Chicken Salad Sew Along - Week Four!!

"CORNELIUS"

Hello and happy Monday!!!

Welcome to week four 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 identical.

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 the 

BAKED WITH LOVE 

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

 CORNELIUS 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:)

Week Two we made 

PERCY

CLICK HERE

if you need to view week two:)

Last week we made

 PEARL

Click Here 

for week three:)

Okay!

Let's get started making

CORNELIUS 

 and a cute little baby chick:)

Here is my CORNELIUS 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 

CORNELIUS Block:

 

1 - M-1

1 - M-4 

1 - M-12 

1 - M-13 

1 - M-14

1 - M23 (reversed)

1 - M24 (reversed)

1 - M-25

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 for this week also:)

After sewing it's time to clip all of the 

cleavage and inner curves before 

turning and shaping.

Cornelius is pressed and 

ready to get pin-basted:)

*The usual 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! 

Cornelius and cute baby chick are 

all ready for applique:)

A few days ago my daughter Kassidy

came over and filmed me 

talking about things that I've been 

doing lately in my sewing room. 

Of course I talked about 

this sew along and particularly about 

how I'm going to applique my blocks...

and about thread color.

I have quite a few things that 

I showed and also a sneak peek of my

fabric collection that comes

 in December called CALICO!!

If you would like to watch that video

CLICK HERE

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 

FRESH PEARS

You can find the pattern on page 32

of the Farm Girl Vintage Book.

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

 with my Sew Handy Stickers:)

Sew Fun!!

12" FRESH PEARS BLOCK

And now there are four:)

I love all four together and 

they will be perfect for my 

 COOK BOOK KITCHEN QUILT

Have fun each week

making your kitchen block!

We are making progress!

Have fun during week four

 of the Chicken Salad Sew Along 

and enjoy playing with

 the Cook Book fabric:)

I'll be right back here on my blog

next Monday for week five

and the tutorial for 

HENRIETTA

and the next 12" Farm Girl Block

 from my Farm Girl Vintage Books!

xx

Lori

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This weeks recipe is another salad...

Chicken Crunch Salad

and it's one of my personal favorites:)

Really is there ever 

too many salad recipes?

I don't think there is...

so here we go!

CHICKEN CRUNCH SALAD

*3 cups cooked and diced chicken

*2 cups shredded green cabbage

*1 cup shredded purple cabbage

*3 cups shredded napa cabbage

*2 grated carrots

*3/4 cup diced green onions

*3/4 cup sliced almonds

*1 cup Craisins

*1 bag crunchy won-ton noodles 

*1 large can mandarin oranges drained

*1-2 cans diced water chestnuts drained

*2 Tablespoons toasted sesame seeds

DRESSING

*1/2 cup sugar

*1 1/2 teaspoon salt

*1/2 teaspoon pepper

*1/4 cup red wine vinegar

*1/2 cup salad oil 

Gently toss all salad ingredients together.

I make the dressing by placing all 

ingredients into a mason jar, put the lid on

and shake until smooth.

Sometimes I double the dressing ingredients 

depending on how much salad I make.

The dressing keeps well in the refrigerator

in a mason jar:)

I also keep the salad refrigerated separately 

from the dressing so that it won't go soggy. 

Toss the salad with the dressing 

when ready to serve.

This is a perfect salad to take for a

potluck dinner or a quilty luncheon!

Serve with good bread or homemade rolls.

Yummy!