Lissa's asked us lots of questions for the Moda Blog Hop.
What's Your Favorite Fair Food?
Answer: It's the pie. Every year my sewing group has Pie Night and we make about 30 pies for a local fair.
Answer: It's the pie. Every year my sewing group has Pie Night and we make about 30 pies for a local fair.
Pie with my name on it.
Is it blueberry or blackberry?
Seamsters rolling pie crust
Seamsters peeling peaches
It's a fine-tuned assembly line. I get to peel and chop fruit and empty peels into the compost periodically. Up the line there are better cooks who are pie decorators, pie crust makers, pie crust rollers. Not my skill areas.
What's your guilty pleasure?
Chocolate. I eat it for breakfast. A cup of coffee and a few bite-size pieces.
What's on your bucket list?
Go to Jane Austen's house in Chawton.
What inspires your work?
The past---the way people lived, the way fabrics looked and how they used those fabrics.
Tell us about the time you entered in a fair.
Seamsters Union
The Sun Sets on Sunbonnet Sue
1979
Well--- there was the time the same sewing group entered The Sun Sets on Sunbonnet Sue in the Kansas State Fair and they gave it a blue ribbon (that was back when there were very few entries in the late 1970s so there was only one group entry in the category.) But the judge thought it so SCANDALOUS she displayed it face down---with the ribbon. It made the front page of the Topeka paper.
DottieB
Tell us about your pet.
I'm so glad you asked. Dorothy Barker (DottieB for short) is a pound puppy, a strange mix of dachshund and something that can leap tall buildings in a single bound. I'd have taken a photo of her with the chicken potholder below but she would have shredded it.
Give us a recipe.
I don't know why you'd want a recipe from a woman who is in charge of emptying the compost at a pie-making event but here's one for some bar cookies, easy to make.
UPDATE & CORRECTION: Well you can see why I have to sit at the end of the table where I can't mess up the pies. I have been making these bar cookies for years and using the exact recipe as above and never noticed that in the ingredients it says baking powder and in the instructions soda. I have to assume that it is baking powder since I usually get all the ingredients out ahead of time so I don't forget anything. I need a technical editor. Use baking powder.
How about a fair-themed pattern?
I love these retro chicken potholders. They'd be a good 4-H sewing project as they teach the basics of 3-D sewing.
See more about Old Fashioned Calicoes by clicking here:
http://www.unitednotions.com/fcc_old_fashioned_calicoes.pdf
I made several in different fabrics. The center chicken is from my Old-Fashioned Calicoes collection coming to shops in October. It is a 1960s reproduction, perfect for the retro kitchen.
Click here for a PDF with a pattern and templates for the RetroChick potholder.
Did you see Aneela Hoey's post yesterday?
And don't forget to check Bonnie Olvason's tomorrow.
Here's the list for the next two weeks
September 20th Bonnie from Cotton Way
September 21st Christina from Cabbages and Roses
September 22nd Deb Strain
September 23rd Jan Patek of Brannock and Patek
September 24th Lauren and Jessi Jung
September 25th Stephanie from Lily Ashbury
September 26th Julie from Cosmo Cricket
September 27th Kate Spain
September 28th Karla, Susan and Lisa from Sweetwater
September 29th Kaari from French General
September 30th Lisa from Primitive Gatherings
October 1st Kathy from Kathy Schmitz Studio
October 2nd Liz from Liz Scott Designs
The cooks at the fair in 1990
UPDATE: I didn't mention the give-away but I decided ahead of time to give away some precuts to the first commenter named Barbara so Cupcake_Barb is the winner! Comment if you like but she's getting the precuts! And thanks for the comments. I'm glad to hear so many people remember the chickens.
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173 comments:
What cute chickens. Thanks for the pattern.
oohhh those 'chookies' are so cute. Thanks for the pattern. Can't wait to see the new fabric.
Thank you for the interesting post and chicken tutorial. Love your fabrics and can hardly with for the next William Morris collection. I would like to visit Jane Austen's home in UK as well.
