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 Cute
'n' Country Chickens
Designed
By: Lee Lindeman
Typical
Project Completion Time:
2-4 hours
(does not include drying time)
Download
pattern
(128K pdf)
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MATERIALS
NEEDED:
STYROFOAM*
Brand Products:
Block, 1" x 10" x 12"
Sheet, 1/2" x 12" x 36"
Disc (standing chicken only), 6" x 1"
Other
Materials:
45-inch cotton fabrics: check, polka-dot, or mini-print for body,
1/3 yd.; gold tone-on-tone print for feet, 1/8 yd; solid green for
base (standing chicken only), 1/4 yd.
Red synthetic suede or felt for head and wattle, 9" x 12"
Green self-adhesive felt (standing chicken only), 9" x 12"
Needled cotton batting, 3" x 6"
Fusible web
Wood dowels: 14" x 5/8"; 2" x 1/4"
Acrylic paint, light yellow
Natural raffia
1/4" half-round black beads for eyes, two
Straw doll hat (sitting chicken only)
White craft glue
Other
Supplies: Serrated knife and old candle OR coping saw, Pencil,
Craft knife, Iron, Scissors, Ruler, Sandpaper or pencil sharpener,
Straight pins, Sewing machine and matching thread, OR needle and
matching thread
| INSTRUCTIONS: |
| 1.
Using pattern, trace chicken body onto 1" foam block and cut
out serrated knife or coping saw (if using serrated knife, wax
knife blade first with old candle). |
| 2.
Place foam chicken on body print fabric. Cut out fabric 1" beyond
edges of foam. Spread thin layer of glue on front of foam chicken;
center and adhere fabric on front. Ref er to diagram to cut
tabs in fabric allowance around entire chicken. Fold tabs onto
1" foam edge and glue. Repeat, covering back of chicken. |
| 3.
Fuse web to a 2" x 45" strip of body print fabric. Trim 1/2"
from each long edge, resulting in a 1" x 45" strip. (Hint: Fusible
web prevents fabric from raveling.) Glue fused strip to 1" edge
of chicken, covering fabric tabs; trim as necessary. |
| 4.
Cut a 3" x 6" rectangle of body print fabric and a 3" square
of needled cotton batting. Fold print fabric in half widthwise,
right sides together, forming a 3" square; place on top of batting.
Using pattern, trace wing onto doubled fabric and sew on traced
line, completely around shape. Carefully cut a slit in top layer
of fabric only and turn wing right side out. Repeat to make
a second wing. Glue wings with slit face down to opposite sides
of chicken (refer to photo). |
| 5.
Using patterns, cut two heads (reverse one), two wattles, and
one 1" x 3-1/4" strip from red suede or felt. Align and glue
heads, wattles, and bead eyes to opposite sides of fabric-covered
chicken (refer to photo). Glue red strip to head along corresponding
1" edge. |
| 6.
Sand or sharpen one end of 1/4" dowel to a point for beak. Paint
beak light yellow and let dry. Use craft knife to cut a tiny
X in suede/felt head on 1" edge to attach beak (refer to photo).
Glue and insert beak into foam. |
| 7.
Cut two 7" legs from 5/8" dowel. Paint light yellow and let
dry. Cut two tiny X's in center bottom of chicken on 1" edge,
approximately 1" apart to attach legs. Use a pencil point to
start holes in foam at X's. Glue and insert legs, making sure
they're even. |
| 8.
Using pattern, trace two feet onto 1/2" foam and cut out with
craft knife. Follow Step 2 to cut gold print fabric 1/2" beyond
foam and cover feet. |
| 9.
Cover top and sides of 6" disc with solid green fabric. Trace
disc onto paper side of self-adhesive felt. Cut out and adhere
circle to bottom of disc. |
| 10.
Stand legs on feet at center back and mark placement by gently
pressing to create impressions in fabric and foam. Cut X's in
fabric and insert legs. Stand chicken on disc base and mark
placement. Cut X's in fabric, start holes, and glue legs with
attached feet to base. |
| 11.
Cut a small hole in tip of chicken's tail. Glue several lengths
of raffia in hole and trim lengths as desired (refer to photo). |
| Sitting
Chicken: |
| 12.
Follow Steps 1-8 of Standing Chicken with following modifications.
Glue eyes, one wattle, and beak to front of chicken head (refer
to photo). Follow Step 9 to attach legs to center bottom front
of chicken in sitting position, then feet to legs. Glue hat
angled on head. |
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