Chicken Salad Sew Along - The BIG Finish!!

"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!

I talked about my chosen block for the 

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

I kept everything in my

 Cook Book Binder

to stay organized.

I 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 worked.

I have also given the link there 

for the free PDF Download 

of the Sew Along Guide

CLICK HERE

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.

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

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 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

Week ten we made 

HANK

CLICK HERE

for that blog post

Week Eleven we made 

MRYTLE

CLICK HERE

for that blog post

Week Twelve we made

FLORENCE

CLICK HERE

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 

YouTube Channel

But if you missed it

 and/or need a refresher

CLICK HERE

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.

Click Here

for my tutorial on how I bind my quilts

 and how I add ric-rac in the binding.

Now for those of you doing the 

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...

CLICK HERE

and watch my virtual spring quilt market:)

I go through and show you my 

next three collections and 

everything that goes along with them...

And several sneak peeks of

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

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