Chicken on kitchen towel
 

My Mother was 102 when she died this past Summer. I took one of her well used kitchen towels and painted the chicken on it. It was thread bare and even had a hole. I put another fabric behind it. It is for my Niece who was so good about coming to visit her Grandmother and bringing her children along while Grandma was in the nursing home for 2 1/2 months. Karen is going to have brick red accents in her kitchen and her Grandma had a red wall in the kitchen behind the stove. The little wallhanging will be a good memory for Karen.

I saw DeLoa quilt these chickens free hand and then paint them in later. She is amazing. Acrylic fabric paints were used on mine. I quilted after I painted. This is just the opposite of DeLoa's procedure.

The chicken just makes me smile..

That is simply adorable! The quilting and the painting are fantastic! Your neice will love it!!!

Wow! you are very talented! I can not draw anything! It's adorable!

How darling and clever is this? So cute and so very personal:) So thoughtful of you!

Oh, I love it!!!!!!!

Love the chicken. What a thoughtful gift, I am sure it will be loved.

That's the cutest chicken I've ever seen! She will cherish this gift I'm sure!

That is just too cute!!! Love the story behind your chix...your niece will surely treasure it.

Love the chicken's expression. You are very talented. The wallhanging will give your niece good memories.

That is so cute! What a wonderful memory for your niece.

you are both very creative.... nice

Too cute. A lovely memory for your niece.

What a beautiful reminder of her grandmother. Sew darling.

This is heartwarming and thoughtful. Shows a little dish towel can mean as much as gold. Canʻt put a value on things like this. Very touching and full of love. Who would have thought quilting a dish towel could convey such wonderful sentiment.

Very clever, you niece will love it.

How cute. You are very talented and she will love it.

I was lucky enough to take a hands on class with Deloa....she came around and free handed the chicken on everyones practice piece...so I have an original......Yours is just fabulous!!

I just love your gift and the story behind it, your niece will be so pleased. I collect "funky" chickens, and this one would definitely fit the bill for my collection. What a great job.

he is so cute

What a lovely keepsake!

What personality!

Deb I love your chicken he looks like he saying " please dont cook me " & your quilting is fab

that's awesome

Your chicken wall hanging is beautiful. What great memories for your niece. What do you have under your cloth when you paint? I brought the "Ballpoint Embroidery Paint" by Aunt Martha's; have a hard time painting with it. I though it would be faster than embroidering, but not working out for me. Any advice would be gladly appreciated.

I don't know how you all come up with these clever ideas! It is simply wonderful. the drawing, the painting, and the old towel.

What a wonderful keepsake!!!

How thoughtful and the chicken is adorable!!

Under the fabric, I use either a piece of very stiff interfacing or if it is a very soft fabric, I iron freezer paper to the back. I had put so much starch in this towel since it was so thread bare so I painted with it on the heavy interfacing.

That is fabulous! I love your chicken.

Oh Deb, what a sweet thing to do for your niece! The chicken is just adorable, and the memories precious to both of you, I'm sure.

The chick is too cute. The thoughtfulness is exceptional.

Love her chicken.....great job on yours and the quilting is beautiful! Truly a gift to treasure!

This will be a treasure for her, she will love it!

That's a fun idea. You did such a good job.

So adorable. She will love it. Great job.

Wow what a wonderful memory.....very thoughtful of you. Merry Christmas to you.

That little guy is just adorable! How cute and what a great job you've done!

I just love chickens and this one especially. He is sooooo cute!

Terrific job, thank you for sharing
Have a Blessed day
Ellen