Autumn on the Farm...

Western Oregon is getting hit with

lots of autumn color this year...

Click the image to enlarge:

Grape Leaves

growing in the back yard...

Each morning at sunrise

I am out in the yard with the camera...

36 degrees at sunrise...

lots of gorgeous color!

Pacific Sunset Maple Tree in the front yard...

It is also Cow Feeding

time of the year:

We moved the round bale feeders

out of winter storage...

and up river to one of the 

winter cow feeding pastures...

Somebody must have rung the dinner bell ?

Cow and calf pairs started showing up

from all reaches...

Everybody loves a free meal...

We will feed every day for the next 8 months.

The spring calves have really grown:

They now weigh in at 500 pounds

February 2018....

This was our very first calf born this year.....

7 months later:

This is Calf 1

In between cow feeding,

I will try and keep my sewing machine 

humming along.

Enjoy the Cow Feeding Video:

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Monday......Sunflower Progress Report

Today is Monday...

I spent the day with the

Harlan Valley Quilters

working on my sunflower quilt.

I am filling in the top left corner area...

This area is green leaves and blue background...

It is all filled in at this point:

That nearly solid brown down the center of

the flower head is bothering me...

it appears to cut the flower in half...

I don't like it.

Here is a closer look 

at the brown strip in the center...

I removed the strip...

I found another brown fabric that has

some texture to it...

it blends and works better for the center.

The center of the sunflower is no longer

split in half......ahhhh.

Next Monday I will finish up

piecing the seams.

More to Come!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Rust Dyeing....

I have 3 more Barn Lot Quilts planned

so I need more rusted fabric...

I soaked the fabric in vinegar,

wrapped the fabric around rusty objects,

wrapped it up in plastic bags

and put it out in the sun to rust...

After a week wrapped in plastic,

it is ready to process...

I soaked the fabric overnight in a bucket of

water and baking soda.

Then I washed and dried it.

Here it is fresh out of the dryer...

I now have 10 yards of newly rust dyed fabric.

Here are a few of my favorites:

It's time to take this bundle of rusty goodness

out to the Thread Shed and get back to

creating more Barn Lot Quilts.

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CLICK HERE to view the Thread Shed

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Barn Lot Quilt Series......Progress Report

Oh yummy RUST...

I have missed you!

I began this quilt series 4 years ago,

created 2 quilt tops then.....stopped.

Well, here I go again...

I have the 3rd quilt images up 

on the design wall...

I pieced the background with rust dyed fabrics...

Here is the quilt top background 

up on the design wall...

The farm images are basted in place and the 

3rd quilt top is ready for applique stitching.

Now I am ready to begin the 4th quilt top:

Here are the images for the 4th top...

The background is all pieced...

Background up on the design wall...

The images are basted in place and

ready for applique stitching...

I am auditioning fabrics for 

border treatments,

you can see them on the left side 

of the design wall above.

Here are the 4 quilt tops:

Barn Lot Quilt Series.....1

Barn Lot Quilt Series.....2

Barn Lot Quilt Series.....3

Barn Lot Quilt Series....4

I have images printed for 2 more quilt tops

and will possibly do a total of 7 quilts.

It feels so good to be back in the saddle

with this rust dyed project!

I have more fabric rusting in the backyard,

I will do an unveiling later this week.....FUN!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi