Donkey Tote Bag...

 I ordered these 2 little panels last year...

I couldn't resist them...

I decided to make a 2 sided tote bag with them:

I decided to use the brown batik

on the bottom portion of the bag...

I lined the panels with 

Fusible Foam Stabilizer...

Here they are quilted and ready

to be turned into a bag...

Ta - Da.....Done !

How FUN it will be to pack this

bag around with me !

They are quite large and will hold lots !

Brown batik lining...

This was a fast and fun quilted project !

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LuAnn Kessi

High Horses...

Remember this horse panel... 

I created the Bear Paw Block borders

in January...

Here it is all pressed and ready to be

machine quilted...

Ta Da.......DONE !

Here it is all quilted, binding and

even a label on the back

hanging in our living room...

Close Up view of machine quilting...

"High Horses"

LuAnn Kessi

Harlan, Oregon

2023

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Farm Panel....Top DONE

 

I peeled this project off the

design wall in the Thread Shed...

and took it with me to 

Quilt Retreat last week...

I stitched all of the quilt blocks

together into borders...

I added the wagon wheel border treatment...

This Barn Panel quilt top is

ready to be sandwiched and quilted !

Looking forward to seeing this one hung

in our living room.

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LuAnn Kessi

Farm Panel...

I pulled a Farm Panel

out of the cupboard

and put it up on the design wall... 

I love the colors

and I am ready to to begin working on this...

How great is this wagon wheel fabric !

I am hoping to use this as a border treatment...

These are the fabrics I have pulled

to work with this panel...

I have chosen 2 blocks from this book...

Churn Dash aka Hole in the Barn Door

Shoo Fly

My work table is set up and I am ready

to get right with it...

Shoo Fly block cut out and ready to stitch...

Hole in the Barn Door...

The Bloc-Loc Rulers

are the best way to trim up the bias square units

6 inch blocks...

I snagged one of the jean bins I made last week

and it works great to keep the remotes and phone

up off the work table...

when they get covered with fabric, 

I can't locate them !

It is time to throw a few blocks 

up on the design wall and see how

they shake out:

It is coming together nicely.

This sweet girl came over today

and spent some time down at the river:

She caught some trout for her dinner !

Spring has finally arrived here in Western Oregon

and we are loving it !

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LuAnn Kessi

Denim Jean Bins...

 I am stitching up the last of the denim jean

scraps I have been saving for way too long...

Denim Jean Bins...

I am also using up scrap fabrics

for the linings...

I have the bin factory all set up...

The denim is cut into squares,

The fusible foam is pressed onto the denim,

The lining squares are cut to size...

I am ready for a full day of stitching !

Just love these fabrics with a 70's vibe !

The Jean Bins are piling up...

I am attending a Quilt Retreat

next month...

I will bring these along as

Welcome Gifts for the quilters !

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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