Americana Chicken Salad Sew Along by Lori Holt - Week 6...Myrtle and Florence
Welcome to the Americana Chicken Salad Sew Along with Angela and Happy Little Stitch Shop!
We will be making the Americana Chicken Salad Quilt finishing at 64 x 80.
Let's go over a few things to get ready to make this beautiful quilt! Now is as good a time as any to start gathering your supplies and get your kit. You can read Lori Holt's original Chicken Salad Bee Prepared post to make sure you have everything you need.
Chicken Salad Bee Prepared Post by Lori Holt: Click HERE
Download and print the Chicken Salad Sew Along Guide: Click HERE
Get your EXCLUSIVE kit at Happy Little Stitch Shop: Click HERE
Get your Chicken Salad Sew Simple Shapes: Click HERE
Each week I will post here on our Happy Little Blog about the two blocks that we will be working on for the week. You will be able to get fabric usage information and see what fabrics are placed where and used for each chicken. Mark your calendar to check back here every Monday!
Here are some details about a few fabrics that will be used repeatedly in blocks. I would set these fabrics aside for repetitive use.
From yardage...
We will be using this print from the Americana collection for all of our chicken block backgrounds. You can cut all 12 chicken block backgrounds from this print so they are ready to go.
From fat quarter bundle...
We will use this print from the Americana collection for all the chicken combs and waddles.
From fat quarter bundle...
We will be using this gold print from the Americana collection for all of the chicken beaks and feet. This will also be used for the baby chick beaks.
Here we go! This week we will be making Myrtle and Florence! Let's get going with Myrtle first!
Chicken Salad Myrtle Block post by Lori Holt: Click HERE
From fat quarter bundle...
Use this print for Myrtle's body.
From fat quarter bundle...
Use this print for Myrtle's wing.
And you already have your repetitive fabrics set aside for background, waddle, comb, beaks, and feet. Time to put your Myrtle block together! Once she is appliquéd and any embroidery added you can trim her up to the correct size....
After she is trimmed to the correct size, you can add her borders. Remember the borders do not go all the way around each block. Follow Lori's blog for how to add your borders. You can make these borders scrappy, but if you want to know the fabrics we used for our scrappy Myrtle borders I have included them below for you.
Once your border pieces are added you can set your cute little Myrtle aside!
Now let's work on Florence!
Chicken Salad Florence blog post by Lori Holt: Click HERE
From fat quarter bundle...
Use this print for Florence's body.
From fat quarter bundle...
Use this print for Florence's wings.
From fat quarter bundle...
Use this print for Florence's tail feathers.
From fat quarter bundle...
Use this print for the baby chick's body.
From fat quarter bundle...
Use this print for the baby chick's wing.
And you already have your repetitive fabrics set aside for background, waddle, comb, beaks, and feet. Time to put your Florence block together! Once she is appliquéd you can trim her up to the correct size....
After she is trimmed to the correct size, you can add her borders. Remember the borders do not go all the way around each block. Follow Lori's blog for how to add your borders. You can make these borders scrappy, but if you want to know the fabrics we used for our scrappy Florence borders I have included them below for you.
Once your border pieces are added you can set your cute little Florence aside!
Time for a HUGE celebration! ALL of your little chickies are done!! Now it's time to assemble your quilt top and add all of your scrappy borders! Here are some pics of my finished quilt!
That's a wrap for our Americana Chicken Salad Sew Along! Thank you SO MUCH for joining in and making this exclusive kit! Our happy little family truly appreciates your patronage and support of our family business! I hope you enjoy your Americana Chicken Salad as much as I know I will be enjoying mine!
I hope you will join me for our next sew along...Strawberry Crush!
Get your Strawberry Crush Kit HERE
Hope you will join in the strawberry making fun with those cute scalloped borders! 😍
Until next time...
Angela