June 9, 2010
Napolean, The Quilt Room Mascot
Carol Boyer visited Coastal Quilters, and did a workshop on Friday, May 14th before our Saturday meeting. Carol is one of the most creative people I have ever met, and spending time with her is so freeing. Carol taught art in the public schools, and she is willing and able to try anything to see how it might work. She is an inventive quilter, but she also makes dolls. Our workshop was to make a “funky chicken.” And, she had prepared a hen pattern for us to use. I had it in my head that I wanted to do a rooster. No problem. With a few snips and inserts into the pattern, the hen got a longer neck, bigger comb, and so forth. A rooster tail? No problem. Go home and get some wire… Here’s what came home with me.
And, here are his feet, with his awesome toenails:
The real Nappy boy and all his hens are penned now. He doesn’t seem to mind. Neither do the Maran hens. The Wheatens are completely affronted. And, they escape forthwith is there is any garden weeding going on. They aren’t too hard to catch as they do get worried when they are separated from Nappy for too long. It’s fairly easy to pen them against the fence somewhere.
Here is Nappy with some funky chickens:
Here are some of the dolls Carol brought for her trunk show on Saturday:
Thank you Carol for a lovely time!
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