Summer Color...

Now that hay season is over,

I am trying to spend some time 

in the flower beds... 

This is the Thread Shed where I do most

of my quilting.

It has flowers growing on all 4 sides...

The Cowboy installed an A/C in here

and I can sew when it is over 100 degrees

and be nice and cool...

Hydrangeas blooming 

in front of the Thread Shed...

They are lime green at first,

then they turn purple, then blue...

There is a Passion Flower vine

growing up the side of the Thread Shed...

Pink Coneflowers...

The deer don't like to eat these.....yay!

We have several bird houses around the yard...

we have been watching the baby birds

leave the nest and learn to fly.

This is the flower bed just outside the

front door of our house...

The Cowboy built that bird house.

Tree Swallows nest in there every Spring.

Black Eyed Suzy

Red Roses

Nasturtium

State Fair Zinnia

Pink Coneflower

Zinnia

Out back behind the house...

Peaches are beginning to color up

on the new, little peach trees...

Dahlias

Star Lilies

Petunias growing on the back patio...

Poppy  seed pods...

They are quite large...

I will harvest the seeds this fall and

replant them for next year.

I am trying to take time to enjoy the flowers

while I am weeding, fertilizing, 

mulching and watering.

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LuAnn Kessi 

3 Quilts...In Progress

 

Now that hay season is over,

I can concentrate on a few quilt projects...

This is the comfort quilt I started in July...

It is on the basting table today.

Warm & White Batting...

Odif 505 Basting Spray...

It is all basted and ready to go under the needle...

This is the Elk Wedding Quilt 

I started this summer...

I began quilting it this week...

One more day of quilting and it will be ready

for binding.

This is my latest Wednesday project:

I meet with my local quilt group on Wednesdays.

I like to have a project reserved just for that day...

This is the color story I have chosen 

for the quilt...

This is a Christmas gift...

I completed the center medallion star.

Lots of irons in the fire right now,

but that is usually how I roll.

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LuAnn Kessi 

New York Beauty Quilt...

 

It's time to change up the quilt on the bed...

It's been awhile since we had our

New York Beauty Quilt

on the bed...

I started paper piecing this quilt in 2009...

I love paper piecing...

that's the best way to get those really

pointy points...

I used lots of floral and fruit fabrics...

I also enjoy curved piecing...

I think I enjoyed the challenge of this quilt...

It's back on the bed and we can enjoy 

all of this color over the summer!

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LuAnn Kessi 

Quilting and Baling Hay...

 

I am creating a Comfort Quilt...

I pulled a bunch of large floral fabric scraps

that have been in the stash for 20 years or so...

I chose this gladiolus fabric for the center.

They measure about 8 inches tall...

There was enough of this pink zinnia fabric

for a border around the gladiolus...

Before I knew it, there are 3 borders on

and it measures 60 inches square.

I will put one last border on...

Out in the last hay field:

We are finishing things up...

I am raking and the Cowboy is baling...

The Cowboy is baling up the very last

round bale of the season...

That is a great feeling!

Nothing left to do but haul in the big trailers,

load up the bales

and haul them to winter storage.

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LuAnn Kessi 

Vintage Christmas Quilt....Top Done

This is what the Christmas quilt

looked like last month...

The pick up truck blocks were completed...

and stitched into rows with the trees...

Last week I added a narrow white border

and a narrow red border...

It is now complete with a wide

green border...

Quilting and binding are next!

We are in the 3rd hay field this week...

I was able to get the mowing and raking done

after the heat wave was over...

 The Cowboy is baling it today...

One more hay field left to do.

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LuAnn Kessi