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Chick chick chick chick!

Submitted by Anjie Davison on Mon, 03/31/2008 - 18:16.
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chickens filled with lavender
These chickens are very easy to make, the body is based on how to make a juggling bean bag.
Take a rectangle of fabric measuring 20cm x 11cm fold in half with right sides facing. From a small amount of felt cut out a beak, wattle and comb put them in place sew up. 2 sides (seam allowance 5mm) Turn chicken inside out, at this point with black embroidery thread make 2 eyes using french knots. Fill the chicken with a small amount of stuffing, split peas for ballast and lavender. Sew up the final side, fold under 5mm seam allowance and top stitch.
chicken - 2 seams sewn, eyes sewn in place waiting to be stuffed
Stuffing, split peas and lavender
4 chickens
2 Comments
Submitted by Confused chicken maker (not verified) on Sat, 05/28/2011 - 17:27.

I have looked at your instructions and have no idea how you turn a rectangle into a triangle - can you put another step in so we can see how that works?

I have searched for triangle juggling bean bag on the web but haven't found one so far.

I have just spent a lovely afternoon making other types of chook see http://www.hemulen.demon.co.uk/chooksaway.jpg

We adapted some patterns for a square based pyramid and a regular tetrahedron - so we had to do sums as well as sewing!

Thanks

Submitted by Anjie Davison on Sat, 05/28/2011 - 18:26.

Hi 'confused chicken maker' have a look at this tutorial, it is the same basic shape as the chicken but the tutorial might make it clearer here 

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