Appliquéd Chicken Quilt
Appliquéd Chicken Quilt
 This
is another chicken I put on the “chicken wall” in our sunroom.
The pattern came from a book called “Quilted Critters”.
This book includes patterns for a turtle I made for a block exchange (he
turned out very cute), butterflies, sheep, and several others.
This
chicken was hand appliquéd, which takes a while, but not too long for this
small of a piece. I really liked
the checkerboard sashing shown in the book, so I used it as a border in my
wall-hanging. Checkerboards are so
easy to make! You simply cut three
strips of fabric of each of you two colors.
Sew together one dark, one light, then one dark.
Also sew one light-dark-light strip.
Cut these into strips of the same width as the individual colored strips
you started with. Then join them,
alternating colors to form checkerboard strips. If it sounds confusing, it’s not! With a rotary
cutter this can be done in very little time,
and the strips come out even and straight.
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