On Easter, it is customary not only to paint eggs and sing holiday cakes. Other creativity is also encouraged. For example, you can sew a cute Easter chicken yourself and lay eggs over it. This does not require any special skills.
What you need to sew an Easter chicken
Everyone can sew an original Easter chicken and decorate it with eggs. You just need to stock up on materials at hand. So, for work you will need: a yellow household napkin (similar napkins are used for washing dishes), a small piece of salad-colored chintz fabric, red drape or velor, a needle, sewing thread, scissors, a pencil for outlining parts and movable eyes.
Stages of creating an Easter chicken
First you need to draw patterns. You can decide on the size yourself. Maybe someone wants to make a souvenir bigger or, on the contrary, smaller. It is better to immediately correlate the size of the chicken with the place where it will be located.
If you have already decided on the size, fold the prepared napkin in half and lay out the tail and body patterns. Circle them and cut out neatly. When doing this, do not forget to make a seam allowance. But the wings must be cut exactly along the contour. One-layer wings do not need to be sewn together. Note that the tail should be cut last. Do not forget to put a piece of salad dressing under the yellow cloth so that the tail turns out to be two-colored.
Do the same with the red cloth. You just need to circle the comb and beard. If you are using velor fabric, be sure to allow seam allowances and sew from the wrong side. When working with drape, no allowance is needed, and you can sew immediately on the front side.
The next step is to sew all the blanks on a typewriter and proceed to preparing the wings. Cut the salad-colored fabric into two strips (length 45 cm, width 6 cm) and iron them separately along the middle line. In this case, you need to carefully tuck the side edges of the tape inward so that the edge of the frill does not fray. Next, put the ironed strip under the wing, make pintucks. The frill should be stitched on a typewriter. Do not forget to sew the wings mirror-like.
Then turn out the torso, tail, comb and beard details. Take a synthetic winterizer and fill all the blanks with it. By the way, when filling in small details, you will need to use a pencil. The finished body should be pulled together with large enough stitches over the edge with a needle. Be sure to leave a small hole in the lower torso. It will need to be closed with a small oval piece of yellow fabric and sewn with small, inconspicuous stitches. Be very careful when sewing on the tail. It is recommended to start sewing from the middle. At the same time, try not to allow the workpiece to move. Sew the comb in the same way.
Prepare the glue for the next step. Cut out two small triangles for the beak from the contrasting fabric, press them a little in the center and coat with glue. Glue them where the beak should be. Then you should glue two beards and eyes. It remains only to place the finished Easter composition in a wicker basket and put painted eggs under the wings.
