Saturday, February 3, 2024

Migrating Geese...

 

Today is the day...


I am teaching myself to piece

Migrating Geese





I am using this 

Migrating Geese Technique Sheet













The technique sheet was easy to follow.

At this point the geese are 

cut and pieced into units...






Here are a few geese ready to stitch into a row...





You alternate right side then left side

as you stitch the seams...





Four geese stitched together at this point.

I will add the yellow goose at the top

onto the right side...





You just keep adding geese until it is

the desired length.

At the end of the row you will add

two triangles at the top to complete it.





This is my first completed 

Migrating Geese row...





Five rows of Migrating Geese

up on the design wall...





These are FUN and they pile up quickly...





I have no idea what I will do with them...

they were interesting to learn.





This is Althea Red

She is 4 years old and having her calf in March.

We have two other Althea heifers...

one has a blue tag and the other a pink tag.

Althea Red has a red tag.


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LuAnn Kessi


Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Moose Quilt Top...


I completed all of the star blocks

on the Moose Panel... 


At this point they are just stuck up

on the design wall around the moose...





I decided to use low volume fabrics

between the star blocks as a background...

The top border is stitched in place.




3 star borders are stitched in place...





The star borders are on...






This needs one final border...





A narrow lime border works best...





The Moose Quilt Top is complete...

Now to paw through the fabric cupboards

for backing fabrics.





Just below our house the Canada Geese 

enjoy grazing along with our goat herd...





This is a daily occurence...





The geese seem to like it and...

the goats don't seem to mind.


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LuAnn Kessi

 

Saturday, January 20, 2024

Moose Quilt...


This moose panel is my first project

in the New Year...


This is my first audition of fabrics...





The bull moose is actually purple...

I chose a light purple inner border

and the moose likes it.





Just for kicks I put a light green

border around as well...

nothing is sewn down yet.





I whittled down the auditioned fabrics

to include the greens and purples...





I decided against the two background fabrics

I originally auditioned and went with

these low volume fabrics...





I thought I would keep the color story simple...





I stitched together an 8 inch Sawtooth Star...





I thought it would be FUN

to put a 4 inch star in the center of the

 sawtooth...





Here is the double star cut out

on the design board...





I will alternate these two stars

around the border of the moose panel...





The 8 inch blocks seem size appropriate...





I am making more star blocks...

Full Speed Ahead !

















I will keep making stars

until the moose has had enough...





I left a double star all cut out

on the design board

just waiting for me to come back

and stitch it together...


More To Come !


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LuAnn Kessi

 



Saturday, December 30, 2023

Moose Quilt & Feeding Cattle...


I continue to work my way through

the pile of fabric panels

I have collected over the years...

 


Next up on the design wall is this

gorgeous bull moose...





I am auditioning fabrics...

I probably won't dig into this one 

until the New Year.




A few of our mama cows...





They greet us each morning when we

come over the hill with

with the feed wagon...





The mama cows will begin calving in March 2024.


The Cowboy and I are celebrating

our 40th Wedding Anniversary

on New Year's Eve !



Wishing all of you the VERY BEST

in the coming New Year 2024 !


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LuAnn Kessi


Sunday, December 24, 2023

Highlights...2023

 

LuAnn Kessi Highlights 2023

January...2023




February...2023




March...2023

Here she is....Elsa

Our frozen calf...all thawed out !






The Favor

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April...2023










May...2023










June...2023





Moving Cattle to Summer Pasture



July...2023


Waving Hello from the tractor seat...

It is summer and we are making hay...





August...2023




September...2023




October...2023

I started making holiday gifts:








November...2023



Feeding Cattle...25 degrees:








December...2023



I started this blog 15 years ago

as a way to document 

my quilting and farm life.

It is a great way to keep track of things.


Happy Holidays & New Year To You!


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LuAnn Kessi