Look at these delightful chickens from the Special Spring 2013 edition of Quiltmania Hen Party designed by Kim Gaddy of Buttons and Bees. I cannot find an active link to the designer. Quiltmania is defunct, old copies of the issue are avaiable online.
My block finishes 12 by 14 inches. Future blocks may have different proportions.
In a re-shuffling of stuff of our mother with my sisters this Christmas I ended up with some chicken feedsacks. I used some prevously as a backing of a chicken quilt for Janna several years ago and now it is time to make another chicken quilt for Beth so I can use more feedsacks on the back.
We were in charge of chickens as little girls. Feeding, gathering eggs, putting in the coop at night. A good job. Also a bit of a terrifying one when the chickens are nearly your own height.
My block finishes 12 by 14 inches. Future blocks may have different proportions.
In a re-shuffling of stuff of our mother with my sisters this Christmas I ended up with some chicken feedsacks. I used some prevously as a backing of a chicken quilt for Janna several years ago and now it is time to make another chicken quilt for Beth so I can use more feedsacks on the back.
We were in charge of chickens as little girls. Feeding, gathering eggs, putting in the coop at night. A good job. Also a bit of a terrifying one when the chickens are nearly your own height.
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| Egg-beater crock of my Great-Grandma Meerdink that my Grandma Dykstra used to hold her salt box and I use to hold sewing supplies and knitting needles and pencils. |
I love the original design but wanted to simplify it.
I am not including all details as it is not my original pattern. Here are my changes.
-I decided to use one fabric so the chicken is in silhouette
-Doug Leko's Mini Essential Triangle tool was used for flipped triangles
-I moved the beak down the face
-I changed the comb from applique to pieced with 1 1/2 by 2 1/2 inch backgrounds and 1 1/2 inch squares for flipped triangle
-I made the tail a bit smaller, cut 2 1/4 inch square for flipped triangle
-I used an insertion technique for the feet (explanation below)
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| all parts |
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| background parts |
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| chicken parts |
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| flipped triangles are completed. |
Chicken leg section directions:
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| Note red for leg section background is over-cut by width to 3 inches and length to 11 inches, along with a piece 3 by 5-6 inches of the leg fabric Layer the red and the chicken fabric, making one cut through both where you want the front leg. |
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| Reposition the chicken fabric off the background fabric and cut one inch from the newly angled side of the chicken fabric. |
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| Carefully place chicken fabric again on the red and make a cut where the second leg will go. Discard the leg fabric of the center cut piece, keeping the background piece. |
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| Reposition the chicken fabric off the red again and cut at one inch for the second leg. |
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| Sew the center red part to the two legs |
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| Add the background to both sides Trim to finish width (2 1/2 inches) Trim to finished length to fit the chicken |
My adaptations--use at your pleasure.
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| Grandma and Grandpa Dykstra plucking chickens with us |
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| Grandma Scholten and her chickens |
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| Janna's chicken quilt, 2015 |
3 comments:
Lovely chicken blocks and thanks so much for sharing the family chicken connections.
What a cute chicken! I like how you made it with one print going with your theme lately of red and white. That little crock is so beautiful. I love old pottery and yours holds so many memories and now supplies.
What fun to have a block evoke all those memories. The crock is a wonderful keepsake.
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