Bales and Pears...

 

Not much stitching going on lately...

It is still summer,

but we are preparing for the winter ahead...

Here in Western Oregon,

we get as much as 130 inches of rain a year.

We need to get the hay covered...

Queen Anne's Lace

It is my favorite weed !

We are covering 5 rows of hay today...

The tractor lifts the roll of plastic to the top

of the hay stack...

The Cowboy and the Cow Boss unroll 

100 feet of plastic

along the top of the hay pile...

This is what it looks like once it is all rolled

out and pulled down over the sides:

We tie it up with baling twine to hold

the plastic in place.

All of the ends will be tied closed.

Most of this hay will be fed by the end of this year.

Back at home the pear tree is keeping us busy:

The Cowboy collects a box full of pears

each morning off the pear tree...

It takes about 2 hours to peel the pears

and fill the jars and get them in the canner...

I have been processing 2 canner fulls a day...

Doesn't leave much time for stitching.

We will enjoy the pears this winter

while we are feeding all that hay to the cows !

I am hoping to be done with the pear tree

in a week or so, then get back to some stitching.

In the meantime you can check out some of

my FREE MOTION QUILTING here

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Portrait Quilts.....A Blast from the Past

Let's go back 10 years...

I was having lots of FUN creating

PORTRAIT QUILTS 

Image of Lilly

Close Up View......Lilly

The fabric surrounding this portrait is 

my hand dyed fabric that I screen printed on.

Machine quilted.

My Favorite Cow and her calf...

Finished Quilt

I use Neocolor II Crayons on cotton fabric

Ram

I took a photo at the Oregon State Fair.

It made a great subject for this portrait quilt.

Kindra

Lilly

A herd of Wild Horses

This is yet to be quilted.

Captain America and Devn

This is yet to be quilted.

The Cowboy unloading hay

This is yet to be quilted.

Gunnr

This portrait quilt was included in the

2012 Quilting Arts Calendar

Gunnr with his portrait quilt

Rose Portrait Quilt.....in progress

Orange Zinnia Portrait Quilt

Close Up View.....metallic threads

The Neocolor II is applied to the cotton fabric,

then water is painted over the Neocolor II

which creates vibrant colors...

CLICK HERE to watch me create this Zinnia quilt

Thanks for sharing this great trip 

down memory lane!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Hollyhocks...

 

I had several hundred images on the camera

taken over the summer...

I thought I would share a few:

Hollyhocks blooming by the back door...

Our little herd of blackberry eaters...

Boer Goats

We feed them grape leaves off the arbor

in the back yard...

Goats are super fun to have around !

Blueberry Pie....in progress

All baked up and ready to go !

I just love this gorgeous steer calf...

5 months old

I have lots more and will try and

post them as time allows.

Enjoy the rest of your summer !

If you are inspired by any of these images,

please use them in your personal art work.

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DIY Phone Stands...

 This is a super quick stitching project...

iPhone Stands...

I don't even have an iPhone...

we don't have cell service where we live.

But, several of my friends and family do...

so I made a few to give as gifts.

They require a small piece of fabric,

so I pawed through my scrap basket...

I lined them with fusible interfacing...

The bottom half is filled with plastic pellets...

The top half is stuffing.

I made a larger one to support an ipad...

I don't have an ipad either.

There are oodles of You Tube video tutorials

to teach you how to make these.

They are FUN and FAST and make great gifts!

Lucifer Crocosmia

blooming in the back yard...

The blooms are so vibrant and exotic...

I guess I planted them too close to the fence:

The naughty goats nibbled on them !

I didn't take any process images 

while making the ipad stands,

but this is a You Tube Tutorial

that is similar to the way I made mine.

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LuAnn Kessi