Saturday, October 8, 2011

Cattle Drive.....September 2011


I am catching up on photo editing tonight...

I found a file of cattle images from
September 2011

Enjoy the Slideshow:


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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Flowers for Mama......Slideshow


I belong to a teeny, tiny quilt guild
in the teeny, tiny valley I live in...

When everyone shows up.....there are 6 members.

Each year we create a raffle quilt for
The Women's Cancer Coalition

Click on the Slideshow Below
to watch us create...
FLOWERS FOR MAMA


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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full of Flowers,
LuAnn

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Free Motion Darning Feet......Improved


Check out this line up of
Free Motion/Darning Feet:

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These sewing machine feet have been altered
to improve visibility during free motion quilting.





My favorite guy snipped out the front section on the
plastic foot with wire cutters.
(He normally fixes fence with his wire cutters, but they worked great for this too!)





There is no longer plastic in the front of the foot to
obscure visibility during free motion quilting.





Singer 301 Darning Foot
Yes, he even cut the front out of this foot.
It worked like a charm.





Check out this visibility!





When my mother in law found out we were altering
free motion feet, she ran right down with hers!



Here she is with Gunnr:


Gunnr just had to see what was going on at the
kitchen table.



Speaking of Gunnr:


He spent the weekend in Nevada
on the 14th floor of the Nugget Casino





He was a polite hotel guest and enjoyed his stay!
He was a bit disappointed to find out he could not
go see Glen Campbell with us.


To view a video tutorial of altering your
Free Motion or Darning Feet

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn

Monday, September 26, 2011

Dye......Play Day


Fabric Dyeing in the Microwave


It's a play day with my friends...


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These are the fabrics from the afternoon dye session





Yes, we even dyed our socks !

Gather YOUR friends together and give this a try...


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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full of Dye,
LuAnn


Sunday, September 25, 2011

Quilt Expo......Slide Show


I spent the day in Portland, Oregon
at the
Northwest Quilt Expo

If you want to see what caught my eye
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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Colorado.....Mount Elbert 14,400 Feet


Saying Good Bye to Colorado...


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Heath couldn't resist taking one last hike before leaving Colorado





Mount Elbert
Elevation 14, 400 Feet




He is returning home to Oregon...
School begins next week.




Autumn has come to the Aspen Trees


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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Inspiration.....from the Flower Bed



As a child I remember my grand father
telling me...
"When you work, you find money"

I would scratch my head and wonder just
what he meant by that?


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As I grew up, I would help out with the household chores
and occasionally find money under the couch cushions.





As an adult, when I work I choose to find...
INSPIRATION


Today we spent the day cleaning out the flower beds.


I would have preferred to spend the day
in the Thread Shed with the sewing machine
humming along...


But, this was a job that could be avoided no longer!




The Roses needed trimming...




and so did the Calla Lilies...




All of the plants need to be tucked away for the winter.




This bumble bee was busy too!




As we trimmed down the flower beds...





There were so many pretty flowers still
putting on a show for us...




We decided to gather them up and bring them
inside to fill a few vases in the house...




We ended up with 5 Buckets of flowers!




Yes, we worked today...
But I found something worth more than money...

I found so much inspiration for my future quilts!


Please feel free to use these images in your personal
art work if they inspire you too!


I am hoping to be in the Thread Shed soon...


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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn