I have always loved birds and yes chickens, roasters and hens are all birds. When I became a quilter 12 years ago I started to collect fabric with chickens, roasters and hens. They were designed in several ways, some more fancy and the others.
But first of all I will introduce to you my lovely wooden roaster. You maybe remember my Dalecarlian horses handmade of wood and hand painted in the county Dalarna.
The crafts men in Dalarna are also making roasters in same way as the horses.
Don´t you think that he is a proud and handsome roaster?
Now over to my project. When I was destashing to make better place in my cupboard, I also sorted among my chicken fabric and found a lovely black piece of fabric with tossed roasters and hens over the surface. And I think it was among the first fabric that I have bought as a quilter.
It was not a large piece of fabric, a scarcely half yard and I had to fussy cut the birds. But I could cut out four handsome roasters, three lovely hens, some heads of the birds, all in different sizes. The rest of the fabric became chicken soup!!! LOL
I have also decided to make a table runner and it became rather large 24x64 ", but it will be perfect on my dining table.
I was inspired by a free pattern from Dreamweavers quilts, here and worked it out in my way.
I have had such a fun time making this runner and have also enjoyed the machine quilting.
It is now time for you to hop over to the lovely ladies of the day, who you will find here
Hill Valley Quilter (that´s me)
Thimblemouse & Spouse
Thimblemouse & Spouse
Have a great Thanksgiving Day over there
Britt-Inger in Malmö, Sweden
När jag fick syn på Din härliga löpare blev jag glad!
SvaraRaderaDen ser förtjusande ut, tycker jag.
Dollandesign
Så fin den blev. Jag säger som Dollandesign - den blev jag glad av.
SvaraRaderaKram
What a beautiful quilt! Love the rooster too.
SvaraRaderaVery pretty and so colourful :)
SvaraRaderaYour runner is smashing! Thank you for sharing.
SvaraRaderaGorgeous and cute! I love the design and you did a wonderful job with it.
SvaraRaderaThanks for sharing and hope you have a blessed holiday season.
That was a lot of work, and it came out beautiful and so colorful! I like working with fussy cutting, but you are right, it does make a lot of scraps. But then, there is always tomorrow for those! ":<>
SvaraRadera~Lynda
Your work is nicely done. I like the colors!
SvaraRaderaYour runner looks great - so bright and colourful with all the chickens running around!
SvaraRaderaJätte ren och fin samt en färgklick Britt-Inger Du har gjort ett bra jobb igen!!Bambikram
SvaraRaderaVäldigt fin. Jag gillar hönor och tuppar så den gick hem hos mig och som vanligt har du fantastiska färger.
SvaraRaderaWhat a fun, bright and modern looking runner. The quilting is lovely. The peeking are cute.
SvaraRaderaModern and beautiful quilt, and a very good job on the quilting. You can bee fully satisfied with this one.
Lovely table runner....love the colours against the white.
SvaraRaderaVilken härlig löpare i glada färger o mönster.
SvaraRaderaFin kviltning du gjort också.
Kram Gudrun
You made great use of your fabric, it is a lovely table runner!
SvaraRaderaWonderful! I love the design you used. The colorful squares are so perfect.
SvaraRaderaI love those little rooster heads peaking out from the border. Your quilting is amazing on this sweet table runner. Love the bright colors. Job well done!
SvaraRaderaBeautiful table runner!
SvaraRaderaThis is a great runner and the perfect use for your fussy cut fowls! Thanks for sharing!
SvaraRaderaBritt....you quilt is just adorable! I love everything about it!!
SvaraRaderaLovely! I love the happy roosters and hens and the pretty colors you used to make the table runner bright and happy.
SvaraRaderaI love your wooden rooster -- and our quilt is beautiful! :)
SvaraRaderaOoooh, I love the colours and the design so much, this matched totally my taste! Wonderful quilting, wonderful topper, GREAT!!!
SvaraRaderaBritt-Inger, You still have my address right? I heard the wooden rooster (that is gorgeous)and his fabric friends want to come to Texas ! LOL
SvaraRaderaWonderful table runner, colors are bright, great quilting and I like that they are pecking the borders, hungry roosters !
Your runner is really nice... and long! You must be able to fit the entire family around your table today! I have a friend who's grandmother had such a table. My family isn't that big but if it were, I would want a huge table. :)
SvaraRaderaHappy Thanksgiving!
Beautiful use of the colors in the roosters! I love how it is all put together.
SvaraRaderaThis is Brilliance Britt-Inger, simply brilliance…the colours are outstanding your runner, filled with turkey love and all the trimmings
SvaraRaderaVilken härlig kvilt med tuppar och hönor, absolut en glad-kvilt och du har verkligen blivit jätteduktig på frihandskviltning. Kanske får se den på lördag??? Kram
SvaraRaderaLove the wooden rooster. He would fit well in my collection! Beautiful quilt. I love the color combinations and your quilting is awesome.
SvaraRaderaGorgeous! The colors are wonderful especially with the white background.
SvaraRaderaYour quilt is beautiful. I love all the beautiffly bright colors. Thank you for sharing.
SvaraRaderaI love the rooster table runner with the modern twist - great job!
SvaraRaderalove your rooster, thanks for sharing
SvaraRaderaLove your table runner. The bright colors are so cheery!
SvaraRaderaThhis is so wonderful- absolutely lvoe it!
SvaraRaderaHow bright and cheerful. Beautiful project.
SvaraRaderaOh so pretty! I just love those beautiful vibrant colors! blessings, marlene
SvaraRaderaLovely and sew perfect for Black Tie Boogie hop. I adore how cheerful your Roosters are. Your wooden Rooster is quite the work of art. Thank you for hopping. Creative Stitching Blessings...
SvaraRaderaWhat a great project--and such beautiful quilting!
SvaraRaderaLovely! Beautiful colours - thanks for sharing.
SvaraRaderaYou are a fabulous quilter and designer. Love that table runner - what a great way to use a small piece of 'favortie' fabric. A Dalarnaian rooster...now isn't he just gorgeous?
SvaraRaderaI love the bright colours. Your quilting is amazing.
SvaraRaderaBeautiful! I love all the bright colors. They match your rooster feathers perfectly!
SvaraRaderaOh such modern roosters are strutting their stuff in your place today, very well done!
SvaraRaderaIt's a fun, colourful runner and your quilting is beautiful!
SvaraRaderaSuch a beautiful runner! The fabrics and design are just perfect...love it!
SvaraRaderaYou made very good use of the limited amount of fabric you had. I believe it let the chickens shine even more with the space you provided for them to "roam". How fun to have one loose and pecking at the binding!
SvaraRaderaFabulous quilt! Love the colors. You did an awesome job. Thank you for sharing!
SvaraRadera