Double Cap Rivets...

 

I have been installing tote bag handles

with double cap rivets for a few years...

This vintage fishing tackle box 

holds everything I need...

It keeps the tools organized

and easy to grab when I am installing rivets...

This little box is a basic kit

which comes with rivets, a hole punch

and installation tools...

Everything you need.

There are 3 different sizes of rivets

and several finishes on the rivets.

I prefer double cap rivets:

This is the outside of the bag

and the rivets look great on the leather handle...

This is the inside of the bag

and the rivets looks just as nice...

a clean, finished look.

The rivets are very strong, easy to install,

and I don't have to stitch through thick leather

with my sewing machine.

It gives a very professional appearance

to the tote bag...

Get yourself a double cap rivet kit

and give it a try !

I need to get back to packing up my

quilting supplies for an upcoming

quilt retreat.

CLICK HERE:  Double Cap Rivet Tutorials

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Beaded Mask Holder...

 I started making these this summer

to hold my mask

when I need to take it off...

Beaded Mask Holder

No more scrunching my mask up

in my pockets...

I always have lots of beads to work with.

I ordered the mini clasps HERE

Beaded Mask Holder Tutorial HERE

Don't want to make one...

You can order one HERE

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Charm Square Scarf...

 I am stitching up a

Charm Square Scarf

today...

Charm Squares and Flannel Backing...

A lovely line of fabrics...

I stitched them together 2 by 2

them put them together.

I used 34 of the charm squares...

Scarf Top and Lining...

Completed Charm Square Scarf...

A cheerful scarf model...

Her kitten also wanted to model the scarf...

Enjoy the Scarf Kitten Video:

CLICK HERE: Charm Square Scarf Tutorial

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Trying to beat the RAIN...

 Today is the day...

The RAIN is coming tonight

The Cowboy has the drill 

hooked up to the John Deere.

The drill is what seeds the field...

He has the fertilizer spreader 

on the International...

The fertilizer will give the field the nitrogen

it needs to give it a boost through the winter

and get it growing fast in the spring...

The trailer is loaded up with grass seed

and fertilizer bags...

We loaded about 250 lbs of seed in the drill...

I can drill the seed in a couple of hours,

then come back and fill it up again...

I am ready to climb on board

and get this field planted.....woohoo !

I am not alone...

The Cowboy is in the next field fertilizing:

5 hours later...

The field is planted and the pasture is fertilized.

The RAIN is coming at midnight

and the fields are ready for the moisture.

I am ready to spend some time

listening to the gentle hum of my sewing machine.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Rolling, Packing and Flowers...

I think this is Day 12

working up the hay field... 

I have put about 100 hours behind the wheel

of this green beauty in the last two weeks...

This is a really comfortable seat...

it is air ride with shock absorbers,

I barely feel the bumps !

The 3 orange levers 

make the tractor go forward and back.

The 3 black levers 

make the implements on the back

do what they are supposed to do....

This is the view from the driver's seat...

The Cowboy has the 

roller packers hooked up...

I spent about 10 hours today packing the soil

down to get it ready for planting.

The RAIN is coming and we are trying to beat it !

This is the view when I came home this evening:

The setting sun is 

lighting up the front flower bed...

Blue hydrangeas are turning pink and purple.

The hydrangeas are just as beautiful 

in the autumn as they are in the summer...

The roses are giving us their last days of beauty...

Ooooh....I just love me some back-lit leaves ! 

The setting sun really shows off these peony leaves !

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Flowers and Farming...

It is October...

the Dinner Plate Dahlias 

are putting on a show !

 

Pink Dinner Plate Dahlia

Orange Dinner Plate Dahlia

Purple Dinner Plate Dahlia

It feels like October...

It is 40 degrees this morning

when I climb on the tractor...

The sun is up,  the fog is rising...

Fog lifting off the field...

The Plowing is all done...

time to knock down those plow rows

with the harrows...

I am pulling two harrows...

twice the work in one pass over the field.

I am not alone today...

in the next field are a few cow and calf pairs

to keep me company.

The 2 Black Steers are my bottle babies...

hard to believe they are 4 years old and

weigh in at 1500+  pounds.

Enjoy the Video:

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn