Chicken Salad Sew Along - Week Six!!

"EDNA"

Hello again and happy Monday!!!

Welcome to week six 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 my 

CANNING SEASON 

Farm Girl Block

Both quilts are 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

 EDNA 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:)

Week three we made

 PEARL

Click Here 

for week three:)

Week four we made

CORNELIUS

CLICK HERE

for week four 

Last week we made 

HENRIETTA

CLICK HERE

for week five tutorial:)

Okay!

Let's get started making

EDNA

Here is my EDNA 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 

EDNA Block:

 

1 - M-3

1 - M-9

1 - M-16 

2 - M-20 (1 reversed) 

1 - M-23 (reversed)

1 - M-24 (reversed) 

1 - M-31

You will also need to cut 

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

and your straight bias strips 

for the beaks and feet 5/8" wide 

as it says in the guide:)

*Take Note* 

Remember to trace one wing

 in reverse for this block:)

And also for Edna's baby chick too:)

After sewing it's time to clip all of the 

cleavage and inner curves in the 

appliqués for Edna and her

baby chick before 

turning and shaping.

Turned...shaped...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! 

Edna and her cute blue eyed baby chick

 are both ready for applique:)

Okay!

Now it's time to reveal which

of my 12" Farm Girl Blocks

 that I chose to make this week

 for my Cook Book Kitchen Quilt.

 I chose to make 

COLD WATERMELON

You can find the pattern on page 31

of my Farm Girl Vintage 2 Book.

It's all cut...

labeled with my 

Sew Handy Stickers

and ready to sew:)

 Fun and Done!!

12" COLD WATERMELON BLOCK

Have fun each week

making your kitchen block!

I hope you enjoy week six

 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 seven

and the tutorial for 

BEATRICE

and the next 12" Farm Girl Block

 from my Farm Girl Vintage Books!

xx

Lori

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This week's recipe is another

 great make ahead meal. 

I like to make it in the morning

when I have a super busy day ahead of me.

It's easy to reheat when it's time for dinner.

It pairs well with corn bread or muffins 

and a green salad:)

CREAMY CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP

2 -3 cups cooked chicken, diced

8 oz package frozen wide egg noodles, thawed

1 can cream of chicken soup

2 cans chicken noodle soup

4 soup cans of water

1 chopped onion

3 sliced carrots

3 chopped celery stalks

1 can evaporated milk

1/2 teaspoon dried thyme

Salt and pepper to taste

Place chicken noodle soup, water and veggies in a soup pot and bring to a boil.

Add egg noodle one at a time so that they do not stick together. 

Cook until noodles and veggies are tender.

Turn heat to low and add cream of chicken soup, canned milk and chicken.

Simmer until smooth....add spices.

Enjoy!