Saturday, March 17, 2012

Powered Up and......Feeling Groovy


We started out day 5 without power...


The baby chicks were still indoors with us keeping
warm by the wood stove.




I spent the morning gathering up all of the oil lanterns
to refill them with lamp oil...


and checked all of the flashlight batteries
to prepare for our next evening in the dark...




Then we decided to spend the day out of doors
in the sunshine...




After every rain, wind or snow storm
there is lots of clean up in the yard:


Check out the 30 foot fir limb dangling from this tree
in the driveway.




This isn't our first rodeo with tree limbs
hanging from this tree...


Several of our vehicles and those of our friends and family
have unfortunately been crushed by falling limbs from this tree.






Brad ties a strap to the broken limb...





It will take a lot of force
to remove the broken limb from the tree...





With a BIG tug from the pick up...
the 30 foot tree limb falls to the ground.





It is no longer a danger....





Now for the clean up crew to move in...





All of these limbs are from one tree!

Brad fills up the pick up with limbs after every storm.



When we returned from unloading the tree limbs,
we pulled down the driveway at 5pm and...
our front porch light was on!

Let there be POWER


Time to get back into the Thread Shed
and get busy on the Feelin' Groovy Quilt:


This is a birthday quilt for our youngest son.
Do you think I will have it bound and labeled
by April 9, 2012 ?

It is good to have power again!
The first thing I did was turn on the faucet and wash my hands
under hot water.......it felt wonderful.


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CLICK HERE to view: Calypso Quilt

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn Kessi

Thursday, March 15, 2012

No Power.....Yet


Your guess is as good as mine...



No Power yet...

Not sure when it will be restored...

This is our 4th night reading by candle light.

The baby chicks are still warming by the wood stove.

We are taking turns running the frig and freezers with the
generator.

I miss my sewing machines...


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CLICK HERE to view: My FIRST Quilt


May Your Bobbin Always Be Full of POWER,
LuAnn Kessi

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Snow....NO POWER.....Baby Chicks



Heavy, wet snow fell lastnight...



View out the back door



9pm the power went out...


Daffodils in the snow



The baby chicks had no power for their heat lamp...


They are now warm and toasty in the kitchen
by the wood stove.
Gunnr is thrilled to have them in the house!


6pm....

We are running a few things in the house on the generator,
so I can't stay on the computer for too long.

Hoping the power comes back soon,
it would be so nice to take a shower!


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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn Kessi

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Most Popular Posts on this blog...



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Below are links to the Top 5:







Have FUN checking them out!


p.s. People from all over the world have sent me images of
Quilted Zipper Bags they have made from the tutorial.....it is fun to see!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn Kessi

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Green Quilt.......on the Design Wall



I took all of Feeling Groovy blocks down off the design wall
yesterday so I could begin piecing that quilt top.


I just hate to see a naked design wall,
so here is my next quilt project:


This is a pattern by Karla Alexander
Be Squared

I rarely work from a pattern...
Most of the time the cover on the pattern is my inspiration
and I rarely open the pattern itself.



I pulled a few greens from the cupboard:


I narrowed them down to these...
A full range of light, medium & darks.

This is a wonderful palette to work with
now that SPRING is finally here
and we are mowing the lawn again!

(I think there is a Quilt Name in there somewhere)

This is a new Quilt for our bed.
Everyone in the family is getting new bed quilts this year!


I am spending the day with 2 of my sisters today,
so the Thread Shed will have to wait until tomorrow.


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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn

Friday, March 9, 2012

Feeling Groovy.....Fused & Ready to Piece


Day 4


This is how the quilt looked last night...


I was auditioning center squares for the large blocks.



This morning I fused fabrics, cut 4 inch squares from them
and fused them to some of the quilt blocks.

Not much to show....fusing isn't terribly interesting.
I used Misty Fuse

I numbered the rows,
removed the blocks from the wall,
cut up the gold striped fabric into 2 inch strips...

It's all packed up in a pizza box:


I am ready to begin piecing the quilt top.

I need to get moving on this quilt...
my son's birthday is in 4 weeks.



Since this post was shy on images,
here is a photo I think you will like:


Piglets


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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn Kessi

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Feeling Groovy.....More Design Work


Day 3

This is where the Feeling Groovy Quilt
was at when I left the Thread Shed last night:



I love all of these fabrics...

but not all at one time...

They seem to be shouting at me!



I took them all off the design wall:


I chose the earthy, calmer tones above






These are the fabrics that didn't make it back
up on the design wall.




Then I decided it needed some sashing fabric
between the blocks to separate them a bit:


I auditioned several shades of brown behind the blocks





The quilt appears much darker...
I want to keep it light and feeling groovy.





The mustard yellow striped fabric on the right,
behind the blocks, is brighter and adds texture...





Let's put some blocks up and see how they look...





Calmer and Warmer...





I will go with the yellow stripe as a sashing fabric





I am auditioning smaller blocks in the center
of some of the squares

I feel like I am on the right track with this quilt.

More Tomorrow...


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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn Kessi