Cute Chicken! I think I remember my grandmother having one in her kitchen.
Thx
Thank you for the pattern and recipe- I have enjoyed reading your post and DottieB looks quite comfortable where she is.
Cute chickens,will have to amke up some for Chrissy gifts I think.Thanks for the pattern :) Barb.
I love the retro chicks. Thanks for the pattern.
My group has a Pie Day too!! But with a very different approach. We each bring a pie and then we all eat them. Savory, sweet, fruit. It is such a good time that it has turned into an event and when we have visitors from out of town they request Pie Day and we oblige. Very Happily.
I have a chicken potholder my Grammy made in the 60's love it.
Thanks for the pattern, very cute.
Thanks for the chicken-pattern.
Must make some of them one of these days. Your new fabric looks wonderful.
Ineke Platvoet
I saw one of those chicken potholders at festival in Brevard,NC a couple of years ago. It was so ridiculous I had to have it! Thanks for posting the pattern!
Really cute chickens. They will fit right in to my kitchen. Thanks for the pattern.
Thanks for the cute chicken pot holder pattern.
Thanks so much for the chicken pot holder. I remember my Grandma having one and I was very taken with it when I was young. I'm gonna make one in remberance of my Grandma. Thanks
Thank you for the cute chicken pattern.My mother in law had one of those in her kitchen and I wonder if she made it.
I am just crazy about chickens! I hope to have some of my own some day. The pattern is just adorable!! Thank you so much.
The chicken potholders are so cute, my grandchildren would love seeing me use them. Thank you for the pattern. Can't wait for your new fabric line to arrive.
I love The Sun Sets On Sunbonnet Sue! Just my sort of humour!
Chocolate for breakfast? I like your style! Plus there is research that proves dark chocolate improves cardiovascular health!
Love the story about poor Sunbonnet Sue's demise! Silly judge, but at least she gave you the ribbon!
I love the Sue who kicked over the stool and hanged herself. Made me laff.
What a great quilt that is!
Cute chicken potholder. My Gma would make homemade pies so yummy.
thanks for the chicken pattern! I love chickens!!
Dorothy in IL
Thanks so much for the pattern and a good old read of you blog.
Thank you for the chicken potholder pattern. I remember having several of these when I was first married (35 years ago!) Some new ones are definitely in my future!
Those Chicken pot holders are great and I know just the friend to give one to! Thanks for the pattern. The story about the Sunbonnet Sue quilt is a good one, face down indeed!
Love your chickens and the receipe.
Thanks.
Love date squares, and the chicken pot holder is very cute, I will download it and look through my stash for some old calico's. Thanks for sharing.
Oh yea! Pie is a favorite at our house too! Thanks for the pattern! Loved seeing the photo of Dottie B.
Your pie making party looks like fun,and very organized. Thanks for the link and the pattern for the very retro chicken pot holders. But my favorite is the Sunbonnet Sue quilt--an interesting twist on an old favorite-what fun!!!!
Thanks for being part of the Moda Fair and for introducing us to Dottie B, she's adorable. I'm not sure if I like Dates(don't know if I've ever had 1), I do love chickens. I can't wait to try this pattern. ;->
"Sun Sets on Sunbonnet Sue"...too funny. I love the chickens and the fabric, I can't wait!
Thanks!
Connie F
Cute chicks...Might just add that to my ideas for fun gifts for friends this christmas!!
What a cute pattern you've shared with us. Thanks so much! My favorite pie would be cherry!
Cute Chickens, Thanks for the tutorial!!
Love the pie making pics. Managing compost is a critical part of the process and gets you outside!
Cute potholder pattern. Thanks. I have enjoyed reading your blog. Lots to learn here. Kind of like going to history class before work in the morning. I'll be back for more.
Love those potholders, but DottieB stole the show!
Don't you just love this Moda Country Fair? Everyday it's so exciting to visit the next blog on the hop. Thank you for a great post, Barbara (and the chicken, too!). Kd
www.KdQuilts.com
Fun post with a great sense of humor!! Enjoying the hop!
