Chicken Salad Sew Along Week Three!!

"PEARL"

Happy Monday!!!

Welcome to week three of the 

"CHICKEN SALAD"

Sew Along!

Join me here each week 

when I will be doing a tutorial

 for one of the 12 chicken blocks

 for the quilt.

Of course because we are sewing 

from all around the world  

we all have different time zones...

But I will be posting each Monday 

right here on my blog 

and you can follow my tutorials 

any time each week that 

 is convenient for you.

We are making the 

Chicken Salad Quilt

64" x 80"

*I'm going to say this again because

 I feel it's important:

Please sew at your own speed ...

whenever your time allows 

so that you can enjoy 

each step of this sew along.

Quilting should be fun and not stressful:)

The schedule in the front of the 

sew along guide is simply the schedule 

to let you know which block tutorial

 that I am doing for that week.

If you are not able to do it that week

please remember that these tutorials

 will remain on my blog forever:)

And just as a reminder...

I am also using an additional 

Chicken Salad Quilt Kit 

to make a second quilt 

out of my Cook Book fabric 

using twelve 12" Farm Girl Blocks from my 

Farm Girl Vintage Book 

and my 

Farm Girl Vintage 2 Book.

Again, that means I am using TWO kits

that are the same.

It makes me sew happy to find out

that so many of you are making

 a second quilt along with me!

I'll talk about my chosen block for the 

COOK BOOK KITCHEN QUILT

  and show and tell mine as part of 

each weekly blog post 

each Monday here on my blog.

Last week I made my 

PIE CHERRIES

Farm Girl Block

Each quilt is made with my newest fabric

 collection called COOK BOOK...

If you are looking for a fabric kit...

 just do a quick google search for 

"Chicken Salad Quilt Kit"

to find shops who still have some left.

We are also using the

Chicken Salad

Sew Simple Shapes

I have already posted the

 "BEE PREPARED"

 post which details all of the supplies...

and all of the cutting and

 all about the sew along and how it works.

I have also given the link there 

for the free PDF Download 

of the Sew Along Guide

CLICK HERE

to read that post.

As per the sew along guide 

cutting instructions

 you should have everything for your

 PEARL Block 

 all cut and ready to go!

If you missed week one and the 

first introduction tutorial

 I have posted that for the  

Hattie Block 

on my YouTube channel.

CLICK HERE

to visit my channel and watch the 

tutorial and I hope that you love it!

Leave me a comment there and let me know:)

If you like what you see 

and my other videos there...

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 to be notified whenever

 I post another tutorial:)

Last week we made 

PERCY

CLICK HERE

if you need to view week two:)

Okay!

Let's get started making

PEARL 

 and her cute little baby chick:)

Here is my PEARL Block

 all cut and ready to go!

I have also laid out the 

squares and rectangles for the border 

so that you can tell for sure 

which prints they are:)

Here is a list of the

  Chicken Salad 

Sew Simple Shapes 

needed for the 

PEARL Block: 

1 - M-4 

1 - M-6 

(sorry but for some reason

 I don't have M-6 in the photo)

1 - M-11 

1 - M-19

1 - M23 (reversed)

1 - M24 (reversed)

1 - M-30

You will also need to cut 

the background 13 1/2" x 13 1/2"

and your straight bias strips 

for the feet and beaks 5/8" wide 

as it says in the guide:)

*Take Note* 

You will need to trace the baby chick

 in reverse so it will be facing Pearl

and not running away from her:)

Pearl is all shaped up and 

ready to get pin-basted:)

Don't forget to clip all of the 

cleavage and inner curves before 

turning, shaping and pressing.

*A few things to remember:*

1.Use your 12 1/2" Trim-It Ruler 

 when laying out your block so that 

it does not "grow" too large

and stays within the 12" square size.

2. When using the Sue Glue you only

 need a small dot about 1/4" 

in from the edge of applique.

"A dot is a lot"

3. Don't stress too much over 

making the chicken feet.

They are just feet and will not

 look the same or match each other.

