I'm joining The Chicken Run!
I fell in love with these colorful little pieced pin cushions and thought it looked like the perfect weekend project ... small enough to cut, piece and finish in one sitting. Little did I know that they are so fun and quick to put together that I would soon have a growing flock of them.
The Chicken Run began in England in January and has made landings in Australia, Germany and Virginia and Montana, USA. And now it has made its way to Texas! Where in the world will the next chicken fly away to?
That's where the real fun comes in .. I'll be sending one of my little hens on the next leg of The Chicken Run and if you want to be the next stop and win one of the chickens pictured, here is all you need to do:
1. Agree to make another chicken and give it away on your blog within 4 weeks of receiving your prize.
Include a link back to Oh Sew Tempting, where your chicken will appear in the Chicken Run Gallery, along with a link to your giveaway.
( If you do not blog, Avis will be happy to organize the giveaway for you on her blog Oh Sew Tempting )
2. Leave a comment below telling me which is your favorite chicken and where she would be going if you are the winner :)
I'll be selecting a lucky winner next friday night ( yes, that's July 4th, an easy to remember deadline for entries )
This giveaway is open to anyone anywhere!
Want to see more before you decide which one you would like to win?
If you don't want to wait to win one, you can make your own little Pin Hen out of scraps of your favorite fabric. I love these patchwork ladies ... you can find a great, easy follow tutorial by Sarah on her blog Here We Are!
Of course, once I had made a few of the patchwork chicks, I had to try out a couple with matchstick quilting, and I love the way they turned out.
I'll be posting a tutorial to make the upcycled matchstick quilted hens on Saturday so stop back by if you'd like to see how easy it is to join The Chicken Run yourself.
Which will you choose?
I have been following the chicken run since January. I think your are gorgeous! If your greeny pieced chicken managed to fly across for a stopover in Yorkshire in the UK I would happily provide her with a home and make her several mates.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I really had fun with the small scale log cabin blocks .. that was new for me and it was more fun than I thought it would be!
DeleteOh my!!! I'm totally in love with that wild one on the right in the last photo!!!! If she(?) were to fly this way, her wild "mane" would fit right in with the bad hair days many of us have been experiencing due to the rains that will not quit, here in Southeast MN (30 miles due West of LaCrosse,WI). Pick me..................................puh-leeze..........................Hugs.......
ReplyDeleteThank you!! I got a kick out of the wild hair look, too ..
DeleteOh these are so cute. Thanks to Avis-Oh Sew Tempting for introducing your blog !! I love the one with the wild orange "fuzzy" head and purple. Definitely different!! I would be so tickled if you chose me and sent that little chick to Delaware!! Come check out my blog too! Mary / aka www.stitchinggrandma.wordpress.com
ReplyDeleteThank you Mary! I am happy I ran across this fun Chicken Run project too. It is really interesting to see how many different chickens are popping up all over. I am excited to send one of mine off on the next leg of the journey.
DeleteHi!!!! Wow!!!! That one with the "do" is very popular!!!!! Yep she would fit right in here in KY!!!! They are all adorable!!!! I will be back to see the matchstick quilting, it looks very interesting!!!! Thank You
ReplyDeleteThank you Carla! I have posted the matchstick tutorial! I really love the texture it gives to anything, and it is really easy to do ..
DeleteHi, these are so cute!
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I am new to blogging too, would you like to follow my blog?
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Jacqueline in Pitt Meadows
Thank you Jacqueline! I managed to add a couple of follow widgets to the right alley. You can easily follow via email, or bloglovin, or your reader. I use bloglovin and love how easy it is.
DeleteHi Anne, this is not an entry, as I have already had my 'turn', but I would definitely choose the punk chicken. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you! .. I have to admit to being partial to that wild "do" myself...I remember your black and white chicken from the gallery..I'm so thinking that we will have a black and white cousin stitched up soon over here ..
DeleteHello Anne... they are all so cute... but most I would love to welcome this fuzzy headed one and would call it "Redthread" ... I made one by myself - "Big Martha" is very excited and would love to show Redthread the 2010-European-Culture-Capital: Essen in Germany. Best wishes & kind regards... Annett
ReplyDeleteThank you Annette ... I have to admit to being partial to that cocky red headed fellow myself.. I am looking forward to seeing where my chicken will travel next week!
DeleteThis is so fun! I love the purple guy with the wild hair. He would love to come and live in the Yukon Territory in Canada, I am sure...
ReplyDeleteThank you Janet! hmmm .. this southern girl is thinking that it might be nice to land that far north this time of year .....
DeleteThanks for the links to the chicken run. I had no idea it was even going on. What fun. I like the one on the left in the last photo.
ReplyDeleteI forgot to say that if I won the cute little chicken with the grey cockscomb it would come to live with me in the little city of Guelph Ontario Canada. We're allowed to have chickens in our yards here.
ReplyDeleteHi Lisa, so glad you found The Chicken Run .. I did not know about it until I ran across the cute little patchwork chicks on another blog! I was happy to win and had so much fun making hens and hosting this leg of the run.
DeleteLin S. says she would pick the "Hippy Chick" and that's the name she would give her!
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