Thank you for the chance to win good stuff and the recipe to eat good stuff. Love your fabric lines and your wonderful books. I own most of them. Maddy
Cute chickens. I've been looking for a pattern like this for a while. Thanks for sharing it.
Love the chicks..seeing more and more of them in blog land. Lisa in Texas
I have a thing for chickens so I love the potholder pattern.
Haven't seen chicken potholders in ages. They are adorable! Glad to see the 60' fabric since I have a whole trunk full and now have something to do with some of it.
That "Sun Sets" quilt is hilarious! Loved the big snake in the middle!
Pie, yes, cannot get enough of a good pie. I've just thought of a variation I can make on that chicken pot holder.
I'm assuming that this is the giveaway post??? Please enter my name.
trilliumcreates AT gmail DOT com
I like the chicks. thanks for the pattern. The pies look delicious.
Mary
cute chicken pattern...thanks. I too love apple pie...make my own crust and it's DELICIOUS...lots of apples a must.
Thanks for sharing the potholder pattern, It makes for a handy and useful gift. Just right for the scraps of fabric that keep accumulating
Those potholders are fabulous!!! They feel country and fall-ish to me and it takes me right back to my Grandmother's kitchen!!! Thanks for inciting the memories:) I actually like the dark humor of the Sunbonnet quilt:) Life is hard enough; find laughter where you can.
Loved your post - and thank you for the pattern for the "lid lifters" chickens. Judy C
Thanks for the chick pattern! Great use for my scraps and for thank you gifts.
Thanks for the chicken potholder pattern. I seem to remember my aunt (who baked pies) having ones like that. Kathie L in Allentown
Love the chickens! Thank you for the tutorial.
I love your blog and so look forward to every Monday at work (opps) taking a minute to breath and ready a little history. Your chickens are adorable!
Cute project! Thanks a lot!
Oh, I just LOVE your dog, so cute. Also love the calico's, perfect bright colors.
My husband's grandmother made these chickens! Thanks for the pattern.
I know someone making the Sun Sets on Sunbonnet Sue, your site is one I always go to. I like your style.
Jennifer K.
The Sun Sets on Sunbonnet Sue was all the talk among quilters in 1979 - thanks for bringing it back so I can laugh again. I think I still have a post card of it.
DottieB looks like she's waiting for a piece of pie.
Thank you for all you do, I just love chickens too. Please keep finding and designing William Morris. Thamk you
We used to love the fair in IN - but now we're in FL as suburb-ians ;-) Thank you for the trip down memory lane - oh and I love the Sun Bonnet Sue quilt! Funny!
Love the Chickens! And the fabric reminds me of my Grandma's kitchen in the 60's with it's metal cabinets and calico curtains!
What? No Sunbonnet Sue pattern? That quilt is a riot. Love the chicken and the recipe. Thank you.
I really like the reproduction prints! Thanks for the pattern!
Oh, yes, it's all about the pie. Love the chicken potholders, too.
Thank you for the cute potholder pattern. I have a soft spot for calico prints.
Love the potholders. Wil definitely.be making these for Christmas presents!!! Thanks!
My mother loves chickens so will download this next. The Sunbonnet Sue story and quilt is over the top funny - one quilt that is on my after the bucket list! Thanks for the post, as started my day off right. I consider dark chocolate and black coffee as hugely medicinal and good for health too.
Love the Sunbonnet Sue quilt story!
I can hardly wait for those calicos. I still have a few from the 80s but love the colors..I love reading all the history you provide, totally awesome.
Maggey
Thanks for the chuckle re: the demise of SB Sue! She obviously has more than 9 lives. Loved your blog!
Love the RetroChicks!
The chickens remind of some pot holders that my grandma had.
Thanks for the chicken potholder link--I made one of these years ago but it will be fun to have one again!
Karen in Breezy Point
Love the calicos and the hen pattern (think my mom used to have one of these). Thanks for the recipe, date bars are one of my favorites.
If you vist Jane Austen's home please take lots of pictures. I've been collecting fabrics for my Baby Jane, I hope I get the courage to start this winter.
