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 

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 

Poppies Quilt...

 

The binding is stitched in place

and the Poppies Quilt is on our bed !

It is definitely Spring here in Western Oregon

and the flowers are beginning to bloom,

even the ones on our bed !

I absolutely loved this line of fabric

and just had to make a quilt with it...

The center Poppy panel is so beautiful...

I kept the outer borders white so there

would be no distraction from the 

center of the quilt...

This quilt brightens up our room...

Makes me happy every time I walk

in the room...

Machine Quilting...Close-Up views

Nothing like sleeping under a 

hand made quilt.

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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...

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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