Calves...

 Elsa the Frozen Calf...

loves to make new friends!

After spending the first 2 days of her life

with the Cowboy and I thawing her out...

she has become unusually friendly for a calf.

This is our red barn here at our home place...

we feed the yearling cattle here

(last year's calves, now a year old)

The golden yearling in the center

is Golden Girls calf from last year,

we call her Golden Delicious...

This is Eleanor...she is a yearling.

I absolutely adore her !

This is Buttercup....a yearling

Yes, I adore every inch of her !

Each morning we feed the yearlings...

I drive, the Cowboy feeds off the back:

This is my view from the 

side view mirror...

yearling cattle following the hay wagon

This is my view out the 

rear view window...

The Cowboy and the yearling cattle

If you look close in the center of the image...

there is Eleanor with a big mouthful of hay !

The chores are all done...

I am ready to head out to the Thread Shed

for an afternoon of stitching.

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LuAnn Kessi

Apple Core Quilt....DONE !

I began piecing this apple core quilt top

in Jackson, Wyoming in 2009... 

I stopped at a quilt shop in Jackson,

purchased the template and fabrics

and began cutting out apple core shapes...

I spent the next year stitching on the GO !

with the applecore quilt

as my take-a-long piecing project...

Hand Piecing while traveling

is so relaxing and rewarding...

I spent the last week putting the finishing touches

on the Apple Core Quilt...

Here it is on our bed.....DONE !

I had FUN incorporating a few Kaffee Fassett

fabrics into this quilt...

The binding and label are all DONE !

All those curves make me happy !

It is wonderful to finally see this completed

and on our bed !

Drama Queen

Applecore Quilt

Hand Pieced

LuAnn Kessi

2023

Spring has finally arrived in Western Oregon

Tulips are in full bloom...

The chickens are busy eating all the

insects and slugs in the flower beds...

They also make beautiful yard ornaments...

This view is just outside the front door:

I don't have far to go to get to the

yellow Thread Shed

where I do most of my stitching!

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LuAnn Kessi

New York Beauty Quilt...

 

Some of you may remember this quilt...

New York Beauty

I began paper piecing this in 2009

It was my Monday project

at the Harlan Valley Quilters...

I completed the top in 2017...

The top sat around for 5 years...

Here it is quilted and on our bed !

New York Beauties are known for

those sharp and pointy points !

I stitched the binding on last week

and sewed the label on the back...

Fresh 'n Fruity

New York Beauty

2023

There are 1,995 NYB star points

in this quilt... 2,363 total pieces

It measures: 93 x 88 inches

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LuAnn Kessi

Reflected Harmony....DONE !

 

I started piecing this quilt a year ago...

Rhapsody in Reds fabric collection

It is now quilted and bound and...

on our bed !

I pieced part of it in Oregon

and part of it in Idaho...

I stitched the binding last week

and put the label on the back today...

We can officially sleep under it tonight !

Brookie just couldn't resist posing

on the new quilt !

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LuAnn Kessi

Autumn Panel Quilt...

 

Just one border left to stitch together...

At this point,  I ran out of the

yellow background fabric...

Luckily a quilt shop in Tennessee

had a supply of this 9 year old fabric !

The final yellow border is stitched on...

I have the strips cut for the final borders...

I am calling this autumn quilt panel.....DONE !

Now, I need to paw through the fabric

cupboards and find something for a backing.

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LuAnn Kessi

Table Runners.....DONE !

 

How Sweet it is...

I finished up the quilting and binding

on the last two table runners...

I am giving these away as gifts

very soon...

so I have been under the gun to get them done !

If you are new to machine sewn bindings...

table runners are a great way to practice

and perfect your technique.

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LuAnn Kessi