Dottie B is so cute, I love my 2 rescue puppies Abbie & Mickey.
Hehehe chickens, knowing me they'd end up headless, either from messing up the pattern or because I have this tendency to burn my pot holders, silly stove wants the knobs to turn on the burners it thinks they should instead of the ones I MEAN to turn on.
I saw another "scandalous" Sunbonnet Sue that had Sue, and I think Sam, in various lingerie and ummm other activities of a shocking nature. Funniest thing ever.
I love the sunbonnet quilt to death. I've never liked that pattern, till now, that is awesome.
And, now, I'm going to see if I can find the scraps from the Holly Hobbie dress I made in the '70s and make a Holly Chicken potholder!
Great blog to start this gray morning. You're the best, BB.
Cute pattern! Loved your post. How wonderful that your sewing group makes all those pies. Have a terrific week.
I love calico's, thank you for this pattern brings back great memories and the recipe sounds delish...
Yes, I remember the chicken potholder and use to have a couple of them. Loved your story about the quilt entry, Sunbonnet Sue.
Thank you for the potholder pattern....I dearly love those chickens!! I also loved the story of your pie making, you scandalous quiltmaker!
Cluck cluck cluck ... Very cute pattern .. Thank u for sharing.
I am laughing and shocked at the same time about your dog's name! That was my grandmother's name! She went by Dory, not Dottie. I think she'd have gotten a kick out of that!
Well remember the "uproar" over the Sunbonnet Sue quilt - it has taken on a life of its own in the world of quilting...I love it! :o)
Those chickens did take me back to the 60's!
Such sweet times!
jpshirley@ymail.com
What fun to have a pie night.
Love the chooks too.
Thank you for the chance to win this new fabric.
I want to make your Date Bars, but in the list of ingredients it calls for baking powder and in the directions it says soda. Could you clarify that please? I can hardly wait to make your retro chicken pot holder!!
Sorry my name isn't Barbara, but thank you for the patterns. I love date bars and only make them for Christmas, (for some reason).
Thanks for the recipe and the pattern. I have a huge bag of dates, and now I know what to do with them.
Barbara, I loves seeing you in an apron!..Being I love aprons so much. your potholder is just wonderful! Love the Date Bar recipe!This is a great post! Chicken is adorable! Fabric too.
I love the chicken Thanks for the pattern! Really enjoy your blog
Thank you for the pattern! Too cute!
Love your line of fabrics
Keep up the wonderful designs
Wish my name was Barbara now! Guess I could lie and say the B was for Barbara, but it's my last name!
Enjoyed your blog. Thank you for the recipe and chicken directions.
Love the potholders!! Can't wait to make a couple of them!
I think my mom had a couple of those chicken potholders. Looking forward to seeing your fabric at the quilt shop!
My mother's name is Barbara...doesn't that count? Love the chicken!!!!
OMG!! I just love your Sunbonnet Sue quilt, how warped is that?! It's great! I was laughing as I tried to figure them out. Some of the blocks I can't make out because the pic is too small... :( Thanks for sharing it!
Love the chickens, Thanks for the pattern, some lucky (at least I hope they will feel that way) people are going to get them for Christmas!
my pet is a great niece 2-1/2 and I take her everywhere I can. My best buddy. We have started baking and she can add the ingredients and stir. I get to clean up the mess. I just my make the pot holder, she would get a great kick out of it.
I think it is amazing that all of you get together and make those pies!!! What a fun time!!!!!
I can actually remember some of those calico's. I'm that old.
Thank you for the pattern, can't wait to ge3t started.
Love the chickens!
I love a gal who eats chocolate for breakfast!
I adore reading your history blogs. I am a lover of 1800's fabric and Civil War history. You have inspired me. (I like chickens, too)
The potholders are fun. I love anything chicken related.
Congrats to the other Barbara! I love your responses to the questions. Every morning I have a bit sized Snickers w/ the last few sips of my coffee...thought it was just me doing that! I'd love to visit Jane Austen's house with you. And thanks for the cute chicken tute!
