Texture Magic Projects...

I decided to get right with it and make something with those Texture Magic pieces I steamed up yesterday!

Let's see what the day brings...

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I was a bit disappointed that the free motion quilting on the sunflower is barely visible.

However, I just love all that texture and color.

I just can't let it go to waste...

Notebook Cover & Pincusion

I have kept a written journal for nearly 20 years now.

It is about time I had a hand made cover.

Texture Magic Pincushion

This is packed full of those little polyester pellets.

It is nice and heavy and will stay where I put it!

This is the brown piece I steamed up yesterday...

I decided against a binding...

I didn't want to flatten down the edges:

I traced a line, following the irregular shape of the edge from steaming it.

Then I placed it face down on the backing fabric.

Pretty sides together for stitching...

Stitching all the way around the quilt sandwich following the drawn line

Trim the edge leaving an 1/8 inch seam allowance.

I like a tiny seam allowance when the edges are curvy.

All the edges are trimmed and this is ready to turn right side out...

No...I didn't leave an opening for turning...

I cut an opening in the back for turning.

Later I will cover up the slit with a label...

All turned right side out...

I am happy with the organic shape of this piece.

Auditioning Beads & Embellishments...

Time to take this into the house so I can sip a cup of coffee and put my feet up while I sew on the beads.

I picked up this little bead tray for $1.50 at the bead shop last week.

It works great for sprinkling out the beads I want to work with, keeping them sorted & separate from each other.

I have ignored these two all day...

It is time to take them out for a JOY RIDE!

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LuAnn

The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination

May you apply this to your life as an artist, as well as other aspects of your life...


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LuAnn Kessi

Round'em Up.....

No time to Quilt today...

We are rounding up the cattle

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Cows and calves heading for the corral

Moving the cattle around the shed...

Today the cattle will be ear tagged, vaccinated and wormed

Cows and calves in the sorting pen...

Sorting the cows off into a separate pen

The cows & calves have been sorted into separate pens.

The calves are down below in the bottom of this photo.

The cows are over in the back pen on the left.

The cows have been loaded into the crowding alley and are ready to come through the squeeze chute.

Brad is putting in fly tags

Our son, Nicholas, is putting on wormer

I am loading ear tags for Brad

Nicholas is worming the Bull

Brad is putting fly tags on the bull

I am vaccinating one of the cows

The cows have all been worked...

They are standing outside the corral mooing for their babies

Time to work the calves...

Herding Calves into the crowding alley

Tagging Pliers

Fly tags are placed in the ears to keep the flies from landing on their faces during the summer months.

Squeeze Chute

Once in the chute, the calves are fly tagged, vaccinated, wormed & branded

Last calf out of the chute.....time to go home!

Here are a few images from the flowerbeds...

Bright Pink Rhodies grow along side the Thread Shed

Bright Red Lilies in the new flower bed behind the house

Climbing Rose on the Patio out back

I have a quilty day planned for tomorrow...

My friend Kathi is coming over to play with Texture Magic!

I will take photos of our day and post them soon...

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LuAnn

Visitors in the Thread Shed...

I had an unexpected treat today...

Visitors to play with me in the Thread Shed!

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Jello Printing Play Day

This was the very first time my visitors Jello Printed!

They were Pros by the end of the day!

Tayanani & Tahnisha

Tayanani trying out the potato mashers

The girls worked as a team...

While one was jello printing, the other was the washer woman, cleaning the paint off the tools.

Tayanani 7 yrs

Print 1

Ghost Print from Print 1

Tahnisha 11 years

Print 1 on left

Ghost print on right

Taking a break to visit with Suzy and make sure she is covered up and cozy in her bed under the sewing machine.

After jello printing.....the girls were ready to stretch their legs:

Time to investigate down at the river

Meeting the yearling calves can be a bit scary...

Gunnr showed the girls that the yearlings aren't scary at all...

They like to play!

Gunnr spends a lot of his time out in the pasture keeping the yearling cattle company.

It didn't take the girls long to make friends with Freckles and give her a good scratching!

What a fun day on the farm!

It's just what I needed...

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LuAnn