The Quilt Top is complete
Once it is quilted and bound
it will hang in our living room.
Good to get this one done.
Now I can get to work on a few holiday gifts.
LuAnn Kessi
I was able to squeeze in some stitching and
finished up the last of the snowflake blocks
Both my granddaughters and their dad are keen horse riders. There was a competition taking place during the weekend, not too far away, and the family invited me to come and see them. It was a lovely warm sunny day, so I did. "Don't bring food" I was told, "there will be plenty to share". So I packed my folding camping seat, a sun hat, a cardigan in case it turned cold, and set off to Foxton.
My daughter Nicky met me at the gate, showed me where to go and I parked up by Robert's horse truck ...
read morePonderosa Charm Squares
This is Althea Red
She is one of our oh so beautiful heifers.
She isn't showing any signs of calving just yet.
We check on the cattle several times a day to
see if any of the mamas are in labor yet.
Sometimes they need our help having their babies.
View my Instagram feed HERE ...
read moreRemember this horse panel quilt top?
I took this off the design wall...
I have always been fond of Flying Geese...
As for these two little cowgirls...
they were ...
read moreAll this year I have been working my way
through a stack of fabric panels...
This is the color story I pulled from the
fabric cupboard...
I created a test block to see how
the fabrics work together...
I made a few more...
I put a few blocks up on the design wall....
I will play around with placement
and see what works...
More To Come !
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I have auditioned final border fabrics
for this horse panel quilt...
Remember this horse panel...
"High Horses"
LuAnn Kessi
Harlan, Oregon
2023
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On Mondays I spend the day stitching
with the Harlan Valley Quilters...
This has been my Monday project:
This was fast and fun !
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I started this Horse Panel Quilt top
in September...
After a few hours of ...
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I am making progress on this
Horse Quilt Panel
Here is your COLOR BURST for today !
I have made several horse quilts over the years...
including a few horse panel quilts
No, not horses like Alicia , but fabric horses on a quilt. The Horses Quilt was delivered to its girl Wednesday and her mom reported she was cuddled in it although we have a heat advisory. The quilt was the pattern, Crown and Anchor, by Doug Leko and the fabric line was by Ann Lauer, Horsin' Around. I blogged about the start here. It was not an easy or simple quilt to make. It was fun to quilt. I used Glide thread for the top and Superior Omni for the bobbin. I had major tension issues the last part of the ...
read moreChris and I spent the day in Shipshewana yesterday. I just love going there. It's only a 3 hour drive to get there so we can go and spend the day and drive home all in the same day. It was good just to get out of the house and go somewhere. First stop, of course, was Jojo's pretzels. I LOVE their pretzels. I debated whether I should eat one being on keto, but decides WTH and just ate one.
read moreA look back at 2020...
January 2020
I needed a fresh start for 2020.
My sewing area went from this:
to this:
February 2020
Calving Season begins @ the Kessi Ranch
Playing with Rayon Threads
March 2020
The Turkey Vultures are BACK
Calving Season....continues:
April 2020
May 2020
June 2020
July 2020
Late last summer I purchased a horse panel...
I added a gold inner border
and a pieced brown outer border
" Giddy Up "
Happy Holidays and New Year
from The Kessi Ranch
There's a lot going on in the
Thread Shed