I enjoyed your pie-making story and the comment about you being in charge of the composting...lol! And then the recipe discrepancy...hahaha. Darn that early bird Barbara! I was up then, but didn't a chance to post until now. Just kidding...congrats Barbara!
I enjoyed reading about your fair experience. Thanks for sharing the pot holder pattern and congrats to the winner.
Always a day late to win something! (My name is Barbara.) Glad to know you like chocolate for breakfast - I do believe it is the breakfast of champions not Cheerios.
Thanks for the cute chicken potholder pattern. I'd like to see chicken cupcakes too!
Your dog is cute! You need to find the book "Super Dog" written by Caralyn Buehner. You and your dog will enjoy it!!!
Love the chickens & your pie story!
I really like the chickens! Thanks for sharing!
The Sunbonnet Sue is hilarious! I'll be giggling all day, thanks :)
I know you won't believe this, but I was just telling one of my co-workers last Thursday night that I remembered this very chicken potholder pattern and wished I had a pattern!!!! What about that!!!!!! THANK YOU so very very much!!!!
Thanks for the interesting post! :)
I am in a lazy mood this week, so making a mini tumbler. Hand stitching is great when I don't want to move around much;)
Love reading the posts and learning more about everyone.
Debbie
Not fair Barbara! Pun intended. Love your new retro calicos. Can't wait to see them. I hope you bring some to Period Piecers next week. See you then. Mindy
Thanks For the cute pattern, at one time I tried figuring out how to make one of these. That's in a UFO heap somewhere. Maybe I can find it and bring it to life.
The potholders are cute. I remember a few of my aunts having them. I may just have to make some myself. Thanks for the pattern.
Love those chickens, thanks!!
Thanks for sharing the pattern!
Thanks for the pattern!
What can I say? My name isn't Barbara. But I enjoyed your chicken.
i second it about the chocolate...
I liked your project but couldn't get it to download. ;(
I love the chicken pot holders!
Thanks!
Thanks for sharing! Those chickens are really cute.
Thanks for the pattern and the recipe. I too have been known to have a little chocolate for breakfast.
Congrats to cupcakebarb.
Thanks for the fab chicken pattern. :)
I love your dogs name! we have a dachshund, and man, is she a barker!
Her name is Maggie. Her hobby is barking!
Right this minute I am working on a new pattern drawing from an 1859 Civil War Quilt that a friend owns. It is red and green and I am so in love with it. I love blueberry pies and chickens and I love this blog posting. Thank you for sharing. Wishing everyone a great week.
I posted earlier,it isn't here!
Barbara,I loved seeing this side of you!
i loved you in the apron andthechickyh potholder is wonderful and fun! that Date Bar recipe looks easy enough for me too! A wonderful post all around!Bonnie Nyquist bonniesline at aol dot com
Hello Barbara, I got to tell you I had a look at the preview of your new book, wow and again wow, this is right up my street and I will definitely be getting this one. Well done. Love your blog. Mandy
Cute potholders. I'll have to make a pair to give to my sister on her birthday. Her kitchen is decorated with chickens.
Love the Sunbonnet Sue quilt story and the cute chicken potholder pattern.
The old fashioned calicos are great. I have a baby quilt my mom started for me in the fifties and finished for my sister in the sixties. The backing is the same fabric as your chicken.
I love the sunbonnet quilt, and thank you so much for the chicken pot holder pattern!!!
Very cute chickens - I love them! thank you for the lovely pattern.
how funny that there aren't many comments (maybe because you've already given away the fabric !!)thanks for the date bar recipe and the chook potholder pattern - so cute.
I can just imagine the raised eyebrows that your Sunbonnet Sue quilt created. Not being a big fan of Sunbonnet Sue, I have to say I love your interpretation!
Congrats to the other Barbara!
Thanks for the recipe and the chicken potholder pattern. LOVE the Sunbonnet Sue quilt.
Love the chicken potholder pattern!
Thanks!
