Best of Show.....

Linn County Fair & Expo Center
3700 Knox Butte Rd.
Albany, OR 97322

February 2 -3, 2018

Best of Show

Nature Walk

Hand Painted and Sun Printed with Botanicals

Pieced, Cotton Batting, Machine Quilted

Created By: LuAnn Kessi

Yes, I am tickled pink!

CLICK HERE to see how I created Nature Walk

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Button, Button....Who's got the Button?

Today is the day I get my buttons organized...

I have been collecting buttons for 20 years...

Today I am sorting them by color...

I want to create button jewelry...

If I get them sorted by color,

they will be more user-friendly when I am

creating jewelry projects...

They look FUN in the big jars,

but it takes too long to search and hunt down

the right button I need for a project...

After they are sorted by color,

I stored them in ziploc baggies...

I placed the baggies in 2 big plastic boxes,

kind of like a filing cabinet storage system...

I can just flip through the baggies like files

to find the color or style of button I need...

Here are the buttons on my jewelry table...

I am ready to create button jewelry.....FUN!

Here is some button jewelry inspiration

I found on pinterest:

White Button Bracelet

Button Necklace

Button Pendant Necklaces

Button Necklace and Bracelet set

Button Earrings

I decided to begin my own Pinterest Button Board

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Messy Painted Canvas...

I spent the last week on Retreat with the

Harlan Valley Quilters...

We took one day of retreat and 

played with paint...

It was FUN to cut loose and play!

Each member brought a piece of canvas

and we covered them in paint!

By the end of the day....we painted 6 canvas

Each canvas will be cut into three sections...

Each member will choose 

3 different sections of canvas

We will sew up the canvas into various projects

What a wonderful day of painting!

We created a very FUN memory together...

Enjoy the Video:

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Airplane Quilt.....DONE!

I spent the day in the Thread Shed

putting the finishing touches on

the airplane quilt...

It has been through the washer an dryer

and is yummy soft...

I did a bit of straight line ruler work 

on the planes...

The background is swirls and bubbles...

This is a gift for a new baby boy...

I think I will name it.....The Red Baron

2 days to piece....2 days to quilt and bind.

Now to sew on the label and get it wrapped up!

CLICK HERE to view: piecing the airplanes

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Here it comes.....2018

Happy New Year 2018

From Kessi Farms

In the New Year we continue with the feeding 

and care of our commercial beef cattle.

In February we begin calving season, 

so I will have  lots of images of 

baby calves to share with you.

In the early Spring we will be getting 

the hay fields ready so we can begin 

cutting hay in June and July.

In between all of this I plan to keep my 

sewing machine humming along 

and share my quilting journey

with you in the coming year.

Wishing all of YOU

Love and Piece in 2018

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Cattle afraid of Deer.....Trail Cam

This video was captured by

our trail camera...

The deer were walking up the trail

and took the yearling calves by surprise!

The calves put their tails in the air and ran.

Enjoy the video:

be sure to click the FULL SCREEN icon to enlarge video

Yearling Cattle afraid of Deer Video from LuAnn Kessi on Vimeo.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi