Horse Quilt....Borders

 

I have always been fond of Flying Geese...

Such a simple quilt block that creates

such a big impact in our designs...

Flying Geese units add lots of movement 

to this horse quilt panel...

they get along well with the 

rest of the quilt blocks...

I am still in the design phase,

nothing is stitched in place just yet...

The color story is working...

I am stitching holiday gifts right now.

I will stitch them and 

look at this on the design wall.

It will let me know what else it needs.

As for these two little cowgirls...

they were bred and born here on our place.

I have known them since birth.

Buttercup and Eleanor

I love them so much !

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LuAnn Kessi

Horse Quilt Panel...

All this year I have been working my way

through a stack of fabric panels...

 

This horse panel is on the design wall...

I bordered it with a rusty brown fabric...

This is the color story I pulled from the

fabric cupboard...

I created a test block to see how

the fabrics work together...

I made a few more...

I put a few blocks up on the design wall....

I will play around with placement

and see what works...

More To Come !

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LuAnn Kessi

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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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.

You can find the tutorial HERE

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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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LuAnn Kessi