Morning Chores...

What I do when I am not Quilting...

Sunrise at 6am

Nanny Goat Barn

Feeding Oats

Mother Goats.....their kids will be born very soon

Gunnr is loaded up and ready to feed the cattle

Loading the hay bales

Feeding the yearling cattle

The round bale feeders keep the cattle from stomping the hay

Gunnr is loaded up again 

and ready to head to the kid goat barn

Kid Goats

Our first baby goats for 2015

Feeding the Bulls

The 2 year old bulls are happy to see the feed

Gunner gives Brad a kiss for a job well done!

Now, let's go home and have breakfast...

Click Below to watch video of chore time:

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Thermofax Screen Printing Class.....March 6, 2015

Sign Up Now!

Thermofax Screen Printing

Surface Design Class

Friday, March 6, 2015

10am -4pm

Harlan, Oregon

(Harlan is a one hour drive west of Corvallis, Oregon)

Instructor:  LuAnn Kessi

Learn the art of screen printing on fabric...

with Thermofax Screens

This is a FUN surface design technique...

This class is geared for beginner

 to advanced students

Create your own unique fabrics...

The fabrics are washable and you can

 incorporate them into your quilts

 and other textile projects...

Birds of a Feather

Class Sample Quilt Top By: LuAnn Kessi

You can screen print on your

 shirts or aprons...

I enjoy screen printing on my art work shirts...

I wear these shirts instead of an apron when I 

am working with textile paints, dyes, etc.

Apron

Students provide their own fabrics, shirts, aprons, 

tote bags, etc.

Instructor Provides:

Thermofax Screens, Printing Inks & Supplies

$50 per Student

Trunk Show of Surface Design Fabrics @ Noon

Only 1 day until class...

Sign Up Today at:

kessi@pioneer.net

CLICK HERE to view more Thermofax Screen Printing

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Fabric Bowls, Friends and FUN!

We are spending the day at the Quilting Palace

Fabric Wrapped Bowls

I baked a pie...

Cooked up a pot of stew...

and invited a friend over to make fabric bowls...

Celia is a quick study and began wrapping

clothesline cord for her bowl...

Gunnr is also at the Palace today.

He enjoys showing off the fabric bowls!

Gunnr is also helping the construction crew

with a remodel job in the back of the house.

Celia is wrapping her cord with earthy tones...

I am going with BOLD and BRIGHT fabrics...

I strip out my fabrics and store them by color in bags.

I keep the bags in wash tubs to transport them.

Celia has the base of her bowl completed...

This is her first fabric bowl and she is having FUN!

Time for a lunch break in the Palace kitchen.

The little frig on the right is chilling my fabric dyes.

CLICK HERE to view my Fabric Dyeing

I think Celia and I had more FUN than the guys...

Invite your friend over for a day of FUN!

CLICK HERE for a tour of the Quilting Palace

CLICK HERE for Fabric Bowl Tips

P.S.

Yes, Gunnr does look like a patchwork quilt with all the shaved sections on his body. Sorry I didn't mention it in my original post, but he has been having surgeries the last 2 weeks to remove tumors. The surgeons are pleased with the results and we are hoping for the best. As always, Gunnr is wagging his little tail and always ready to be involved in everything we are doing.
Many Thanks for your concerns and well wishes. 

My Best To You!
Hugs from LuAnn and Gunnr

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Mixed Media Quilt....

I was in the mood...

so I finished up a demo piece I started in a

Mixed Media class I was teaching

a few years ago

" Dawn of the Horse "

Rusted Fabric, Book Pages, Metal Door straps,

Horse Shoe, Metal Xs, Jeans Thread

I have a pile of demo pieces

just waiting for the inspiration to be finished.

" Life's Doorways "

Fabric, Wooden Star, Metal Doorknob Plate,

Metal Drawer Handle Plate, Waxed Paper,

Book Pages, Jeans Thread, Metal Brads

" In The Moment "

Rusted Fabric, Book pages, Post Cards,

Rusty Hinge, Keys, Waxed Linen Thread,

Leather Cording

" Patina "

Rusted Fabric, Used Tea Bags, Spur Rowels,

Metal Switch Plate

As the crow flies...

we are 15 miles from the Pacific Ocean

Sunset....... at Newport, Oregon

CLICK HERE to view all Mixed Media Work

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi