Pillowcases...

 

Still creating gifts for the holidays...

I just finished up Pillowcases...

This is my favorite !

It's always FUN to hop into bed

and see a beautiful pillowcase waiting for you !

I made a few masculine pillowcases for guys...

Large florals work great for pillowcases...

2 dozen pillowcases ready for gift giving !

I found a great tutorial online that is similar to the way I make pillowcases CLICK HERE

After the cows are all fed,

I plan to stitch with my Monday quilt group.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Feeding Cattle in Western Oregon

25 Degrees this morning in Western Oregon

I am driving the feed wagon

while the Cowboy feeds off the back...

We feed each morning in 4 different locations...

We are feeding across the river 

from our home place.

You can see our red barn in the distance...

The square bales can weigh up to 1500 pounds.

They eat one every morning...

These are a few of our young heifers...

Eleanor is looking directly at you.

The Cowboy kicks off the last of the hay...

The cows will consume this hay in 

a couple of hours then graze on pasture

the rest of the day.

We are done in this field

and ready to go load up another bale

and feed the next group of cows  up river.

When we are done feeding,

I head out to the Thread Shed

for a few hours of stitching !

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LuAnn Kessi

Curvy Christmas Trees...

On my work table today are

Curvy Christmas Trees... 

They just need to be stuffed...

I mounted them on wooden spools...

I might wrap some jute around the

dowels to finish them off ?

They would look great lined up on a mantel

or in a window.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Monster Zipper Bag...

 

How FUN is this !

Monster Zipper Bag

Even cuter with the zipper unzipped

to open up his mouth...

Yes, of course you want to make one !

You can find the FREE Moda pattern HERE

This Monster bag is going to a

Little Monster that I know !

p.s.  I used Pellon Fusible Flex Foam

to give the bag better shape and body.

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LuAnn Kessi

Zipper Bags @ Quilt Retreat

I spent the week @ The Quilt Palace

 

I packed up all of my Ric Rac bag supplies

and brought them to the HVQ Quilt Retreat...

All of the prep work is done,

just need to stitch these babies together...

Even the zippers are cut to size

with zipper tabs sewn to the ends...

Here comes the....Show 'n Tell:

It was a great week @ Quilt Retreat...

We had a potluck lunch and birthday party...

We played Quilter Bingo...

We finished up lots of projects...

and we are looking forward to 

our next retreat in May 2024.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Ric Rac Zipper Bags......Even More !

Woke up Early...

Fed the Cattle...

Power Washed the cement 

in front of the house

and ran out to the Thread Shed

to do some stitching !

 

Stitching up more Ric Rac Zipper Bags

I had a scrap just big enough 

for this doggie bag...

I had a scrap big enough to make

two of these chicken bags...

This has been a FUN way to clean out

the fabric scrap bag under the cutting table...

This birdie bag is all prepped and ready

to stitch the next time I have a few minutes

to spend in the thread shed...

Ric Rac Zipper Bags

These are holiday gifts...

have you been naughty or nice ???

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LuAnn Kessi

Ric Rac Zipper Bags...More

In between feeding cattle and

shipping out calves...

 

I have been dashing into the Thread Shed

a few minutes at a time and stitching up

more of these Ric Rac Zipper Bags...

I do love the blue tassel zipper pull...

This is a great way to use up fabric scraps

and have FUN at the same time !

They are piling up...

I can't stop...

There are a couple more bags

prepped on the sewing table.....eek!

Is anyone else thinking....addiction???

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi