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Calving... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

We have 5 calves on the ground so far

and lots more on the way...

This is my view each morning

as we feed the cattle...

It is good to see newborn calves

out in the feeding grounds...

This is the view when we pull in the driveway...

The reflection of the barn in the water

was fun to see this morning !

We are attending a Bull Sale tomorrow.

Hopefully we will come home with a

yearling bull to breed our heifers in May.

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added by LuAnn Kessi 9 months, 2 weeks ago. under cattle , cows , farm

Calf Number 2... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

We have a new shorthorn bull calf...

One of our white shorthorn mama cows

gave birth to a red calf...

He is super cute !

It will be below freezing tonight,

so the Cowboy walked them over to the

barn for the night.

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LuAnn Kessi

added by LuAnn Kessi 9 months, 3 weeks ago. under cattle , cows , farm

Calving 2024... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

Three calves on the ground so far.

I was too busy to get a photo to share...

If you look real close, you can see the Cowboy

walking through the herd checking on the

mama cows to see if any of them are close

to calving...

This is Calf number 1 with Mary Jane.

They are both doing really well.

The Camellia bush doesn't look like

this anymore...

It is frozen...

We have had snow on and off

and the temp is dipping down into the 20's...

This is my view from inside the Thread Shed...

I can ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 9 months, 3 weeks ago. under cattle , cows , farm , flowers

First Baby Calf Born... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

Look what we found this morning

when we were feeding the cattle...

Mama cow, Mary Jane,

had the first baby of 2024

Mama and baby are doing just fine !

I guess calving season has begun

@ The Kessi Ranch

I put a migrating geese table runner

on the kitchen table today...

It goes great with our yellow kitchen.

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LuAnn Kessi

added by LuAnn Kessi 9 months, 3 weeks ago. under cattle , cows , farm , tablerunner

Moda Love Quilt....Machine Quilting from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

It is time to get this Moda Love quilt

under the needle...

I am machine quilting on my

Handi Quilter Sweet Sixteen...

My Big Girl machine !

This is a sit-down long arm machine...

Above the machine are dark blue clamps.

They hold the quilt up so there is no drag

while I am quilting.

You can see the blue clamps holding up the quilt.

These purple Gypsy Quilter hoops

help grip the fabric...

On the back side are the purple rubber grips...

they really work !

You hang on to the sides and move the

quilt in any direction while quilting ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 9 months, 4 weeks ago. under cattle , cows , farm , free motion quilting , moda love quilts , sweet sixteen , tips

Moose Quilt & Feeding Cattle... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

I continue to work my way through

the pile of fabric panels

I have collected over the years...

Next up on the design wall is this

gorgeous bull moose...

I am auditioning fabrics...

I probably won't dig into this one

until the New Year.

A few of our mama cows...

They greet us each morning when we

come over the hill with

with the feed wagon...

The mama cows will begin calving in March 2024.

The Cowboy and I are celebrating

our 40th Wedding Anniversary

on New Year's Eve !

Wishing all of you the VERY BEST

in the ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 12 months ago. under cattle , cows , design wall , farm , panels

Horse Quilt....Borders from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

I have always been fond of Flying Geese...

Such a simple quilt block that creates

such a big impact in our designs...

Flying Geese units add lots of movement

to this horse quilt panel...

they get along well with the

rest of the quilt blocks...

I am still in the design phase,

nothing is stitched in place just yet...

The color story is working...

I am stitching holiday gifts right now.

I will stitch them and

look at this on the design wall.

It will let me know what else it needs.

As for these two little cowgirls...

they were ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year ago. under cattle , cows , design wall , farm , horses , panels

Feeding Cattle in Western Oregon from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

25 Degrees this morning in Western Oregon

I am driving the feed wagon

while the Cowboy feeds off the back...

We feed each morning in 4 different locations...

We are feeding across the river

from our home place.

You can see our red barn in the distance...

The square bales can weigh up to 1500 pounds.

They eat one every morning...

These are a few of our young heifers...

Eleanor is looking directly at you.

The Cowboy kicks off the last of the hay...

The cows will consume this hay in

a couple of hours then graze on pasture

the ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year ago. under cattle , cows , farm , video , you tube video

Candy Corn Zip Cases... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

I am attending a Quilters Halloween Party

Won't this zip case make a great

Trick or Treat for the Quilters !

First I found the Candy Corn beads

and made some zipper pulls...

Then I found the Candy Corn fabric...

I stitched together enough zip cases

for all of the Quilters...

You guessed it...

I plan to fill them with Candy Corn !

I have been on a zip case stitch-a-thon lately...

not sure how long it will last ?

Each morning we are greeted by these beauties...

They are always glad to see us...

and the hay we bring them.

We ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 2 months ago. under bags , cattle , cows , farm

Moda Love Quilts... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

I've been piecing Moda Love Quilts

This is the first Moda Love quilt top

I pieced with 5 inch charm squares...

I had another charm pack in the stash,

so I pieced another one...

I was not happy with this lay out...

I thought the inner star points should be red...

So, I ripped out the center of the quilt and

pieced red star points...

Much better with red star points

and the final red border treatment...

I found a mini 2.5 inch charm pack

in the stash...