Thanks for the story and the pattern.Love Jane Austen Thanks again agnespat
Oh my gosh...that Sunbonnet Sue quilt is a stitch (no pun intended!)! I had to look at it twice before I really realized what was going on! LOL!!! And thank you so much for the chicken pot holder pattern. I love those! My grandma used to have some like that and I always thought it was so fun to use them!
Oh, and I love the way you did your give away; a big congratulations to Cupcake Barb!
XOXO,
Cyndi
Congratulations to cupcake Barbara- I just wanted to say how much I love date squares We have one that are called Matrimonial Cake - just a fancy name for a bar with an oatmeal shortbread crumb base and top and date filling in the middle. It is probably my favorite square of all and makes me think of my grandmother.
I also wanted to say how much I enjoy both of your blogs- I have really enjoyed reading about the Civil war quilt blocks as well as your regular blogs. The stories behind the patterns have always fascinated me.
Regards from Western Canada,
Anna
That quilt made me chuckle, love it.
Thanks for the pattern, love it!
Wish my name was Barb. Cute chickens and Dottie is So cute.
The sunbonnet Sue quilt is hilarious, my eyes first focussed on the one hanging!
Love the chooks!
Wish my name was Barb too!
Gee wish my name was Barbara! We didn't even have a chance !!
Thanks though for the cute chickie potholder - as always, love your fabrics and the history you bring us !!
Am looking forward to your new calico collection out next month!
Love your calico collection. Had to laugh though. I've been picking up 70's and 80's calicos on the cheap at guild sales. I might have a hard time finding them now!
Congratulations to Barbara!
Thanks so much for the chicks pattern. I am so in love with your fabrics, publications and anything reproduction.
Mary
Love the chickens! Thank you for such a cute project!
I love the chicken potholders and I know a pal who may get some as part of her bday present later this fall.
I had to chuckle when I got to the part about "you want a recipe from someone who is charge of the compost?" The irony of it all, LOL.
Lovely fabrics you have coming up.
love the chicken
and Dottie B is so cute.. My daughter little Hot Dog was hit by a car last month and their whole family really misses her.. She was a red and tan
Love the chicken potholders!
slrdowney at hotmail dot com
Thanks
Congrats to Barb! Finally a first person who wins (o:
Thank your for your chicken fair pattern. So sweet!
Thank you for the chicken pot holder pattern! Cute!
Cute chicken pot holders...the date bars sound delishooouuusss... DH's favorite bars are date squares with oatmeal....will have to try your recipe.....thanks for sharing.
Thank you for the lovely pattern and recipe. Dottie is so cute!! Enjoyed your pie evening.
Congrats to Barbara.
I was just checking and see I missed posting here the other day. oops. I was here because I had saved the yummy recipe which was one of my most favorite things my Mom used to make every Christmas. Thank you for that recipe.
And the Sunbonnet quilt is hillarious. I know there are websites devoted to killing off Sunbonnet Sue. I ran across them a few years back while searching out machine embroidery designs. I had to laugh that the judge turned it face down though. How funny. lol
I LOVE the chicken potholders. Adorable. I am going to need to make some of those. And the quilt shop I am currently taking lessons from has the perfect fabric too. I just saw it Tuesday night while at class. It's a Butter and Cheddar fabric line and she had about 3-4 of the prints from that line left although I don't recall now who's it was. Even better is that she's having a huge anniversary sale today and that fabric is alrady half price and today it's buy 3 get a 4th free. Hmmm I might be out shopping today. Thank you for such a cute pattern.
Thank You, in advance, for the Old Fashioned Calico Prints!! I've been wishing for these for years, and I can't believe that I'll finally have them!! And, thanks for the Retro-Chick Pattern. I enjoyed your blog.
Love the chickens it brings back memory's, thanks so much for the pattern. I just know I have to make such pie it looks delicious !!
Loved the chickens!
Enjoyed reading your post and that you are responsible for fruit peeling and emptying the compost bin. :-)
Cynthia
Muchas gracias por el patrón de los pollos, es muy bonito.
Besosssss
I just love that chicken! Thanks for the pattern :)
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