Jelly Roll Rug.....Progress

The last time you saw this jelly roll rug

it looked like this...

this is 4 hours into this project.

I stitched on it again today...

I finished stitching the batting inside

of all of the strips

and rolled them into a big ball...

This is my set up:

The big ball is sitting in a glass bowl 

between my feet...

This allows it to feed easily as I stitch...

In order to keep it perfectly flat,

I press the rug after 

I add each round of stitching...

Use lots of steam!

It gets bigger quickly...

It is 30 inches in length at this point...

with lots of strips left to sew around.

I am a total of 10 hours into this project...

I am thinking I may have it finished 

next Monday

in a couple of hours.

Very FUN and enjoyable!

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LuAnn Kessi

Messy Painted Canvas Tote Bags...

In between running across the river to check

on the new calves,

I spent a few hours in the Thread Shed

stitching painted canvas tote bags together...

Painted Canvas Tote Bags

The canvas was painted by a 

4 year old and 21 year old

They spent a lovely day painting...

I told them I would make them something 

with their painted canvas...

Tote bags are always a favorite!

It will be FUN to surprise them with their new

Messy Painted Canvas Bags

I have lots of painted canvas....

next time I will stitch up

Messy Painted Zipper Bags

The baby goats are a week old:

They are really growing!

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LuAnn Kessi

Baby Goats.....Lucy

This is Lucy...

she is a young nanny goat

Lucy is a first time mother...

She had triplets.

3 kids.....2 boys and 1 girl

All of the babies are doing well...

Lucy is such a good mother.

The chickens came out to the barn today

to visit with the new baby goats:

We have one more nanny to go....


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LuAnn Kessi

Winter 2019...Calving

This is Calf Number 12

She was born yesterday.

Her mama is Apple Annie...

we fed her apples from our tree in the yard,

she loved them and cried for more!

This is the Babysitter:

This is Bow Tie...

she is the babysitter today,

watching over several calves.

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LuAnn Kessi

Cattle in the Snow and Jelly Roll Rug...

We woke up to SNOW this morning...

The calves enjoyed romping around 

in the SNOW

After we checked for new calves

and bedded the barns,

I headed for the Quilt Palace

to join up with the Harlan Valley Quilters...

This is my new Monday project @ the Palace:

Jelly Roll Rug

Jelly Roll strips....

I stitched all of the strips together,

end-to-end,

assembly line style

The batting is stitched inside the strips...

I am 4 hours into this project

and it is moving along quickly.

Looking forward to working on it again

next Monday.

Enjoy the video of...Cattle in the SNOW:

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LuAnn Kessi

4 New Calves and Hexy Table Runner....

4 New Babies in the last 2 days...

This is Spot and her new bull calf Number 7

We now have 6 heifers and 2 bull calves

This is where you can find me in the evenings...

hand piecing the hexy table runner.

This is the back side...

all of the papers on the inside have been removed.

Straw Needles are my favorites

for hand piecing.

I am using 60 wt poly thread....barely shows.


Enjoy the video of our day today:

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi