Farm & Garden...

Here it is summer...

and I haven't even posted Spring images !

 

This is in the backyard by the guest house...

Whiskey barrels make great plant stands.

The Wisteria vine really put on a show...

Wisteria blooms...

More whiskey barrels by the grape arbor...

Check out the size of the lime hosta...

We tore out all of the rhodies in front of the house

last fall and are going 

low maintenance flower beds.

I am still looking for landscape rock to fill in

the flower bed with the whiskey barrels.

We removed all of the iris from this flower bed

in the front yard last fall.

This spring we planted a few new plants

and added planter boxes for flower seeds...

The Cowboy built me  Cowboy Boxes

to plant flower seeds in the Spring...

He burned our brand in the side and hammered

on a few horse shoes.

The Cowboy also built this bird house

that the Tree Swallows nest in each Spring...

Also growing in front of the house

are calla lilies blooming...

Calla Lily blooms...

They are so elegant...

On the other side of the yard is my Thread Shed

and off to the right is the Hen House,

off to the left is our little red barn...

We also removed rhodies from the left side

of the Thread Shed and replaced

them with whiskey barrels and planters...

Another ornament in the yard is

my red tractor...

The Cowboy hooked up the hay mower...

I have spent the last several weeks inside

the cab of this tractor...mowing hay.

I do love to mow hay...

I find it very relaxing.

They hay fields have all been 

mowed, raked and baled...

We are now loading the hay bales on trailers

and hauling it to the barns for winter storage.

I will soon have time to get back to

my sewing machine.....FUN !

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Moda Love Quilts...

I've been piecing Moda Love Quilts

 

This is the first Moda Love quilt top

I pieced with 5 inch charm squares...

I had another charm pack in the stash,

so I pieced another one...

I was not happy with this lay out...

I thought the inner star points should be red...

So, I ripped out the center of the quilt and

pieced red star points...

Much better with red star points

and the final red border treatment...

I found a mini 2.5 inch charm pack

in the stash...

You can see from the piece of paper,

that this will be a small quilt...

This star will finish about 15 inches square...

I am thinking a table topper.

That's as far as I got today...more to come !

The Peonies are really putting on a show...

The Peony blooms are gigantic this year !

This lime green hosta is also putting on a show...

Gigantic and beautiful lime green leaves !

The cattle are keeping us on our toes...

We have had a very dry spring 

here in Western Oregon

and moving the cattle to new pasture

is a steady job to keep them fed.

Next week we begin to make hay...

More to Come.

Happy Summer Everyone !

Moda Love Free Pattern....CLICK HERE

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

High Desert Mule Deer Quilt...DONE !

Remember the Mule Deer Panel... 

I got it under the needle last week...

I quilted it in about 6 hours on my

Sweet Sixteen

Sit-Down Long Arm...

This is my Big Girl Machine

and she knows how to get things done !

Time to trim it up square...

I use the Omnigrip 20 inch Square

The binding strips are cut...

The Binding is stitched on...

The label is sewn on the back corner...

The High Desert Mule Deer quilt

is in the mail and on the way

to comfort a dear friend...

No, you are not seeing double...

The Cowboy liked this quilt soooo much...

I made one for him.

It is under the needle now and will

be quilted and bound soon.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Cougar Quilt....Ta-Done !

 

I started designing this Cougar Panel

back in March...

I had FUN creating lots of different

sampler blocks as a border treatment...

The machine quilting is complete

and I am binding it today...

For machine bindings,  I clip ever inch

of the binding so it does not move

when I am stitching it in place...

I stitch in the ditch on the front side...

I included a hanging sleeve on the back,

so we can display it in our living room...

You can also see the back side of

the binding stitched down.

I just need to add a quilt label

on the back and it is ready to hang...

It feels good to get another quilt finished !

We have been busy moving the cattle

to summer pasture...

The new lilac is blooming this week...

The new iris bed is also blooming...

I dug these up last fall and moved them

from the front flower bed to the

back yard.

The newly planted Giant Allium are in bloom...

After 130 inches of rain last winter...

we are enjoying the sunshine 

and warmer weather.

Gets me motivated to get things done !

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi