After a day full of Thanksgiving turkey yesterday, I thought I would stick with the poultry theme, but shake it up a little. Somewhere in between baking tons and tons of pies this week I managed to finish my Urban Chicken Quilt.
This block is so fun and so easy to make… I set it as one of my Do.good.Stitches Bee blocks so you will be seeing another version on this site in the next month or so. My tutorial for making this block can be found here.
I really do love how easy this quilt block is. I think it will be my new “go to” block when I need to get a kids quilt done quickly. Though next time I think I will put some more prints into the quilt, not just tone on tones. I also want to try to make one just using solids. Oh I have too many ideas and not enough time.
For the quilting on this, I just went with straight lines, running either side of the ditch. At some point, as my FMQ gets better I would like to quilt one of these with “chickens”, that is triangles, all over it.
To back this quilt I used the last of my IKEA green and blue fabric. This fabric has been a great way to back my quilts and I am going to keep my eye out for more of it. The backing is one solid piece, but it looks like I have sewn together a pile of solid fat quarters.
The finishing touch is an electric blue binding… I seem to go through a lot of binding in electric blue for some reason. It is either that or someone/something is eating my blue binding.
So there she is…my first finished Urban Chicken quilt. I am now off to make myself a turkey sandwich… got to love Thanksgiving day leftovers.
WOMBAT QUILTS 
That blue’s the perfect colour for the binding. It looks crisp and frames the whole thing. One thing’s for sure: this quilt is no turkey… Sorry, small seasonal joke. At least for Australia Day we don’t end up with pounds of leftover poultry!
No for Australia Day we always ended up with an abundance of homemade ANZAC biscuits and Pav…which if course has to be eaten pretty promptly. Yum.
I know, it’s a bitch, isn’t it… And I can always find a use for cold lamb or snags.
I struggle to find lamb here. I miss it so much.
Love the colors and the pattern. Looks like that would be a great pattern for some scraps I have!
Great colors choices! Love the playfulness!
Gorgeous quilt I love the pattern and the colors
It turned out great! I love the random 16-patch pieces in there. Any plans for this beauty?
This quilt will no doubt end up at Project Linus in December.
Cool quilt! It has a whimsically pleasing aesthetic.
Aaaaaah it’e so pretty!
love the colors! it’s so bright and friendly!
soooo fun! love the bright colors!!
Love all the brights you used ~ it’s wonderful!
Hi! I love your quilt! So great block and beautiful fabrics! I hope to make something with your block! Have a wonderful December! x Teje
Thanks Teje. I hope you have a great holiday season too.
Brilliant! Nothing new there – that’s what you give us! I am interested in your label – can you give me details where you found such nice graphics?
Hi Jody. I got my labels on etsy. They were made by Jennifers jewels and I am so pleased with them. I just just a simple font but she can do so much more. You can find her here http://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/JennifersJewels
Absolutely gorgeous….the colours are the best 🙂
I really like this quilt, and I appreciate you providing a tutorial for the block. I’m looking forward to trying it. 🙂
Wow- thank you for posting the tutorial- I am plottig fabrics now- I love your little labels- where do they come from?
Helga the labels are from JennifersJewels on Etsy. http://www.etsy.com/shop/JennifersJewels?ref=shop_sugg