Chicken Salad Sew Along - Week Eleven!!

"MYRTLE"

Hello again and happy Monday!!!

Welcome to week Eleven 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 each time 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 

MAMA'S APRON

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

 MYRTLE 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 

Week Five we made 

HENRIETTA

CLICK HERE

for week five tutorial:)

Week Six we made 

EDNA

CLICK HERE

for that tutorial

Week Seven we made 

BEATRICE

CLICK HERE

for that tutorial

Week Eight we made 

PENNY

CLICK HERE

for that blog post

Week nine we made

PRUDENCE

CLICK HERE

Last week we made 

HANK

CLICK HERE

for that blog post

Okay!

Let's get started making

MYRTLE!

Here is my MYRTLE 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 

MYRTLE Block:

 

1 - M-2

1 - M-5 

  1 - M-18  

 1 - M-29 

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:)

After sewing it's time to clip all of the 

cleavage and inner curves in the 

appliqués for Myrtle before 

turning and shaping.

All turned...shaped...pressed

 and ready for pin basting:)

*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! 

MYRTLE is looking very happy 

and she is 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 

Strawberry Jam Block

You can find the pattern on page 127

of my Farm Girl Vintage 2 Book.

 Sew sweet!!

12" STRAWBERRY JAM BLOCK

Have fun each week

making your kitchen block!

I hope you enjoy week eleven

 of the Chicken Salad Sew Along 

and enjoy playing with

 the Cook Book fabric:)

Thanks for joining me and

I'll be right back here on my blog

next Monday for week twelve

and the tutorial for 

FLORENCE

and the next 12" Farm Girl Block

 from my Farm Girl Vintage Books!

xx

Lori

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This weeks family recipe is the ultimate in 

comfort food...CHICKEN POT PIE:)

We always make two at a time for leftovers 

and it's just as easy!

MOM'S CHICKEN POT PIE

4 prepared 9" pie crusts

2 large chicken breasts - cooked and cubed

(or leftover chicken from 

last nights Sunday dinner)

1 cup frozen peas

1 1/2 cups  carrots - sliced

1 cup celery - sliced

1 small onion - chopped

1 can cream of mushroom soup

1 can cream of celery soup

(or you can use leftover chicken gravy

from Sunday dinner the night before

instead of the soups:)

1 teaspoon ground thyme

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon pepper

Preheat oven to 425*

In a large saucepan, combine all 

vegetables and cover with water.

 Boil until tender and drain.

Return to pan and add chicken, soups,

 thyme, salt and pepper.

Divide in half and pour into 

two pie pans lined with crust.

Top with pie crusts, seal and flute edges.

Cut slits into center top of crusts.

Place pies on cookie sheet and 

bake for 30 - 35 minutes until

pies are golden brown.

Let sit for 15 minutes before serving.

Enjoy!