Baby Chicks White Tulips

Red Cherries

Single Irish Chain Quilt Tops

These are new quilt tops that I made.  Click here for buying info in my Etsy shop.

 

The chicks quilt top is apprx. 40 1/2 x 51 1/2 inches.

 

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The cherries quilt top is apprx. 38 x 50 inches.

Notice the silver highlights.

Charlie Brown - Snoopy - Soccer  - Table Placemats

~ REVERSIBLE Scrappy, Hand - Appliqued Hearts ~

 

I attached colorful strips of cotton fabric to the backgrounds.

 

With the raw-edge method, I then hand-appliqued hearts to the fronts of these lovely placemats.

 

The beautiful borders are double-bind with red fabric. 

 

The backs are done in a gorgeous farm scene.

 

 

Scrappy Pieced - Shabby Chic - HAND Appliqued Apple Placemats

 

Each mat is approximately 19 1/2 x 14 inches.

 

I've listed three mats here, that I hand appliqued, using the raw edge method.

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Lovely double-bind borders.

 

The hand-appliqued apple stitching  was done so as to show on the back of the work.

 

 

⤵ Jumping over the TURNSTILES.  ⤳

 

I made a few turnstile blocks recently. This was a first at trying this style of blocks.

 

One would think that, as long as I've been sewing, since childhood, I would have already tried every block that has been made. Nope!

 

 These blocks are approximately 8.25 x 8.25 inches each.

The off-white fabric is called:  Japanese Garden.

 

 

These Cranberry, Green, White, Pink Floral blocks are 8 x 8 inches.

 

 

 These paisley blocks are 6.50 x 6.50.

 

 

The chicks blocks are 8 1/4 each.

 

 

 

I've notice that, depending on the color placement during construction, the turnstile blocks can look-like a totally different pattern; although it is the exact same pattern.

 

There are many more that I still haven't tried. ex. Martha Washington's star, Drunkard Path, etc., and those that are more easily pieced via hand.

The Mommie To Be Who Wouldn't Give Up

It began with a nest that remained empty for weeks; that should have been filled with eggs for certain.

My curiousity just couldn't remain complacent any longer; therefore, I decided to do a search inside of the henhouse, so to know whether or not they had chosen a new  "nest".  After getting on my knees, and taking a peek underneath  a normally empty and tiny little rain hideaway, for certain, my wonderous question was answered.

I found my three year old hen chicken, Queen,  sitting on more eggs than I had imagined.

For some reason, the girls had abandoned their real nest, for a new "crib". 

There were nearly two dozen eggs in total disarray; and, that Queen had claimed as her own. (I have three laying hens)

There were so many eggs in the new nest that they were spilling from the side of their home.

The problem here is that that is no rooster to fertilize the eggs that my chickens lay; therefore, the eggs cannot hatch.

However, after three weeks, Queen did become a NEW MOM anyway.

She is now the proud new mom of two new babies; and, without the help of a rooster.

(Stay tuned for the conclusion of this CHICKEN story)

What a great way to update my blog; after a year of abandonment.

Black Bag Terrorizes Beautiful Black Giant Chicken Chaka

Well, you might say that I just happened to be in the right place at the right time, in the southeast U.S.A., along with my trusted camera. It happened on a nice cool day in late August 2009. As I was photoing my new line of lunch bags in the FRONT yard, all hell broke loose in the BACK yard.




My six teenagers (chickens) emitted the familar loud warning sound that I hear when a suspect (dog, cat or whatever they feel unsafe around) enters their territory. Upon hearing the panicky distressed sounds, I immediately picked up a stick (I keep several in strategic places for times like this so to always be prepared to fight off the enemy, a dog or cat) and ran to the back yelling, without seeing a single thing, "get away, get away". -For I just knew that the biggest dog in town had encringed upon the territory of my precious little angels . (They do have a secure area, but when they come out to graze, I constantly monitor them.)



Well, when I finally reached the back yard (it seemed to have taken half an eternity) all that I could make of the scene was that my lovely Black Giant teenager, Chaka, as in Chaka Khan, had somehow gotten one of her legs caught in a black plastic bag, and was fluttering about, and running in every direction, with the entire team of six squaking to the top of their gizzards, and more frightened than a chicken should ever have to experience. How the bag got into the yard, I will leave for Kojak to figure out.




Now, of course, she would not stand still and allow me to remove the bag; but I did manage to capture several photos of the event. Any attempts to approach her, and she would take off again with "her" bag trailing. Upon realizing that I would not be able to rescue her, I returned to my photo session. About 5 minutes later, I returned to the back to attempt another rescue of her from the bag, and was pleased to find her just fine and grazing with her flock again. I will never know for sure exactly how she managed to remove the bag. A day or two later, I did find the bag in the lower yard, mostly shredded and caught on a small stump. My guess is that the bag somehow, during her running session, became caught on the stump and WALA, Chaka became free.







Might I add that I borrowed my story from our Quilts and Heirlooms Team blog.