They will not be perfect 

and that's good because they

 are not supposed to be.

4. Have fun building your chicken! 

Pearl and her baby are 

all ready for applique.

I think baby chick is asking to

 go out in the yard to play  

and Pearl is being a good mama hen 

and telling her baby

"Don't wander off too far"

Okay!

Now it's time to talk about which

of my 12" Farm Girl Blocks

 that I chose to make this week

 for my Cook Book Kitchen Quilt.

 I chose to make 

BAKED WITH LOVE

You can find the pattern on page 13

of my Farm Girl Vintage 2 Book.

It's all cut...and each piece labeled

 with my Sew Handy Stickers:)

Fun and Done!!

12" BAKED WITH LOVE BLOCK

This Farm Girl Block has a lot 

of pieces and

 when sewing it I basically treat it 

as three separate blocks

(2 oven mitts and a pie)  

that are sewn together to form one block.

*With any block no matter 

how many pieces it may have...

breaking it down into segments is key!

And now there are three:)

I love all three together and 

they will be perfect for my 

 COOK BOOK KITCHEN QUILT

Have fun each week

making your kitchen block!

I'm wishing you a fun stitchy week three

 of the Chicken Salad Sew Along 

and that you enjoying 

playing with my Cook Book fabric:)

I'll be right back here on my blog

next Monday for week four

and the tutorial for 

CORNELIUS

and the next 12" Farm Girl Block

 from my Farm Girl Vintage Books!

xx

Lori

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This recipe is also a 

tried and true family favorite...

Chicken Roll Ups!

My Mom made them for us a lot and

it's the first meal that I made for 

Mr.Honey's parents right after 

we got married and it was a hit.

Mr.Honey requests these often and 

they are one of Kassidy's favorites as well:)

CHICKEN ROLL UPS

4 cups cooked and diced chicken

8 oz. cream cheese

2 cans Crescent Roll Dough

1 cup Italian bread crumbs

6 Tablespoons melted butter

1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese

1/4 teas pepper

1/2 teas salt

1/2 teas garlic powder

1/2 teas dried chives

Gravy:

2 cans cream of mushroom soup

1 can (soup can) of milk

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

 Lightly grease a cookie sheet and set aside.

Mix together the softened cream cheese, chives, garlic, salt and pepper 

then add the chicken. 

Unroll room temperature crescent dough and separate into the triangles.

Spoon about 2 tablespoons of chicken mixture into the center of triangle.

 Fold each corner over the center of filling and press together to cover filling entirely.

Roll up to wrap the remaining long end of triangle at the same time.

Push down after rolling up to flatten just a bit.

Repeat with all triangles. 

Once all are rolled up and formed, 

dip each into the melted butter, and then coat in breadcrumbs. 

Place each coated chicken pillow onto the greased cookie sheet. 

Sprinkle them with Parmesan Cheese.

Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. 

While they are baking, 

make the chicken gravy.

 In a small saucepan, mix together the cream of chicken soup and milk.

(no water added to soup)

Bring to an almost boil being careful not to scorch because of the milk.

 Reduce heat to low, cover and let simmer until ready to use. 

Add a little more milk if needed. 

Pour gravy over each chicken pillow and serve!

Mom often made this in the springtime and served with new peas from the garden and that's still my favorite side with them.

We also had fresh strawberries 

from the garden during spring and here is

one of my favorite ways to 

serve the strawberries as a side:

Lori's Strawberry Side Salad

You will need fresh spring berries,

about 3/4 to 1 cup per serving.

Clean strawberries and remove hull.

Slice in half or quarter very large ones.

Arrange each serving of strawberries

onto individual salad plates.

Add a dollop of sour cream...

yes I said SOUR cream:) 

I like to use Daisy brand.

(do a dollop of Daisy lol)

The sour cream brings even more sweetness

from the berries. 

Sprinkle fresh light brown sugar over

both sour cream and strawberries.

Add a sprig of garden fresh mint

for garnish and serve! 

Very pretty and also VERY delicious.

 Enjoy!