
with tomatoes on the vines.
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LuAnn Kessi
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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LuAnn Kessi
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Bear Quilt Top...DONE !
I started this Bear Quilt top
10 weeks ago...
I have been stitching on it
in between trips over to the
calving grounds to check for new calves...
Our mornings begin with loading up
hay and driving it over and feeding
it to the mama cows and their calves...
We have 3 orphaned calves this year
so I feed them bottles morning and night...
We check for newborn calves
several times a day,
and tag and vaccinate all new calves...
On the not so busy days...
I get to spend time in the Thread Shed stitching.
Today I put the final border on this Bear Quilt top.
After the cattle are fed each day,
the Cowboy walks through the herd
and checks for new calves, as well
as a health check on all of the older calves.
We check to be sure the mamas are making
plenty of milk for the babies...
We look the calves over to be sure
they are healthy and growing...
Within days of their birth,
the newborn calves are eating alfalfa
right along side their mamas.
Next month we will be branding calves,
turning the bulls in with the cows for breeding
and beginning hay season.
Not sure how much stitching time I will
have once all that starts,
but a few minutes here and there
adds up to a finished quilt.
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LuAnn Kessi
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Bear Quilt....Design Wall
I am still pecking away at the Bear Quilt
in between runs to the calving grounds
to check for new calves...
This is what it looked like on the design wall
a few weeks ago...
I am not happy with the large bear paw blocks
at the bottom of the quilt.
I cut out smaller bear paw blocks
and pieced a few together...
These will finish at 7 inches square...
Here are a few up on the design wall...
The scale looks better already...
These are a better fit.....aaaah.
Now to piece this puzzle together
and make it all fit into one cohesive
quilt top...
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LuAnn Kessi
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