Showing posts with label chicken. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chicken. Show all posts

Sunday, November 24, 2013

Day #5 of the Black Tie Boogie

Welcome 

Today is my day to show you what I made for the BTB hop
 and the chicks below are who I get to cluck with today !
  
November 25

 

I made a couple of quilts for this hop,  the first one is
 "Hole in the Chicken Wire"

I took it outside to show my rooster critic....Fonzie.
He inspected it very closely. 
Rooster on the left...
  
 Rooster in the middle....

 Rooster on the right !

Flapping his wings.... his way of clapping his approval !
Thearica of Pig Tales and Quilts and I are huge fans of Florine Johnson's Radical Roosters, so we  decided we would make similar quilts for this hop. Hers would be albino roosters on black fabric and mine would be black roosters on white. We used Florines patterns and incorporated the Hole in the Barn Door quilt pattern into it, but the design would be an individual choice . I collected white on black fabrics for several months. 
(Notice the chicken feet quilted on the borders,TOO CUTE!)

Each piece is raw edge appliqued. 
There's 28 pieces in this one called Rowdy !
 I think he looks like he's running for the hole in the chicken wire. 
Some chickens are escape artists and can squeeze through a very small hole !





This is the picture of Fonzie
I'm partial to this guy, so I made a fabric portrait of him !

"The Other Fonzie" also raw edge applique.
 I tried a new to me way to bind this one....rattail binding, I learned how by watching this video by Carol Ann Waugh. 

The Other Fonzie might have some admirers! 

 Have a great day and God bless you.

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Thursday, May 9, 2013

We call them....Yard Birds

Welcome to More Stars in Comanche !
Meet my models... Buff Orpington chickens.
These are the first chickens I've ever had and I thoroughly enjoy them.
That's why my, "It's for the Birds" project is about my "Yard  Birds".

 This is Fonzie...The Rooster with the BIG comb.

And these are his chicken wives.......Henrietta and Buffy.
They live under a big OAK TREE. 
 I must tell you that I never knew how entertaining a chicken could be before these guys came .

 They're usual position is, bottoms up !
 Scratch, Peck, Repeat all day long.

 Henrietta is inspecting her portrait. She said, " CLUCK ! " 
 Which I think means, "Do I really look like THAT !" 

 I bought a stack of fat quarters at the HOT Quilt Show last month because there was Kaffee Fassett in it.......and these are those. The fabrics match the color of my chickens "sew" well !


I used my Dresden ruler for the oak tree and sun,
then used several different sewing techniques to make this wall hanging, ........
The chicken wire is thread painted, my first attempt and the object of my fury. Sally Singer didn't like the thread I used for that. It broke and broke and frayed. I threaded my needle no less than a hundred times, and let me tell you, I got "sew" hacked  off  I wanted to chunk it !  I hung in there and finally got done and I'm pleased with it....now that it's over.   I also did both machine and hand applique. I thought the stitch on the grass up there looked a bit like chicken tracks and I used seed beads for chicken feed.
 Do you see the zig zag stitch on the chicken's hangy down things ? That is supposed to represent the fact that their  heads bob up and down constantly and the thing jiggles.
The hangy down thing is called a wattle...Both hens and roosters have that red skin hanging down from the neck. Wattles are the cooling system of a chicken. Chickens do not sweat, blood circulates close to the surface of the skin in this area, allowing the air around it to help cool the blood of the chicken during hot weather. 

I did not know that ! I had to look it up !


Mary and Madame Samm , you are both A-w-e-s-o-m-e ! Thank you for all of your HARD WORK !
Below you'll find links to the other awesome people showing you all the fabulous things they made for your visual pleasure today.

http://ssparrowinflight.blogspot.com
http://Hillvalleyquilter.blogspot.se
http://mcsqrd.blogspot.com
http://loveitsewit.blogspot.com
http://piecepeacenc.blogspot.com
http://grammieq.blogspot.com
http://meadowbrook-Kristen.blogspot.com
http://scrapbook-ChickADoodle.blogspot.com
www.craftyshenanigans.blogspot.co.uk
http://Stitchingbythebeach.blogspot.com
www.thebusybeequiltshop.blogspot.com
http://morestarsincomanche.blogspot.com You are here !
http://lesquilts.blogspot.ca
http://suebeesworld.blogspot.com
http://mtnmommy2.blogspot.com
www.thatlookslikeitneedsstitches.blogspot.com
http://www.freshcutquilts.com
Y'all come back to see me again sometime !
 Have a wonderful day and God bless you.
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Monday, April 15, 2013

Someone in Texas Loves You


First of all, I must say.....
Thank you  Erin and Madame Samm for this opportunity to share something all of us
  "Texans" are very proud of, our state flower, BLUEBONNETS ! 

(Yes, these beauty's are in my own back yard right now !)
April showers bring May flowers, but in Texas, March rain brings April bluebonnets !


  
Now the MUG Rug ....
 I knew right away what I wanted my mug rug to look like when I found this cup I had sent to my mother a long time ago. "Sew", I'm dedicating this day to her, Ms. Helen M. Smith -Turner.  
A sweet little lady who loves to garden, loves animals, flowers, TEXAS
 and Me, (there are 4 other kids, but I'm the baby, "sew" I'm special, wink.)

I paper pieced it, appliqued and quilted it.
 Notice the white fabric, it's a white on white barbed wire and the star is white on white stars.
I have a thing for stars you know !    

I love the coffee mug above, it was made in Marshall, Texas
Today's blog hop has many of my favorite things in it, rain showers, green stuff, Mom, grand-kids, dogs, flowers, The Lone Star State, fabric and something to put my coffee in and on!

Fonzie, the Ranch Rooster is crowing about this Moda fabric, and that grasshopper up there.
 He must be crowing that I should give away two  fat quarters.
Well alrighty then Fonzie, I'll just cock-a-doodle-do that !
How do you enter to win ?
Since today has been about using fabric with my state flower on it to make my mug rug,
 Tell me what your state flower is !
Anyone, anywhere can enter !
Winner will be announced Wednesday, April1 17th  

Here's the list of more wonderful, creative, crafty people to visit today !
Vickie @ More Stars in Comanche----------------------------------->
Eleni - Guest Poster at Sew at Home Mummy

Texas is a wonderful, diverse, state, with friendly people and lots of things to see and do.
It's like a WHOLE OTHER COUNTRY !

Y'all come see us !
Someone in Texas loves you Mama !
I always mail her a copy of my blog posts
 God bless Texas and God bless you.

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Friday, April 12, 2013

Bumble Beans

Hello Sweet Peeps and Happy Friday !

Here's the little quilt I complained about in this post 
It is finished and on it's way to Bumble Beans BASICS
After it was washed, the quilting isn't half bad. I will definitely continue to practice echo quilting , 
now that I know washing hides mistakes makes it all better. 


 Wonky can be wonderful !

Way out there is oats that didn't get rain soon enough to grow like it was supposed to, 
but just look at how green they are now! 

I love this picture, a quilt on the clothesline and chickens in the background. 
Doesn't it remind you of the good old days ?

 Fonzie is busy watching his 2 honey chicks while they scratch him up some insects.
Ho hum, a woman's work is never done, just so he will crow about her. 

 Cork and Sis are taking a  much needed  break from ranch patrol. 
With the added duties of chicken sitting, there just isn't much time to play. 

Titus Tinkerham patrols the inside of the house.
 Here he's trying to inspect Ranch Man's lunch, just to make sure it looks as good as it smells. 
  
 Smokey Joe is resting up for tonight, "sew" he can find another rat to bring me.

Have a great day and God bless You !    

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