Chicken Story ad nauseum....

 A chicken story to die for:

My girl's man got 7 chickens to avoid getting a cat....Now dressed in a chix costume for Halloween OMG

Bock-Bock is Aoife's favorite chicken.  She comes when she is called and allows her stomach to be scratched.  She is now sick.;..What to do when your five  year old loves, loves, loves her pet chicken.

Of course call the chicken vet!!  Well there are only 2 chicken vets in Portland.  Both charge $195...for assessment...hmmmmm  After much debate, guess where Bock Bock is going?????

Below is my girl's beginning of another chicken diaper...I offered my fabric, but she said it was not modern enough!  Not modern enough for a diaper for a chicken???? Ok...

And, then there is a cat story in case you are bored with chickens....Our favorite 10 year old  O'Quilt family cat had been living for 3 years with grands....Oops...now they can not longer take care of him...So..he goes to Portland with Emily when she leaves NC back to Oregon.  Here my grands say goodbye for now.

No animal can go across state  lines without a paper of health from a certified health vet.  $250.

A special cat carrier for airplanes...required...$50.  An airplane ticket...$150....etc...plus agreement with the husband who is not fond of cats....Hmmm..

Aoife loved Stitch!!!!   He was locked in my girl's sewing room for the night....Soon , he was found on Aoife's pillow purring away.

In the morning Aoife had puffy face and runny  nose...hmmmm  cat allergy????  Off to the pediatrician.... goes Aoife....

Charlotte is a relaxing place to live as Grandma O'Quilts detaches from the lives of others....

Sewing?? Yup..vinyl pouch for my cards...

End of day drama...My sewing machine skips stitches and does not sew...eg bringing bobbin up to needle making a stitch.  My friend upstairs fixed it....Darn...10 min later...another broken needle.  This machine just came out of the shop..Sigh... Grateful am I that I am now very mature...no throwing of the machine out the window, nor saying assorted other words. I left a message on the answering machine at the repair shop....We will see how goes tomorrow....Meantime my new Janome red travel machine comes out to save the day....

A marvelous day with quilting friends...

A marvelous sunny, breezy fall day.

Life is good after all.

The Chicken Quilt

Good Lord.  It has been so long since I have posted, that I almost forgot how!!  Evidently I have been dealing with my hip replacement longer than  I had planned.  I am five months in and they are saying it will take up to a year because of the posterior cut  hip replacement surgery.  I am getting better...slowly but better. Today, I exercised in the pool, played cards and took a nap.  Not bad for an old retired woman. 

The above quilt chicken pattern comes from:Slice of Pi, Chicken Quilt

The pieced backing is below... reproduction feedsack and eggs in a frying pan!! Thank you Sherry and Charmaine for the frying pan Foust donation!! The quilt was quilted in record time by the wonderful, Mary Jerz....She put her own love into it...

My darling North Carolina grands are below...soooo very grown up!! This grandma is proud!!

Back to the chickens:  My Portland granddaughter from my daughter:  Aoife, age 5.  She adores the chickens as you can see: Of course they are all cuddled in  the sheep quilt I had made her when she was

two...Also...as you can see, on the family room couch.

All six hens are laying now...OMG!!

The Portland family is cooking eggs daily... And, BTW, there is no crisis in Portland...It is a down to earth freedom loving city.....

And so it goes.  Fall has come to Charlotte with crisp temperatures and pretty leaves.  We are all so very lucky and grateful xo

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