nangars

Does anyone have a pattern and or instructions for doing the Logcabin Chicken pincushion?

peaceandjoy

http://www.quiltingworks.com/cabin-f...in-cushion.htm

twinkle

Nangars a member asked me to find your thread after seeing my avatar. I was given a sheet to make mine, but it wasn't very clear, I want to make a smaller one soon as a pin cushion and found a tutorial on quilters TV, i've not watched it through so if it's not very clear I can type out the one I have for the doorstop and you can just reduce the size, just pm me.

Heres the link to quiltersTV

http://www.quilterstv.com/channel/video/1274?item=5

Best wishes x

twinkle

Just a warning a member pm'ed me they had a warning message when they went onto quilterstv, it was ok for me so not sure what is going on, but think its probably best not to go on there at the moment just in case. I can't delete my post above to remove the link sorry.

nangars

It gave me the same warning but I did go on there and it was okay. The video was great.

nangars

I wondered where she got the small templetes. That were 3" x 1".

BellaBoo

Doreen Speckmann's Norwegian Chicken Pincushion Pattern is the original. I have a mixed up brain when it comes to reading how to do something. I have to see it done. The online videos are a must for me. Usually I'll take a written pattern to my best quilt buddy and say can you figure this out and show me? Here is a little info about how this pincushion got it's start.

http://www.chickenpattern.freewebspace.com/

nangars

A friend made me a couple of the Chick's (baby pincushions) I love them, not so much as a pincushion, but something to sit by my sewing machine to look at.

I am not a person that doesn't likes to works with little pieces, but for the people that do that is great.

Juphvi

I love making these chickens. It's a great way to use up little scraps. Whenever I'm cutting for a quilt, if the fabric looks chickenish, I cut a few 1" strips of it and put it in my Chicken Scraps tin. Then just trim strips to size whenever I get into Chicken mode.
I don't used them for pincushions either--I give them away to special friends (or my daughter's friends--it's the only thing she ever asks me to make anymore) I usually make about 1 doz. at a time.
Fun!

nangars

That is a great idea. I looked at the video, and the lady seemed to have her own templetes, in 1" sizes. We have a plastic place out here but the plastic is super expensive to have something like that made. I guess you could just use a small 4 x 4 inch ruler that would also work.