Kathie's Chicken - Week 5

I took suggestions from both Jeanne and June on making some adjustments to the pattern as given. Other than the fact that I think the beak should be a bolder color, I like how it turned out. Originally I had some basket weave fabric that I thought would be good for making this a 'Chicken in a Basket' block, but the color was too dull, so I ended up using the pink for the nest. Kathie L in Allentown

My Chicken Block

I used this week's block to make another mug rug. I designed it as a paper piecing block. It measures 6 inches square for the chicken part. I appliqued the comb. Thanks June! These blocks are cute and so much fun to make.

June's Week 6 - Chicken

I resized the block so it would end up being 10.5 square.

I recorded the sizes I cut my pieces on my blog...

2011 Week 6 - Chicken

It's time for another animal block, this time we are doing a chicken from the Sew Inspired blog.

Her directions guide us to making a 7 x 8 block.  By adding strips of background it's easy to bring up to the 10.5 inches we have been making the animals...  You'll need two to four colors for this block.

The directions are in this blog entry.