Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Project Bag...


Project Bags for Quilters

 


I love this pattern !

I have made 10 of these bags and

plan to make lots more...




This is the back of the bag.

There is foam in between the fabric 

and it is quilted in a grid pattern...




The quilting shows up better on the

green lining fabric...




I have the vinyl cut for the front of the bag...




I have the zipper pieces all ready to stitch...




Just need to stitch the 

front of the bag together...





Here it is bound with the handle attached.






Quilters Project Bag

20 x 20 inches

I have made several for myself and

a few more for my friends and family.



Here is some cuteness for you:


This Baby Bull just melts my heart...




He is the grandson to my very favorite cow,

Golden Girl

  



No more sitting in front of my sewing machine...

I am saddled up to the John Deere

mowing more hay fields.


I have added lots of haying videos

to my instagram account


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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi 


Friday, June 5, 2026

Baling Hay @ The Kessi Ranch

 


Hay making season...





Our round hay bales are

5 feet x 6 feet and weight 1,000 lbs.





The Cowboy bales the hay

in this red round baler.

The door on the back opens up...





The bale starts to roll out the back ...





Poof.....all ready for the cattle to eat this winter





When we make repairs on the baler,

we have to crawl inside to work on it...

it is like being inside a large elevator.





I spent the day on the old Ford Tractor

raking the hay into wind rows...





This is what the field looks like

after it has been raked...

it is all ready for the Cowboy to come along

and bale it up.





The John Deere tractor straddles the

wind rows and the baler follows behind

and picks up the hay and rolls it up

into a giant round hay bale.




Foxgloves growing along the edges

of the hay field...

sometimes you see a white one !


You can view hay making videos on

my instagram feed


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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi 


Thursday, June 4, 2026

Hello Spring Quilt...

 

Hello Spring Quilt


This is my 2026 Block of the Month





I am making the lap size quilt...





All of the pieces have been cut and are

organized and pinned onto this design board...





I am currently piecing the flower heads...





This is a 10 inch flower head...





All the flower heads are done...





I am ready to begin piecing the

leaf units...





The first flower head and leaf unit

are completed...

This measures 10 x 20 inches





My sewing table is ready for more stitching

next week when I meet up with my

local quilt group.





Lupine greet me when I enter






Foxglove growing along side 

the machine shed at the barn lot...





Our little valley is overflowing with

Foxglove this time of year...





Don't you just love those little circles

inside each and every petal !





We are raking and baling the first

hay field today...

trying to beat the rain on Saturday...eek!


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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi 


Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Black Eyed Suzy & Hay Raking...

 


This has been my Wednesday quilt project...

I have been pecking away at it since February.





The last time I shared images,

I had completed 6 flower blocks...





My pecking is paying off...





Every Wednesday I would add another flower

to the design wall...





All 16 flower blocks are done...

I have started the borders.





The Cowboy hooked up the hay rake...





The hay has been mowed for several days

and it is time to rake it into wind rows...





Here we go!





These foxgloves grow like weeds

all around the edges of the hay fields...





Gorgeous!


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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi 


Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Moose Quilt & Hay Season...

 

This is our current living room quilt:



How much do I love this Moose !

He is hanging out on the quilt rack

in the living room...




The moose has a lot of purple in him

so I had to include purple in the color story...





CLICK HERE to watch me make this quilt




It is hay season here in Western Oregon:


The Cowboy has my little red tractor

hooked up to the hay mower...





I am mowing the first hay field today...




This will be my view for the rest of the day.

It takes about 7 hours to get this field mowed.

I have my head phones on listening to lots

of great music and lots of ravens 

to keep me company.


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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi