"The BIG Finish!!"
Hello again and happy Monday!!!
Welcome to the big finish of the
"CHICKEN SALAD"
Sew Along!
Each week
I have done a tutorial
for one of the 12 chicken blocks
for the quilt.
We made the
Chicken Salad Quilt
64" x 80"
If you were not able to do this
sew along with us...no worries!
Please remember that these tutorials
will remain on my blog forever
and you can catch up anytime:)
I also used 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 used TWO kits
that are identical.
It makes me sew happy to find out
that so many of you made
this second quilt along with me!
COOK BOOK KITCHEN QUILT
as part of each weekly blog post
that I did here
each Monday on my blog.
Both quilts were made with my 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 used the
Chicken Salad
Sew Simple Shapes
Cook Book Binder
to stay organized.
I posted the
post which details all of the supplies...
and all of the cutting and
all about the sew along and how it worked.
I have also given the link there
for the free PDF Download
of the Sew Along Guide
to read that post.
Because you have the sew along guide before the sew along began you can easily have each block
and all borders cut and ready to go!
Week One was the
first introduction tutorial
I have posted that for the
Hattie Block
on my YouTube channel.
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
if you need to view week two:)
Week three we made
PEARL
for week three:)
CORNELIUS
for week four
HENRIETTA
for week five tutorial:)
Week Six we made
EDNA
for that tutorial
Week Seven we made
BEATRICE
for that tutorial
Week Eight we made
PENNY
for that blog post
Week nine we made
PRUDENCE
Week ten we made
HANK
for that blog post
Week Eleven we made
MRYTLE
for that blog post
Week Twelve we made
FLORENCE
for that blog post
All twelve with the applique completed!!!
YaY!
In the end I decided on machine applique
using the tiny zig-zag stitch.
Here are a few close ups of
Henrietta and her eggs
with the machine applique.
I've already told you about my
machine applique and hand applique
tutorial that I did last year on
my
But if you missed it
and/or need a refresher
My first three chickens
all trimmed up with the
12 1/2" Trim-It Ruler
and block borders added:)
All blocks are completed and ready
to sew into the quilt top:)
I pressed my seams open for the
block border pieces
and then pressed away from the
appliquéd block when sewing them on.
I used my 16 1/2" Trim-It Ruler
to square up these blocks
before sewing into the quilt top.
All of my quilt border blocks are completed
and ready to sew into rows!
I used my 8 1/2" Trim-It Ruler
to square up these blocks
before sewing into the quilt top.
As I explained in the beginning...
Simply look at the photo and the layout
on page 10 of the Sew Along Guide
to see the placement of the border blocks.
Seeing the layout in black and white
and also the colored photo of the
finished quilt makes it simple
to find placement of prints
within each block and then placement.
The quilt is sewn together into
vertical rows just like this...
super easy peasy!!
Here you can see one of my quilt
border block side rows
all ready to sew and go!!
I pressed all of my seams open
on the border blocks as well
and when joining the rows.
Backing and binding and
Ric-Rac Vintage Trim
all ready for the quilter.
for my tutorial on how I bind my quilts
and how I add ric-rac in the binding.
kitchen quilt...here are all of the blocks
and you can of course place them
in your quilt wherever you
would like to or you can
do exactly what I did...
Cook Book Kitchen Quilt
64" x 80"
I took a few photos for you in my kitchen
but the lighting wasn't great
so I took more out on my patio...
I hope you enjoy these photos
and you can see the beautiful quilting
done by my friend Juli Stubbs.
Now for photos of the Chicken Salad Quilt!
Chicken Salad Quilt
64" x 80"
I'm so happy to have both quilts finished
and I am completely happy
with the way both turned out!
This sew along has been so fun
and I thank you all from the
bottom of my heart for
sewing along with me:)
I hope that each and every one of you
have had a blast making your quilts!
Thanks again for joining me
and if you would like to
see what's coming up next...
and watch my virtual spring quilt market:)
I go through and show you my
next three collections and
everything that goes along with them...
PRAIRIE
which is coming in July
Please do me a favor
and let me know in the comments
of my video if you like my new
fabrics coming and my new notions...
and if you plan to join me
for the next sew along:)
I'll chat with you later!
xx
Lori