Handmade Fabric Chicken Crafts
Making handmade fabric chicken crafts is a creative way to show your appreciation of the beauty of these farm animals. There are many different breeds of chickens, each with different colored feathers. This diversity encourages the use of scrap fabrics to create out-the-box designs. Chicken crafts make great gifts for people with homes decorated in a rustic style, or those with fond memories of growing up on a farm. Children and adults can spend hours making a variety of crafts with fabric featuring chicken prints, poultry-themed trimmings and other readily available materials.
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Oven Mitts
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All cooks appreciate a good oven mitt. Make an adorable chicken-shaped mitt from two pieces of fabric cut in the shape of a chicken. Quilt the fabric with cotton batting and sew around three sides leaving a space to insert your hand. Add buttons for the eyes and a comb cut from scrap fabric to complete. Textiles printed with chickens also make great mitts. Turn to patterns found in sewing books and online to create your own brood of helpful kitchen chickens.
Reusable Grocery Bags
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Reduce trash in landfills by using fabric grocery bags. Find patterns for grocery bags in modern sewing magazines or on websites written by earth-conscious crafters. Use quilting weight cotton, canvas or home decor weight fabrics, a good lining fabric and a lightweight interfacing for bags sturdy enough to hold heavy groceries. Embroider tiny hens on the straps, use chicken themed trimmings or applique farm scenes featuring chickens on your new bag for added design appeal.
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Aprons
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Aprons are necessities for people who spend lots of time cooking. Patterns for making aprons are available in sewing books at your local library and online. Washable fabrics like cotton knit are ideal for making aprons. Incorporate a chicken theme into your design by using prints and trimmings featuring the flightless bird. Consider adding pockets in a contrasting or coordinating color for a more interesting design. Add '50s style pom-poms, overlays, lace, monogram embroidery and other touches to make each apron unique.
Feed Sack Pillows
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Recycle old feed sacks into eco-chic pillows. Obtain a feed sack with images of chickens. Cut rectangles or squares from the sack the same size as your finished pillow, plus one-half inch for seam allowances. Sew the right sides of the fabric together, leaving one side open for turning and stuffing the pillow. Trim off any excess corner fabric at an angle to reduce bulk, then turn the pillow casing right side out. Poke out the corners to make them square and insert a premade pillow form or stuffing of your choice. Hand stitch the opening closed to finish the pillow, making sure to turn the raw edges inside .
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