The first and most difficult task is to choose the fabrics you like. The model uses patterned cotton fabric and less worn edge strips of a worn sheet. Probably almost any tightly woven fabric will work as a chicken material, so get creative and experiment! For example, make a chicken a day, and at Easter there will be a whole hen farm on your table.
Start by sewing the hem. The parts are not large (unless you're making a giant chicken) and turning them is a bit of a pain, but you can try to poke open the edges of the helta with, for example, the hard end of a brush, a pencil, the wrong end of a spoon or whatever stick you can think of. Fill the turned hem with batting.
Place the chicken parts on the table as shown in the picture and sew the three triangles together so that the right-angled triangles are on the edges and one equilateral triangle remains in the middle.
Attach the filled hem between the right triangles and sew the hem and back seam closed.
Sew the bottom triangle of the inside-out chicken closed, and leave an opening of a few centimeters on one side for turning and stuffing.
Turn the chicken right side out, fill with cotton wool and sew the opening closed by hand.
Sew the parts of the pair of wings and the tail together, turn them over and stuff. Sew the filling holes closed by hand.
The chickens playing at the Easter table need Easter eggs as a pair. Cut strips of fabric according to the model, tapering slightly at the ends.
The Easter egg to be coated can be styrofoam, plastic or, for example, paper pulp. Measure that the strips reach approximately from end to end of the egg. Apply ordinary general-purpose glue to the surface to be covered and place the fabric strips side by side or even slightly overlapping, so that the surface is completely covered. When wet from the glue, the fabric stretches a little, making it easier to shape it on the surface of the egg.
You can decorate the end result with, for example, rhinestones, pearls, sequins, ribbons and other delights.
Decorating the Easter home can begin!
Thanks to Heli for the instructions! Do you have any credit tips for Easter crafts? Even one that uses coarse threads and strips of fabric? You share them with the rest of us!
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