My Tips n Techniques
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Monday, March 13, 2017
Thread Shed.....
We are over @ the cow barn this morning...
Looking across the river in the distance,
you can see our place....see the red barn
The red barn is on the right...
To the left of the barn is a
little yellow building,
that's my Thread Shed
Here is a photo from above our place:
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See the red barn in the center of photo?
The thread shed is to the right of it.
Way over on the right are the cow barns.
Thread Shed
The cowboy built this in 2000
I can't believe I have been sewing in here
for 17 years!
To the right of the Thread Shed
is the Little Red Hen House...
In the summer months,
Hollyhocks grow along the side
of the Thread Shed
There is always lots going on inside...
I sit in front of the big window to sew...
see the red barn
Sometimes the cattle come into the corral
and keep me company...
The Sweet Sixteen sit-down long arm
is on the left side of the room...
When I sew, I have a view of the design wall.
Once calving is over this spring,
I will have more time
to spend in the Thread Shed.
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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn Kessi
Sunday, March 12, 2017
The Babysitter.....
This is the babysitter...
She is watching over more than her own baby...

Some of the other mama cows have
stashed their babies with her
while they go out and graze in the pasture...
When she gets hungry,
she will leave her baby with another mama.
This is heifer calf Number 2...
she was born 2 weeks ago.
I love that peaceful face.
You can view a video taken this morning
while doing cattle chores.
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Saturday, March 11, 2017
Quilting Sketch Book.....Vines
Here's a peek inside my
Sketch Book of Quilting Designs...
I have been in the mood to draw
Wild Vines
They have become my warm up design
when I have time to sketch...
These are 8.5 x 11 inches
I put a checker board behind this vine...
I put a double wedding ring behind this vine.
I am sketching out a few designs to prepare
for some whole cloth quilting
coming up soon.
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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn Kessi
Friday, March 10, 2017
Drunkards Path......Design Wall
I have something up on the Design Wall
I made these drunkard path blocks years ago.
I just slapped them up on the design wall...
I need to get to work and arrange them...
I can already see a few that need to be moved.
This gray, wet winter needs bright batiks!
I am looking forward to digging through
the fabric cupboards
to find a few more batiks to cut into...
The more I look at these...
the happier I get!
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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn Kessi
Thursday, March 9, 2017
Feeding the Yearling Cattle...
This is the newest barn on the place...
we built it in 1989
Yearling Cattle grazing
It has been a wet, wet winter here
in the coastal mountain range of
Western Oregon
We are in the field below our house this morning
feeding the yearling cattle...
These calves were born a year ago...
We have 11 barns on the farm...
we use several of them for winter hay storage.
This round bale feeder keeps the calves from
stomping and wasting the hay...
Just a head up....
this isn't all mud!
This is my heifer, Golden Girl...
She will be bred when she is 2 years.
She will have her first baby when she is 3 years.
I was able to film the big round bales
being fed to the cattle.
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