The Kittens Quilt.....Piecing the Blocks

This is what the Thread Shed looks like today:

Just out the window is the red barn,

that is where the bottle calves live...

Number 25 the orphan calf on the right

The dairy calf is on the left

I have been bottle feeding these guys for 

5 months now.

I watch them while I sew, 

they are good company.

I am piecing The Kittens Quilt

Pattern by Elizabeth Hartman

I rarely work from a pattern these days...

so I am a bit rusty following directions....eeek!

This is the color story I am working from...

Bright and Cheerful

Kitten cut out and ready to piece...

Kitten block pieced

With so many tiny pieces,

I set up an ironing station close by...

Vintage Travel Iron

General Electric Sew and Press

It is just like riding a bike...

the precision cutting and piecing skills 

are coming back to me.

20 Kitten Blocks Done.

10 more to go.

More To Come!

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LuAnn Kessi

Autumn in Western Oregon

Autumn has arrived here in

Western Oregon

Here is a bit of color from the back yard...

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Bees are Buzzing...

Dinner Plate Dahlia

Dinner Plate Dahlia

Dinner Plate Dahlia

Color from the Grape Arbor:

Chinese Lanterns...

As Always, you are welcome to use my

photography in your personal art work...

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LuAnn Kessi

Weeding.....

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Howdy from Oregon!

I am not at my sewing machine...

I'll be driving this little red beauty today...

The implement on the back is a

Bush Hog mower...

I am doing a bit of weed management...

mowing down tansy and blackberries.

The barn up ahead is used for

hay storage...

This is the back side of that same barn.

Just across the river, straight ahead,

is our place...

so I am not very far from home.

I mowed 4 fields today

and now I am heading for home.

It was a beautiful day spent outdoors,

you won't hear me complaining.

As a treat for mowing...

I dyed these bamboo socks....yummy!

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LuAnn Kessi

Sun Printing....Botanicals

Summer has gotten away from me this year...

It is nearly gone...

I gathered up the sun printing supplies

yesterday and got right with it!

I am using Pebeo Setacolors

1 part paint to 3 parts water

White cotton fabric

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Tree Leaves, Black Paint, Salt

Sweet Gum Tree Leaves, Black Paint, Salt

Leaves, Purple Paint, Salt

Tall grasses picked along the driveway,

Purple Paint, Salt

Grasses....Close Up View

Here come the ferns...

Ferns, Black Paint, Salt

Ferns, Lt Green Paint

Ferns, Dk Green Paint, Salt

Close Up View to show salt texture

Fern on left no salt

Fern on right has salt

Non-Botanical Sun Prints:

Ostrich Feathers, Black Paint, Salt

Close Up View

Ostrich Feathers, Purple Paint, Salt

Ostrich Feathers.....Close Up View

Round Plastic Discs

Cheesecloth scrunched, Black Paint

Close Up View

Today we spent the day in the bull field

building fence...

These are the yearling Shorthorn Bulls

we brought home in May...

I hate to play favorites....but,

This is Fernando....he is so darn cute!

He has a big, white, heart on his forehead.

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LuAnn Kessi