You can see from the piece of paper,

that this ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 6 months ago. under cattle , charm squares , cows , farm , flowers , garden , traditional quilts

Mule Deer Quilt... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

We are in need of a quilt to comfort

a very dear friend...

We found this Mule Deer panel

and auditioned a few fabrics

from my cupboards in the Thread Shed...

I think this grouping should work nicely

and lots of texture !

I found a block to piece into borders

from this book...

Twin Star Quilt Block....12 inches

My work table is all set up and ready

for stitching, when I can sneak in here

and sew for a few minutes here and there...

First block cut out and on the

design board...

As time allowed...

I stitched a ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 7 months ago. under cattle , cows , design wall , farm , panels , traditional quilts

Calves... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

Elsa the Frozen Calf...

loves to make new friends!

After spending the first 2 days of her life

with the Cowboy and I thawing her out...

she has become unusually friendly for a calf.

This is our red barn here at our home place...

we feed the yearling cattle here

(last year's calves, now a year old)

The golden yearling in the center

is Golden Girls calf from last year,

we call her Golden Delicious...

This is Eleanor...she is a yearling.

I absolutely adore her !

This is Buttercup....a yearling

Yes, I adore every inch of her !

Each ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 8 months ago. under cattle , cows , farm

Autumn Leaf Panel....Borders from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

24 Leaf Blocks have been pieced...

I am running low on the

yellow background fabric...

I have enough yellow to complete the

leaf border on the right...

Not enough for the outside border

that goes around all of the leaves.

This is fabric purchased 9 years ago...

I was lucky to find more online...

Now, we wait for it to arrive in the mail.

We are still in the middle of calving season

here @ the Kessi Ranch

We have been averaging about 7 calves a week

since we started in February...

Over 40 calves on the ground so far...

I ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 9 months ago. under cattle , cows , design wall , farm , panels , traditional quilts

Feeding the Yearling Cattle... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

When you step out our front door...

this is the view:

Just beyond the yard fence

are the yearling cattle...

The calves are weaned each November,

then we bring them here to our home place.

We like to keep them close by so

we can keep an eye on them.

They are fed each morning

and I enjoy watching them eat...

These are two yearling heifers...

Golden Delicious and Abigail

They will become replacement heifers

for our herd next year.

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LuAnn Kessi

added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 9 months ago. under cattle , cows , farm , video , you tube video

Calving Season...2023 from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

This is one of our newborn bull calves...

I call him.....Chip

He's a chip off the old block:

He looks just like his mama !

We have several mama and baby look-a-likes

out in the field....FUN !

The first thing each morning,

we check on the expectant mama cows.

Then we begin feeding all of the cattle:

We feed in 6 different locations,

several miles apart.

This picture was taken just across the river

from our home place...

You can see our red barn in the distance.

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added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 9 months ago. under cattle , cows , farm , video , you tube video

The Frozen Calf... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

Here she is...

our little frozen calf

We named her Elsa...

After the Disney Princess from the movie Frozen

Yes, she is all thawed out and...

SUPER CUTE !

Golden Girl is so glad to have Elsa at her side...

Elsa is so happy to be back with her mama...

2 weeks ago Golden Girl gave birth to Elsa.

It was a long, difficult delivery

and 19 degrees that night.

When we found Elsa the next morning,

she was frozen to the ground and not moving.

We rushed home with the frozen, newborn calf,

rubbed her down and dried her off ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 9 months ago. under cattle , cows , farm , inspiration

Pillows... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

I have been itching to do some

Name Pillows...

A personal pillow to decorate a bed...

These big pillows.....36 x 15

will look great on a bed...

maybe even encourage you to make your bed

each morning!

Do you remember these bottle calves?

This is Big Marv

This is Vern

We raised them on bottles a few years ago...

They were so much FUN!

This year they are turning 6 years...

I see them every morning

when we feed them...

They live with our herd bulls

and are just as big if not bigger than the bulls!

They are ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 9 months ago. under cattle , cows , farm

Dolly's new baby calf... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

Look what we found this morning when

we went across the river

to check on the mama cows:

This is Dolly with her newborn calf...

a blocky little bull calf

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LuAnn Kessi

added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 10 months ago. under cattle , cows , farm , video , you tube video

First Baby Calf.....Valentine ! from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

Our very first calf of the year...

born on Valentines Day!

This sweet little baby was born in the

middle of a snow storm this morning...

Mama and baby are doing just great!

He is a week early, but nobody told him that !

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 10 months ago. under cattle , cows , farm

Reflections of Autumn.....Quilt Top DONE from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

I started this quilt in November...

Reflections of Autumn

This is what it looked like in December...

( It is my Monday project )

By January the quilt top was complete...

It wasn't big enough for the bed...

so I added 2 additional borders...

It now measures 90 x 90

My favorite part of this quilt is this

gorgeous wide border of leaves...

It is now February and I found this beautiful

gold backing fabric 108 x 108...

Machine quilting can begin !

We were able to get out and do some

traveling along the rugged Oregon Coast

Port Orford, Oregon

It ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 1 year, 10 months ago. under cattle , cows , design wall , farm , reflections of autumn quilt , traditional quilts , travel

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