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Wapiti....Wedding Quilt from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

I began stitching this quilt 4 months ago...

It started with an Elk fabric panel...

I added a light inner border to

brighten up this dark panel...

added a second green border...

then I began assembling 9 patch blocks

and decided to set them on point

to add some movement to the quilt...

in July added the two final borders...

blue tree fabric and yellow tree fabric.

Last week I got it....under the needle

of my Handi Quilter Sweet Sixteen Long Arm...

I took it for Show 'n Tell

to my local quilt group this week:

They helped me ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 3 months ago. under elk , fabulous finishes , traditional quilts

The Elk Wedding Quilt.... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

The last time I shared this quilt

it was in the design stage...

I completed all of the 9 patch blocks

and began piecing them into borders...

I completed the quilt top last month:

I had to re-cut the inner green border

to make the 9 patch border fit correctly...

Once the 9 patch borders were in place,

I added 2 more tree borders...

I have had this aspen trees

with blue background

fabric for years...

so happy to finally find a quilt for it.

The final border is also aspen trees

in the autumn with yellow leaves...

The quilt ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 4 months, 1 week ago. under design wall , elk , panels , traditional quilts

Table runner.....Christmas Charm Pack from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

I am on a roll with the table runners...

this is made from a holiday charm pack:

All pieced and under the needle...

I am in the Thread Shed today

stitching on the Bernina Artisa 200...

Lots of big free motion swirls...

rather than let this charm pack sit around

until next holiday season, I decided

to get it done now...

On point settings are a favorite...

I chose the gray dots for backing...

All done.....10 months early !

I captured this image this morning

while feeding the cattle:

Felix the Elk Calf is 9 months old

and ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 2 years, 9 months ago. under cattle , charm squares , cows , elk , farm , photography , tablerunner , wildlife

Table Runner....Petal Power from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

I am a sucker for Charm Packs...

When else can you get an entire line of fabric

in one bitty package...

This one will be a table runner:

How FUN are these fabrics !

All pieced and ready to be quilted...

Free Motion Swirls and Feathers...

This is the best way to spend the day...

The backing fabric works as a

2 sided table runner...

Makes me.....HAPPY !

This is how we spend our mornings:

Feeding the cattle...

I drive and the Cowboy feeds off the back

It is such a treat to see Felix enjoying his

breakfast with the cows ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 2 years, 9 months ago. under cattle , charm squares , cows , elk , farm , free motion quilting , tablerunner , wildlife

Elk Calf...Video from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

He's been around so long he finally has a name...

FELIX

This super cute elk calf has been living

with our cattle for a couple of months now.

Each morning he follows the hay truck

through the field

as the Cowboy flakes off hay to the cows.

I captured a video of FELIX yesterday...

Enjoy the Video:

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added by LuAnn Kessi 2 years, 9 months ago. under cattle , cows , elk , farm , oregon , photography , video , wildlife , you tube video

Fabulous Finish....Number 2 from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

I am devoting my time in 2022

to complete my unfinished quilt projects:

This is Fabulous Finish...Number 2

This is 4th in a series of Barn Lot Quilts

that I was working on in 2019...

These are all personal images taken by me

and transferred to cotton fabric:

We have lots of rusty stuff in the barn lot

that I used to rust the background fabrics...

It was great FUN to quilt circles and curves

all over the quilt...

Commercial cottons make up the pieced borders

I hand dyed the backing fabric...

The binding is also hand dyed ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 2 years, 9 months ago. under applique , barn lot quilt series , elk , fabulous finishes , farm , free motion quilting , rust dyeing

Happy New Year from The Kessi Ranch from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

This is the New Year Baby

@ The Kessi Ranch

An orphaned baby elk

that has been living with our cattle

for several weeks...

We think he is about 6 months old...

He eats cow hay

right along side of the cows...

We are hoping an elk herd moves

through that he can join up with...

For now, we are enjoying

seeing him each morning when we

feed the cattle.

Enjoy the Baby Elk Video:

Happy New Year 2022

From Our Ranch to Yours

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LuAnn Kessi

added by LuAnn Kessi 2 years, 10 months ago. under cattle , cows , elk , farm

Filling in the Time from Quilting Solutions

We are all getting a bit tired of COVID19 running our lives, but I feel lucky. As a retired couple we don't go out much in normal times. As a recent meme on Facebook said, "You realize how anti-social you are when a pandemic hits and things don't change that much for you." I guess we are a bit introverted with our own activities that we enjoy. We did break out for a trip to Costco, which netted us about 1/3 of what we had on our list. They are having trouble filling their shelves because of ...

added by Mardi 4 years, 5 months ago. under blanket stitch , elk , mayan mask , piano keys

Elk Cows and Yearlings... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

I was coming out of the Thread Shed

to photograph a quilt I had just finished up...

just in time to see the elk across the river