Inspiration.....from the Flower Bed

When I am in need of inspiration for my next quilt,

I count on help from Mother Nature.

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Climbing Rose in the back yard

Pink Dahlia...

Glads & Dahlias

Bed Frames make great fencing for the flower beds

Spider Dahlia

Old Fashioned Hollyhocks

All of this inspiration just outside the front door !

As always, if you are inspired by any of my photography,

feel free to use it in your personal art work.

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CLICK HERE to view Iris Portrait Quilt

CLICK HERE to view Bed Frames for the Flower Beds

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full of Inspiration,

LuAnn Kessi

Trunk Show.....

If you missed my Trunk Show

25 Years with Needle & Thread

at the Mary's River Quilt Guild

in Philomath, Oregon...

You can watch the slide show from that evening:

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Sun Printing Workshop...

15 Students spent the day in the back yard

painting fabric and sun printing..

Watch the slide show to see how our day went:

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Falling into Place...

After a month of battling with rainy weather

and mechanical break downs,

we are making progress in the hay fields.

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View from the back door...

This hay field is just across the river.

You can see the tractor parked with our neighbor's

round baler behind it.

(our baler has not been repaired from the fire yet)

Lots of big 6 foot round bales ready to be stored away

for the winter cow feed.

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After a long day of baling hay, Brad crossed the river on foot

and came up into the back yard and cooked steaks

over a campfire for all of us.

The yearling cattle just can't resist coming up to the fence

to see what's going on in the yard.

Gerber Daisy

Star Lily

I have been spending time in the Thread Shed,

but I haven't been quilting...

I gathered up quilts and prepared lecture notes

for my Trunk Show at the

Mary's River Quilt Guild

Thursday, July 28 7 pm

Benton County Museum

1101 Main Street

Philomath, Oregon

The pick up is all loaded with quilts!

I hope to see you soon...

If you can't make the Trunk Show

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Thermofax Printing on Shirts...

This note has been hanging around for weeks.

I decided to pay attention to it today...

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I am in need of work shirts for when I am using

textile paints.

Something to cover up and keep me clean.

I thought it would be fun to decorate my work shirts...

Thermofax Printing came to mind.

Versatex Screen printing Inks

I prefer Versatex over Speedball.

Versatex are a bit thicker and hang on the scraper better.

This shirt came home from the thrift store with me

last week...

3 layers of thermofax designs printed so far...

This shirt is ready for fun!

I have had this work shirt for awhile,

but thought it could use some printing too.

Pink Coneflowers & Black Birds

After I added orange sunflowers....it's done.

I have worked in this shirt for years...

It is time to cover up all the paint stains.

Birds on a Wire is one of my newest screens.

This shirt is ready for fun!

3 shirts to wear...

Makes me want to put one on and do some more

textile painting!

View from the back:

The End

Speaking of Ends...

This Starling doesn't like Gunnr out playing in the yard.

It must have babies nearby somewhere.

When Gunnr is playing with his ball, the bird swoops down from the tree and pecks him on his fanny.

This has been going on for weeks!

Gunnr, of course, could care less, and doesn't even acknowledge the bird in any way.

He is so in love with his blue ball that nothing else matters...

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CLICK HERE to see where I got my thermofax screens

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

The Kindness of Neighbors...

There's no one nicer than a neighbor...

There's no one more loyal and true.

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Yes, you see 2 Balers in our hay field...

Neither one belongs to us...

Our neighbor came over this evening to help us

get our hay baled.

(after he baled his own hay all day today)

This baler belongs to Brad's cousin.

Brad is pulling it with the green tractor.

Many Thanks to our neighbors for lending a helping hand

when we needed it most.

Our baler is parked in the barn lot for now.

We are hoping to repair the damage caused by the fire.

I watered the flower beds this morning:

Water Droplets on an Iris Leaf

Look closely to see the reflection of the flower bed

in the biggest droplet on top of this leaf

The sun came out and dried up the water droplets...

Glad I took these images !

I got away from the hay field and the barn lot

later in the day and spent a few hours in here:

The Thread Shed

I put a cord bound edge treatment on

" Day Dreaming "

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I also mended a few clothes for my kids.

It felt good to hear the soothing hum

of the sewing machine...

Music to my Soul.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn