Feeling Groovy.....Blocks on Design Wall

Day 2

Put the blocks up on the design wall today:

100.....8 inch Blocks

These are commercial prints created from

the Marcia Derse line of surface design fabrics:

This Happy Hour Book cover is an inspiration

for this quilt:

I need to cut a few more blocks...

More to come...

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

The Peeps.....are HERE

8am.....The Peeps arrived at the Feed Store:

They flew into Portland Airport...

We rushed to the feed store to pick them up...

They arrive in little boxes...

They are sorted by breed...

They are 2 days old.....the size of a cotton ball

The feed store keeps them here...

The heat lamps keep them cozy and warm...

They go right to the water feeder.....

They are thirsty after their ride on the airplane.

Gunner patiently waits outside in the pick up:

Gunnr just adores the baby chicks

Gunnr gives them a good smell,

then we head home with the new babies

Brad unloads each chick and gives them a drink of water

Rhode Island Red Chick

Wyandotte Chick

Gunnr is excited to have baby peeps again...

Within minutes the baby chicks are eating and drinking

and scurrying all around the brooder box

The chicks will be raised in the 4 x 8 foot brooder box

over the next 3 months

until they are big enough to live in the hen house

This will be Gunnr's view...

while the chicks are living on our patio behind the house

Peep

Now I better head out to the Thread Shed and

get to work on the

Feeling Groovy Quilt

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full of Baby Peeps,

LuAnn Kessi

Snow...

The Daffodils are blooming...

But, we woke up to this today...

Big flakes are falling...

This is the view out the front door...

In the center.....Freckles the Cow Mama...

Freckles watches over the yearling cattle.

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LuAnn Kessi

Sparrow Quilt......FOR SALE

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Sparrow

This quiltlet has been donated to

Alzheimer's Priority Quilts

You can purchase it NOW !

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LuAnn Kessi

Calypso.....on the bed

This is the Calypso Quilt I made for our son

last month:

We stopped by his apartment today.

He wasn't at home....but his bed was made...

I think he likes his quilt...

He's been sleeping under it...

It looks even better on his bed!

My work here is done!

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LuAnn

Feeling Groovy Quilt...

Day 1

I have had these fabrics on the design wall

for a few weeks...

I am planning a birthday quilt for our youngest son.

Brad came out to the Thread Shed and looked

at the design wall and said,

"Feeling Groovy"

So I guess this quilt has a name and I haven't even cut

one piece of fabric for it yet!

Marcia Derse Fabrics

for

Feeling Groovy Quilt

Today I pulled the fabrics off the wall and

started the ironing process...

40 different fat quarters

That should make a queen size quilt...

After all of the ironing,

I cut them into 8 inch squares:

Why 8 inch squares?

That is a good size to get the most out of a fat quarter

Plus, the designs are large, so I don't want to cut

the fabric into small pieces and lose the cool surface designs.

100+ Blocks

I am inspired by this Happy Hour Book.

Everything is all packed into a Pizza Box...

It is ready when I am.

Last week I dropped my Nikon camera...

on the floor....eek!

While I am seeking repair work,

I am using my old Olympus camera.

Glad to have it...

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Design Wall.....Marcia Derse Fabrics - Lighter

Marcia Derse Fabrics

on the

Design Wall

Today the mailbox was full of more Marcia Fabrics...

Marcia personally cut fat quarters from her lines of fabric

and mailed them to me...

How nice is that!

I was in need of lighter colorways to go with the

darker Marcia Fabrics I already had on the Design Wall...

Here are 13 lighter fabrics:

I pinned them over the top of the darker fabrics...

That really brightened things up!

Now I am ready to begin my next project:

A birthday quilt for our youngest son.

"Feeling Groovy"

with Marcia Derse Fabrics !

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi