This is one of my favorite quilts – displayed in my home only a few weeks before and after Easter. The weird chicken make me smile every time I pass by.

The quilt is really easy and fast to sew and you can make it in any size you want.

Make the pattern: Draw a rectangle in the height and width you want your chicken to be. On the upper side of the rectangle mark the middle and draw a triangle as shown in my sketch. Mark the pieces A, B and C. Cut the pattern into the three pieces.

Sewing a chicken: Lay the pattern piece A onto the backside of your fabric and trace around it. Cut out with a ¼ inch seam allowance. Do the same for the B and C pieces. Carefully pin B to A. Pin the corner points together, than add one or two pins in between. Sew B to A. Do the same with C. Sew as many chicken as you like.

Sew the chicken together. I added strips between the blocks but you can also sew them side by side. Add borders on all sides.

For the comb of the chicken lay a piece of tracing paper on the quilttop and trace a comb, don’t forget to trace the top of the chicken (the triangle) as well. This is your pattern for the comb, to be placed on the right side of the fabric (you have to mirror it if you place it on the left side of your fabric). Cut out with a seam allowance if you want to hand appliqué it or with no seam allowance and satin-stitch it in place.

Add two black dots for the eyes, a triangle for the beak and two small pieces formed like waterdrops for the wattles (as the hanging flaps of skin on either side under the beak are called as I just learned on Wikipedia). I fused all of these pieces.

Make a quilt sandwich, quilt, bind and hang on the wall so that you can have your daily chuckle too.

I’m linking this to Off the Wall Friday, Can I get a Whoop Whoop and to Brag about your Beauties.