thread shed

Lupine... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

It was a great Spring for the Lupine...

Yes, the red tractor is parked just outside

the Thread Shed door...

The Cowboy brought it home to do some

maintenance on it for hay season.

The Lupine are really putting on a show !

They are growing just outside the door

to the Thread Shed where I do most

of my stitching...

They were planted from seed last year

and they came back this year

so full of blooms !

This is the first time I have had several

different colors, other than purple...

They make me happy each time I pass by ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 6 months, 3 weeks ago. under flowers , garden , thread shed

Flower Petal Pillows... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

Making more Pillows...

I made three of these pillows last month

at the Quilt Retreat

I decided to make more...

Flower Petal Pillows

Three more pillows ready for

gift giving...

I put all the blue and yellow fabrics

away so I won't be tempted to make more...

This is where I do my stitching at home:

The Cowboy built the little yellow

Thread Shed for me in 2000.

He built the little red hen house in 1988...

The lupines in front of the Thread Shed

are really putting on a show this year!

So are the rhodies on the ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 7 months, 3 weeks ago. under flowers , fun , inspiration , thread shed

Yard Work....Cowboy Style from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

When I need help with yard work

I know just the right guy for the job...

The Cowboy jumps right in and

gets right with it !

Within minutes tree limbs are cut

and ready to load up and haul away...

While the Cowboy is limbing,

I am cleaning out the flower beds...

It always looks worse...

before it looks better !

Making some head way...

The chickens join in cleaning up the flower bed !

The limbs are down,

time to load them on the dump bed...

All loaded up and ready to haul them off...

The limbs are all cut on ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 2 years, 3 months ago. under flowers , garden , home , thread shed

Summer @ The Kessi Ranch 2022... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

The first week of July

and we are finally getting summer weather

here in Western Oregon

Foxgloves growing by the barn...

We are making round hay bales...

Roses and Peonies blooming by the front door...

There are baby tree swallows living in the

2 story bird house the Cowboy built for me.

The chickens scratching through the iris bed.

They eat all of the slugs and bugs...

great for the flowers!

The second hay field is mowed...

I am raking....the Cowboy is baling.

Round Bale

We moved the main cattle herd to new pasture

last evening...

They are in ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 2 years, 6 months ago. under birds , cattle , chickens , farm , free motion quilting , photography , thread shed , video , wildlife , you tube video

Improv Piecing.....Wild Goose Chase from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

In the last 2 weeks I have spent some time

with my latest improv project...

This is what it looked like 2 weeks ago:

I was just getting a few blocks up

on the design wall...

It is growing...

All of these flying geese units together,

remind me of a Wild Goose Chase...

My scraps are dwindling...

I am using fabrics scraps from hexagon quilt

I made a few years back.

I will keep adding geese units

until the scraps run out...

The Thread Shed has a new addition:

Sunflower Quilt Block

The Sunflower Quilt block looks great

on the ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 2 years, 7 months ago. under contemporary quilts , design wall , flowers , garden , improv , new work , thread shed

The BEST of 2021... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

Taking a look back...

January 2021

Pick Up Stix

Denim Jean Bins

February 2021

Valentine Quilted Pot Holders

Started my Pumpkin Seed Quilt Top

Calving Season has begun...

Mary Blackfeather had the first baby of the year !

Candy Zip Cases

March 2021

Glitter Sneakers

A New Baby for Bow Tie

Screen Play Tote Bags

We have a new baby.....Faline

Scribble Stitch Note Cards

April 2021

The Turkey Vultures

have returned to Western Oregon

Making progress on the Orange Peel Quilt Top

May 2021

Cattle Drive...

moving cattle to Spring pastures

Quilt Retreat Week...

Designed the borders on the Orange ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 3 years ago. under farm , fun , inspiration , thread shed

Improv Technique 9... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

It's hard to believe I haven't played with

Improv Piecing

for almost a year...

I pulled out my very meager stash of

solid fabrics...

I sliced them into strips of random widths:

Darks on the left.....Lights on the right

I decided to create 9 patch blocks:

No measuring....freehand cutting

I don't want the seams to match up...

Improv 9 Patch

I want the blocks to be a bit wonky...

Yes, this is what I want...

Here it is on the design wall...

I also added in a few improv square blocks

to keep it interesting ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 3 years, 7 months ago. under design wall , flowers , improv , thread shed

2020......Highlights from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

A 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:

Fertilizing the Hay Fields

Playing with Improv

April 2020

Improv Technique 2

Improv Technique 3

Improv Technique 4

Improv Technique 5

Improv Technique 6

Improv Technique 7

Improv Technique 8

Sunflower Quilt Finished

May 2020

Zipper Pulls

Working Cattle.....Spring Round Up

June 2020

Improv Quilt Top

Messy Painted Canvas

July 2020

Tassel Necklaces

Haying Season ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 4 years, 1 month ago. under bags , beads , birds , cattle cows farm , english paper piecing , face masks , free motion quilting , hand pieced , horses , improv , orange peel , painted canvas , pumpkin seed quilt , quilt retreat , stil , thread shed , travel

Thread Shed.....Wild and Wooly from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

There's a lot going on in the

Thread Shed