Chicken Salad Sew Along - Week Two!!

"PERCY"

Welcome to week two 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"

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.

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 

KETTLE'S ON!

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

 PERCY 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...

click on subscribe and click on the bell

 to be notified whenever

 I post another tutorial:)

Okay!

Let's get started making 

PERCY:)

Here is my PERCY 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 

PERCY Block:

1 - M-2 

1 - M-4 (reversed)

2 - M-12 (reversed)

1 - M-15 (reversed)

1 - M-26 (reversed)

You can see by the photo and description

 that all of the shapes are 

traced in reverse except M-2

This way PERCY is facing to the left

and it's super easy to trace in reverse

by placing the SSShape right side down 

instead of right side up when tracing.

You can tell if they are right side up

 or down by the printing on each SSShape.

You will also need to cut 

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

and your straight bias strips 

for the feet and beak 5/8" wide 

as it says in the guide:)

Percy 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.

Remember that using your 

12 1/2" Trim-It Ruler is essential

 when laying out each chicken so that 

it does not "grow" too large for the block.

Use it again to trim the back down 

to 12 1/2" square after you 

applique and press from the back.

*The 16 1/2" Trim-It is for squaring up 

after you have added the block borders.

*The 8 1/2" Trim-It Ruler is for squaring up

each border block after piecing.

Here's my PERCY Block ready for 

applique:)

So far I've just been having fun 

making each chicken and getting 

them pinned and glue basted...

So I haven't appliquéd my blocks yet.

But I have decided that 

I'm going to machine applique mine:)

I'll probably get started on the

 applique part in a few weeks

and of course I'll take photos's 

when they are trimmed up and the 

block borders sewn on:) 

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 

PIE CHERRIES

You can find the pattern on page 54

of my Farm Girl Vintage Book.

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

 with my Sew Handy Stickers:)

12" PIE CHERRIES BLOCK

I will be making 12 blocks using the

 fabrics that I used for the 

chicken appliqués only.

*Remember...all of the borders

 for each block and for this quilt

 are exactly the same as for 

Chicken Salad Quilt

I'll be using the same background

 for these blocks as well and of course 

each one will be cut according to 

each block's 

cutting instructions from the book.

I love how week one and this week's block

 look together

and both will be perfect for my 

 COOK BOOK KITCHEN QUILT

I hope you all have fun each week

making your kitchen block!

I hope you will "Bee Happy" all during

 week two of the Chicken Salad Sew Along 

and that you are having fun sewing and 

playing with my Cook Book fabric:)

I'll be right back here on my blog

next Monday for week three

and the tutorial for PEARL

and the next 12" Farm Girl Block

 from my Farm Girl Vintage Books!

xx

Lori

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This week's favorite family recipe

is for of course...

another chicken dish!

POPPY SEED CHICKEN

(also known as Percy's Poppy Seed Chicken

as of this week lol)

It's a perfect casserole 

to fix ahead for dinner

so that you can spend the afternoon sewing:)

Mom usually serves this over 

mashed potatoes (reds from the garden)

but I have had it served over rice as well 

either way is delicious!

Served with a nice green salad and/or

 fresh veggies make a nice homemade meal.

And what about brownies for dessert?

PERCY'S POPPY SEED CHICKEN

*4-5 cups cooked and diced chicken

*2 cans cream of chicken soup

*2 cups sour cream

*1 Tablespoon poppy seeds

*1 cup fresh grated Parmesan cheese

*1/2 teaspoon pepper

*3/4 teaspoon garlic powder

*1 sleeve crushed Town House crackers

*1/2 cup melted butter

(mix with crushed crackers)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Stir together the soup, sour cream,

poppy seeds, cheese and seasoning.

Add the chicken and mix well.

Place into a 9" x 13" baking dish.

Sprinkle the crackers/butter mixture

over the top and bake uncovered

for 40 minutes or 

until bubbly around edges.

Enjoy!!