Color......from Mother Nature

I took my camera along while I watered

the flowers this morning...

Red Hollyhocks

The star shape center is magnificent!

I just love a hit of color in the morning!

Dahlia

Pink and Yellow.....a fabulous color combo

Pink Hollyhocks

Pink Hydrangea

They are lavender when they first begin to bloom

then slowly change to a dusty pink.

Pink Clematis

Blue Violet Hydrangeas

Lavender when they first begin to bloom

then change to a dark blue.

Allium

Morning Watering...

Mother Nature always puts on a show!

As always, you are welcome to use my photography

in your personal art work.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Back in the Hay Fields...

The rain chased us out of the hay fields last week.

The sunshine is back,

The tractors are fueled up,

My lunch is packed...

It feels good to be back in the saddle again!

It is a gorgeous day in the hay field...

If everything goes as planned,

I will get the last 2 hay fields done today...

This is my view from the tractor

looking out across the hay field.

After 2 hours, 

I have made several laps around the field...

After 4 hours 

I made it to the center of the field...

A couple hours of mowing left to do...

I am nearly done with the first field...

The cowboy is on his way with the baler.

He will have this field baled before sunset!

During the rainy weather I was able to

fire up my Bernina and do some stitching...

The gentle hum of the sewing machine

was soothing after riding the tractor...

This is a 2 yard quilt sandwich

that will be cut up and sewn into a tote bag.

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I am joining Melody Johnson for her

Focus on Fusing Class...

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Somebody likes Pancakes...

Do you remember watching me

create this pancake quilt?

Pancake Quilt

aka....Orange Peel or Pumpkin Seed Quilt

The Pancake Quilt has found a home...

I derived a great deal of joy from creating this

Pancake Quilt...

Somebody likes pancakes just as much as I do!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Zinnia Quilt......Dyeing the Fabrics

I am inspired to create a Zinnia Quilt...

This is a State Fair Zinnia that is growing

in our flower bed right now.

I am a big fan of Melinda Bula

These are 2 of her Zinnia Quilts

That's all the inspiration I need to get me going!

Today I sorted through the MX dyes:

Red and Pink MX Dyes

I have almost no pink hand dyes.

I have lots of greens for the leaves.

The table is set for FUN:

Half yards of dyers cloth is soaking in soda ash.

An electric hand mixer does a great job

of completely mixing up the dye powders.

After a couple of hours of measuring and mixing:

16 dye pots batching in the sunshine!

The low water immersion technique 

gives the fabric textures that will look more

 natural for flower petals:

Once haying season is over...

Zinnia Quilt here I come!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Hay Making......Photography

Day 10

My camera gets a good work out 

in the hay fields...

When the light is just right...

I jump off the tractor to make a picture!

I combine work with play...

In front of the bull barn is a

round hay bale feeder...

We put the feeders around the round bales

in the winter to feed the cattle.

We are in the third hay field today:

This is what the field looked like this morning

before we began baling the hay...

5pm tonight...

the field is all baled up

I spent the next hour chasing the light...

to make just the right images with my camera.

Photography.....it's all about the light!

We are expecting rain this week,

so hay making is put on hold until the

weather clears up.

Maybe I will hear 

the sweet hum of a sewing machine,

instead of the roar of a tractor,

for the next few days.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi