BYC SEWING/QUILTING CLUB

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I myself, am not a big Goodwill fan, but have you ever went in there and checked through their patterns. Here you can buy apattern for 35 cents. I am scheduled to go in there tomorrow with a friend and I'll check and see for ya.

Gwen I made 6 purses in one afternoon I posted pics of them on the crafters thread. Case you want to look.

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Do you have a link?

good quesiton Sara..especially for the sewing challenged here!!!

Ok, hope I didn't mis-represent...it isn't patterns on Etsy, but finished chickens. Couldn't find the one I was talking about but here's some links.

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_gallery_17&listing_id=14072807

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_gallery_2&listing_id=12538033

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_gallery_9&listing_id=11310115

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_gallery_6&listing_id=17111135


http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_1&listing_id=14737589

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_gallery_11&listing_id=10248975

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_gallery_20&listing_id=14674990

I think I have figured out how to make these!!!



Not the same chickens, but these are A RIOT!!!
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_gallery_21&listing_id=14988315

Just look through that ladies' store...cute chickens galore!

Below are instructions and photos for assembling the chickens as shown in this thread:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=1317892#p1317892


The instructions are different than for the chickens shown in the etsy ads.
The Etsy chicks actually look like they are much easier to assemble since they require just two squares of fabric rather than three and dont have compound seam intersections.


Pin cushion chicks:
You need large squares (anywhere from 3 to 6 inches) and 3 small squares (1/2 the width of large squares or less. 1 for beak and 2 for wattles and comb)

Create the tail pieces, make 2. Fold square in half and then fold each top corner (fold) down to form a triangle as shown:


Make comb and wattles if you arent going to use beads (make 2). Fold small square in half to form a half-square triangle. Gather with thread.


Make beak from small square. Fold into half-square triangel, fold points in and down to form a square. Fold square in half.



Pin comb, beak, wattles, and tail pieces (one slightly inside the other) to right side of a square of fabric setting them in 1/4 inch to allow for a seam. This placement of the tail will result in a tail that is high. See alternate placement for a low tail.


Place second square of fabric right side down on top of other pieces and pin edges where tail, comb, wattles, and beak are located and sew thru those seams stopping 1/4 inch from ends.

Turn right side out to check placement and then turn inside out again.
Next, fold back one half of top square on the diagonal to expose 1/2 of bottom square.

Take a third square and lay it right side down on top and pin around all four edges.


Sew around all four edges leaving a 2 to 3 inch opening in the center of one side for turning.

Turn fabric right side out. Choose location of eyes and sew on beads for eyes or make french knots.
Fill top 1/4 of bird with tissue or stuffing and bottom 3/4 of bird with zip lock sandwich bag containing rice, scratch corn, aquarium rocks, or sand.
Determine location of feet and stitch on three strings of beads for each foot or three chains of crocheted yarn for each foot.
Now that feet are sewn on you are ready to blind stitch the opening closed. At this point you can choose to take the fill material out of the plastic bag, or lleave it in. Your choice. Blind stitch opening closed. Fold the tops of the tail towards the front of the bird.

This tail assembly produces a bird with a high tail like this:



Alternate tail is mounted lower and set into the intersection of the three squares and looks like this from the rear:


Instead of sewing tail into the bird in the location shown above, instead insert tail when pinning on the third square, pinning the tail pieces open spanning the rear v-shaped seam. This shows the tail opened and pinned spanning the first two pieces at the rear end:

This is after the third square is pinned over the tail and it is ready to sew closed. Remember to leave an opening (anywhere except where tail is pinned on) for turning right side out.





This is the finished chick with the low mount tail.


This chicken was made from charm squares and is larger than the chick shown with the high tail. That was made from 4 inch squares.



Edited to add: here are the instructions for the easier version: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=1327801#p1327801

Eggchel~ Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey ya'll, the Michael's flyer for this week has one of those adorable chicken pincushions made out of felt!!! Now, that I might can do!! Running out to do some errands now and of course Michaels' is on my list so I'll check them out and let you know about 'em!!

Ooooh, let us know about the felt chicken. It sure would be nice to have an easier pattern than the one I made. I even thought about making it a Raggety chicken with the seams on the outside so that it would be easier.

Im going to try the Esty style chick, too.


Chel

Okay guys, This one is much much easier. I made one of the chickie pin cushions in the style of the ones on Etsy and it is sooooooo much faster and easier. You could whip these out in minutes.




Here's the tutorial I put together.

Click on Thumbnails for bigger photos.

First, cut a small square, about 2 inches, and fold it in half. Then fold the corners at the fold down to create a triangle and fold the triangle in half to creat the tail. Pin.



Next create a beak the same way from a smaller scrap of fabric or cut one from felt. Then cut a small comb from felt.


Pin these to the right side of a 3 inch square of fabric. They need to face inward so that they will be on the outside after the seams are sewn together. Leave a 1/4 inch seam allowance at the corners. I placed the tail in the top seam rather than in the back end seam because I like the perky look better than having a flat tail at the rear as shown in the Etsy photos.


Next lay another 3 inch square of fabric on top, right side down, and pin together. Sew the top, front (beak side), and bottom seams closed and leave the rear end open.


Turn right side out and turn the edges under 1/4 inch on the rear seam.



Fill with corn, sand, rice, aquarium rocks, or what ever you have.


Match up and pin together the seam of the top and bottom edges and then pin the edges together to create a seam perpendicular to the other seams. this creates the shape:




Stitch end seam together using small stitches and you're done.



Oops, I forgot, I put a couple french knot eyes on it, too.



Chel

That is so cute Chel!! I looked all over Michaels and couldn't even find felt much less the chicken, I'll take a picture of the ad later and post that so you can see how it's made, that should help you see how it was made, looks easy to me. The place was a mad house with the sales, something that cute probably was snatched right away....drat!

OK I have been lurking around here and thought I'd post a few my my latest works.
This is for new DGB coming this summer


This one I sold in our flea market booth


We do stained glass mosaic also. I call our booth GlassQuilts since we do both. I made a few simple glass quilt squares last week



Thanks for letting me share. And I love this thread
Theresa