Thanks Lynnie good idea.
Im not sure if you have these patterns but look what Ive found.
You may have seen these gals floating around the internet on Pinterest, the Quilting Board, Sew We Quilt, with a few appearances over on Quiltscapes;
http://www.rileyblakedesigns.com/cut...ring-chickens/
Web-Goddess gives a nice clear set of free illustrated instructions for sewing up a set of funky chicken pincushions
http://www.web-goddess.org/archive.php/postID/2529
A traditional take on the same basic idea has the chicken made up of log cabin quilt squares. You can find a free pattern for the log cabin chicken pincushion at Quilting Works
http://www.quiltingworks.com/pattern...on-pattern.htm
Big hugs