I worked on these little chicken pincushions this week. I found some quilt squares which I have acquired over time and chose several to make these cute little chicken pin cushions. They are constructed from two squares of fabric with some flannel (batting) which I stitched to them following the stitching lines on the squares. I did peruse several places on line to find instructions and settled for ones with beaks, tails and combs. The bottom is stitched with an opening for stuffing later, the front is where the beak goes (prairie point), the comb goes on the top and the tail (larger prairie point) in inserted in the back. You stitch starting with the bottom, then the front and the top. Then you line up the side seams, insert the tail and stitch this last side. It creates a very cute little triangle shape. I stuffed them with my "stuffing" and it worked really well. I did add about an 1/8th of a cup of rice at the bottom before hand stitching the opening closed which gives them a bit of weight. They sit very nicely - about 3" tall!!! I stitched on two black beads for the eyes which worked perfectly!!! A fun experiment which I will likely try again with squares of my own creation next time!! Therese
