IDAHO Quilt Retreat...

I traveled 1,200 miles round trip

to attend a Quilt Retreat in Idaho...

Twinlow Camp and Retreat Center

at Twin Lakes in North Idaho

Selkirk Lodge

Big windows allow lots of natural light

into our work room...

This is base camp for me for the week...

I am trying to finish up 

a Dresden Plate quilt top this week...

Day 1.....Applique work done,

Blocks sewn with sashing strips...

By the end of the first day,

All 5 rows are sashed.

Day 2

The Fabric Fairy left a surprise 

by my sewing machine...

A Thread Basket filled with treats !

By the end of Day 2...

The rows are sewn together...

the borders are sewn on...

the quilt top is.....DONE !

There is no way I would have it done that quickly

if I was working on it at home.....no way !

Day 3

Snap Bag Class...

I brought along a basket full of

snap bag kits...

The Quilters enjoyed learning how to stitch 

together snap bags to store your glasses...

Day 4

I had great FUN creating Stitch Cards.

I purchased blank note cards and envelopes

and stitched fabric onto the front of the cards.

Sewing through paper...it is a blast !

Here are random images 

from the Quilt Retreat:

I have been attending this retreat 

for many years...

it is well worth the trip !

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Quilt Retreat Week...

I attended the annual

Harlan Valley Quilters Autumn Quilt Retreat

It was a fun week listening to the hum

of sewing machines !

I spent the week creating lots and lots of

Zipper bags...

This summer I dyed a few pieces of fabric

in the indigo bucket:

I used red leather to create the handles

and the bottom of the bag...

This is my first time sewing leather...

I found it easy to work with.

The lining is also indigo fabric.

This tote bag is created from

home dec sample fabrics...

I did a bit of quilting...

the handles were installed with

double cap rivets.

The lining is also home dec sample fabrics.

On Friday...

I taught a Confetti Bag Class.

What a FUN week !

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Plow Girl....The Field is Seeded

9am...

the morning fog has cleared

we are back in the saddle...

The weather report says RAIN at 5pm

I have several hours left of 

Rolling and Packing the field.

Look out there...see the red tractor?

It's the Cowboy chasing me around the field

with the drill planting seed.

What a welcome sight !

In the back of this field is an enormous tree...

the cows camp out here and shelter 

from the rain and the sun.

Look what I found growing under the tree:

These mushrooms had to be 

8 inches in diameter.

I didn't eat them, but I did photograph them.

I looked up from the mushrooms

just in time to photograph the Cowboy

driving by seeding the pasture.

I finished packing the field by 1pm...

I was able to sit back and relax

and watch the Cowboy do his thing.

3pm...the field is seeded.

We parked the tractors in the machine shed 

and put away the implements.

5pm...down came the pouring RAIN

How is that for timing ?

I am looking forward to getting better acquainted

with my sewing machine !

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LuAnn Kessi

Plow girl.....time to Harrow

We are expecting lots of rain tomorrow...

we are chasing our tails to get this field done.

9am  I am knocking down all 

of the plowed ground

with the harrows...

There are two harrows behind the tractor...

a large hydraulic harrow, then behind that is

a small drag harrow.

By late afternoon, all of the harrow work is done.

The Cowboy hooks the roller packer

onto the back of the John Deere:

The Roller Packer packs down all of the loose dirt

and gets the ground ready for seeding...

Behind the Roller Packer is the small harrow...

this was quite a bit to drag around behind me 

and took longer  than I thought it would 

to cover the whole field.

It's is 3:00

The Cowboy has hooked up the drill

to the back of the International tractor:

He is filling the drill with 

bags of grass seed and fertilizer.

For the rest of the day I ran the Roller Packer

and the Cowboy followed me drilling seed.

7pm....10 hours today

and we just couldn't get the field finished.

Tomorrow is another day.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Plow Girl.....Plowing the next field

We're in the next field....ready to PLOW

5 Bottom Plow

The Cowboy is making a few adjustments

on the plow before I get started...

The cattle will keep me company today

while I get this worked up...

This is one of my favorite barns on the place.

Ground on the right had the 

disc run over it twice.

Ground on the left has been plowed.

I am in the back portion of the field...

you can see the barn 

way up there in the distance.

Plowed ground on the right...

This field is super hard...

The plow worked hard to get through it.

Took me 3 days, instead of 1, 

to get it all plowed up !

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LuAnn Kessi

Plow Girl.....onto the next field

International Harvester

This was a Valentines gift from the Cowboy

a few years ago...

I just love it when tractors come in....RED

The tractors are rarely near the fuel tanks...

so we bring the fuel to the tractors

in portable barrel pumps.

John Deere 4440

This is the Cowboy's tractor

50 gallons of fuel will run the tractor 

for about 10 hours.

The first hay field has been seeded,

we are in the 2nd field today:

The cowboy has the disc hooked up 

and ready to go...

It took me 2 days to go over this field 

twice with the disc.

It is now ready to be plowed...

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi