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For the magazine, I resized the block to 12" finished size and made up a sample using 1930s repro prints. I loved the opportunity to showcase these cute novelty fabrics in such a sophisticated setting. Take a look:
I recently finished a quilt featuring some of Mom's Chicken Foot blocks for my niece's wedding. I made appliqued blocks for the alternate spaces. The name of this quilt is From This Day Forward and the pattern will be available in an issue of McCall's Quilting magazine sometime in 2017:
But Chicken Foot blocks don't just have to be pastel! How about glorious red, white, and blue?
As you can see, when you do a bit of planned fabric placement, instead of a completely scrappy look, you can get all kinds of secondary designs going, which I love. Another great feature of this block is the large open center, perfect for showcasing a bit of applique, embroidery, or fancy quilting.
The Chicken Foot block is a bit challenging to make, but its versatility, uniqueness, and striking geometric qualities make it well worth the effort. I hope you'll give it a try and send me a photo of your version!
Now for a magazine giveaway. Leave a comment below with an idea for how you'd make this block by midnight, November 18, and you'll get a chance to win a copy of Volume 14 of Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks. Good luck, everyone!
congratulations. a lovely block.
ReplyDeleteI think I would do red/white/blue and different blues on white.
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I love the pastels you chose for your quilt. I'm an autumn color girl so I'd choose golds and browns.
ReplyDeleteI love your block , it's one of my favorites in the magazine ... please do not include me in the giveaway, I also have a block in this issue. I just wanted to stop by and let you know how much I love your block. Also... congratulations!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Cindy! I love the snowman on your featured block!
DeleteCool block - just like a little frame - would be great for fussy cuts or even family photos!
ReplyDeleteLove this block and the name too :-) It's great as an alternate block like you have used. It would also be fun with embroidery in the middle or in seasonal colors as a candle/table mat. Thanks for the fun giveaway!
ReplyDeleteLove the name of this block-takes me back to the farmð I would use colours lime green with turquoise or purple (or alternating) with light cream background.
ReplyDeleteI see Chicken Foot as a frame around a fussy-cut focal print. Yes ma'am, I'm going to have to try that one.
ReplyDeleteGreat block, Kathy, and a wonderful story behind it.
(You can leave me out of the drawing. I have a block in this issue, too.)
Your block has a wonderful story. My grandma liked the trip around to world.
ReplyDeleteI would like to try this block using blues and white
Love your block! I like your pastel version, but I think it would great in Christmas colors too. Thanks for the chance to win a copy of the magazine!
ReplyDeleteGreat block. I think I would add some hand embroidery in the center of the block. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI think I'd use it as a frame for some applique. Autumn colors with a maple leaf? Easter egg colors with a sweet bunny? Christmas colors with an Elf?
ReplyDeleteI think this block would make a great frame for a photo transfer block. I have fabric saved from the dresses I made for my girls when they were little.I could combine them with photos of them wearing the dresses.
DeleteI think it would be a great fussy cut block as well. Maybe fussy cut fabric with chickens on it and then coordinate the "frame" in the chickens colors...(or dogs, cats, flowers, whatever! I love this block in the thirties fabrics that you did.
ReplyDeleteLoved your block. I was a tester for this volume and got to make your block. (Exclude me from the give-away. I'm already enjoying Vol. 14!)
ReplyDeleteI like that you have brought back Chicken Feet. Our traditional blocks are getting lost with all the new quilting patterns that are available. I can see making this in black and red with a white background.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful wedding quilt for your niece!
ReplyDeleteSuch a family treasure!
This block is great as an alternate to an appliquÃĐ or embroidered block!
I like the looks of the "scrappy" fabrics...
I think I would like to make your block as a seasonal table topper in "scrappy" fabrics... And then go all out in quilting that center! (Would make a great gift!)
Congratulations, and thank you!!
Pat T.
Great block with so many ways to use it .I would make it in red,white and blue. Thanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteI recall seeing this block years ago when I first started quilting. It definitely is a great block and the center opens up so many potential ideas!
ReplyDeleteI think I would color the opposite corners in two different colorways. It could make an interesting layout!
ReplyDeleteI would probably do aqua and purple for a bold statement
ReplyDeleteThis would make a great patriotic quilt in red, white and blue.
ReplyDeleteGreat block! I love the look of the 30s version, but it is also very pretty in the red, white, and blue. I would probably start with a table topper made in the 30s fabrics.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to try this block for some special fussy cut centers or embroidery.
ReplyDeleteI would use this lovely pattern in a table runner with really great quilting in the center. Could be made up for each of the seasons.
ReplyDeleteI'd use vibrant, rich jewel tones with black for the neutral.
ReplyDeleteWhat a unique block- oh the creativity for the centers......
ReplyDeletelove the 30's look
I'd like to do blue with silver and maybe embroider snowmen in the centres.
ReplyDeleteI have never seen this block before. Would make it scrappy and fill center with free-motion quilting designs!
ReplyDeleteI like the pastels. I think I would frame a fussy-cut Cat (or other animal) in the center and it would turn out cute to use on a pouch! Thank you, peterstankovich@comcast.net
ReplyDeleteThis looks like a great signature block. Color wise, I'm a blue, green, aqua kind of girl, so that's what comes to mind. White background.
ReplyDeleteI love the block both ways but I am leaning toward the red, white and blue simply because of the secondary pattern it creates. Thanks for the chance to win, with Hasting's closed I have no where to pick the magazine up at anymore.
ReplyDeleteIt would be great for a signature or remembrance quilt!
ReplyDeleteI think it would be a good framing block for a memory quilt. Pam
ReplyDeleteI would make this in solids. It would make a great friendship quilt.
ReplyDeleteI think I'd change the background color.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great block - I love it!
ReplyDeleteHow about a rainbow version?
I like your block a lot - I especially like your idea of alternating it with the wreath blocks! I do like the pastel version.
ReplyDeleteI think I would put a border or two around the 12" block in order to use it as a candle mat or a side table topper. Also, could put 3 or 4 blocks together to form a table runner.
ReplyDeleteScrappy with something fussy cut in the middle. Reminds me of a picture frame. 24Tangent@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI would use red, green and light beige batik fabrics to make Christmas placemats and a matching table runner.
ReplyDeleteI love this block! I think your pastel is so cute! I also think it would be fun to do in Christmas or Halloween Fabrics with a fun applique or embroidery in the center.
ReplyDeleteVery nice block. I also love 30s prints. Thanks
ReplyDeleteHmmm... It would make a great block with Halloween fabrics and embroidery in the center.
ReplyDeleteHow I would make this block by midnight--under lots of lights and on my last hurrah
ReplyDeletei really love the Patriotic version. and maybe aqua and purple. i love diamonds and stars and secondary designs. this is perfect for some beautiful quilting motifs.
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I would do a yellow and blue combo with a tiny floral for the background.
ReplyDeleteI would make it in red, white and blue for a Quilts of Valor quilt. How could such a great looking block become obscure. Thank you for bringing it back, I love this block!
ReplyDeleteOh, so lovely! I would do fussy cut centers and scrappy frames. Maybe with children's fabrics for a sweet baby quilt.
ReplyDeleteSince I love chickens but can't have them in my neighborhood, I would embroider or applique different hens in a quilt made of these blocks! Thanks for the opportunity. Kimberly at LaunderedCotton at gmail dot com
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ReplyDeletean old fashioned block should be just like you made it, 30's prints all the way. Great idea Kathy in colo repzjratplainsdotnet
I love your idea of using patriotic colors. That's how I'd make it. Thanks for re-introducing this wonderful block!
ReplyDeleteI am seeing it in blues and greens. Looking forward to finding the instructions in a future Mc calls
ReplyDeleteThe block looks like a frame, so I think it would be cute with an embroidered piece in the middle. Thanks for the inspiration. cknapp3626(at)sbcglobal(dot)net
ReplyDeleteI want to use thisis block in a sampler and rework inside
ReplyDeleteGreat block. I would make it scrappy. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to use my 30s stash and make a crib quilt.
ReplyDeleteLove the block. I would make mine purple and teal.
ReplyDeleteLovely Block! I would make it teal and white. Thanks for the chance
ReplyDeleteFabulous block! I dont't have many 30's fabrics, but love your choices!
ReplyDeleteGreat block....there are to many ideas I could use with it. Would love to do some machine embroidery in the middle of the block or some fussy cut fabric.
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Fun block I think it would be wonderful frame for redwork emboidery Drhodes9@cox.net
ReplyDeleteFun! I think it's a great way to showcase embroidery!
ReplyDeleteGreat block. When I first saw it my mind thought the large open center would be a great place for autographs as a wedding quilt.
ReplyDeleteI think that large open space might look really nice with a little applique added. Love the 30's fabrics.
ReplyDeleteI would go for the red white and blue with fancy quilting in the center.
ReplyDeleteI've not seen the block before....looks really unique.
ReplyDeleteFirst, I love the name of this block! I have seen it before but did not know the name. I would definitely make this a scrappy block!
ReplyDeleteI envision this block with Christmas fabrics as a frame for some Redwork embroidery motifs.
ReplyDeleteI love your block and what an appropriate name for it. I would probably make it scrappy.
ReplyDeleteI can see a big floral in the center with complementary colors around it. I've been looking at florals lately.
ReplyDeleteIt's so much fun to see everyone's designs and read about them. I agree with you - some of those traditional blocks are just the best and I generally use them for inspiration. My block, Order in the Court, is also in Vol. 14 - I just wanted to stop by and say Hi :o)
ReplyDeleteLooove your block!! I would make it like yours, if doing for me! But think it would be fun to make the block with chicken wire print,,& put chickens in the center block! Could fussy cut them, applique, or embroider! :0 My daighter has chickens..she call them The Ladies. I would make this for her of course! :) Thank you for chance to win your give-a-way too :D
ReplyDeleteLove the block and the prints you used. The center offers a great space for special quilting. Thanks for the give away offer.
ReplyDeleteLove the block and the prints you used. The center offers a great space for special quilting. Thanks for the give away offer.
ReplyDeleteLOVE this block! It would look great with a fussy cut centre!
ReplyDeleteI've not seen this block before and I love it. I like the red and blue version, but might choose a teal and light purple in place of the red
ReplyDeleteLove this block
ReplyDeleteI like the pastels. I think it would be pretty with some floral embroidery in the center of each block...very vintage.
ReplyDeleteGreat block. I like the patriotic colors & would alternate it with a star block. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI love your soft pastels. That looks perfect to me!
ReplyDeleteWow this block would be a great frame for some special embroidery or maybe a photo transfer! Just love it! mumbird3(at)gmail(dot)com
ReplyDeleteI want to make this block in crayon colors for the center of a charity quilt my quilt group is doing.
ReplyDeleteI love color and so would something bright, but would maybe use some "I spy" type of fabric in the centers. kathleendotlutzatcomcastdotnet
ReplyDeleteBeautiful block! It's so pretty in the 30's fabric. I'm not sure what colors I'd use. red, white & blue or maybe light and dark purple. Thanks for a chance to win a copy.
ReplyDeleteThis could be a fun way to make an i spy quilt.
ReplyDeleteI would have to play around a bit; but, off the top of my head, I'm thinking of my favorite colors, green and purple with the background a light orange? Or maybe even have the bacground with a novelty fabric with solid coordinating fabrics for the others. Thank you for a chance to win!
ReplyDeleteI think that I'd like to try blues and yellows - to honor the Swedish farmers in my family.
ReplyDeleteI think this block would make a great "frame" for embroidered blocks.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great block! I would love to make it in floral pastels with some embroidery in the centers. Thanks!
ReplyDeletegreat block to frame a bit of applique. love to add a bit of applique bling to my blocks.
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ReplyDeleteWhat a fun block! I would make it scrappy. cotten.gloria@gmail.com
Love your RW&B block! Actually, when I saw your pastel block, it reminded me that I have a UFO that looks just like that!! Guess I am going to have to dig it out and finish it.
ReplyDeletemaybe doing the opposite, frame in naturals and then center and background in bold colors making the shape really pop
ReplyDeleteI think this would look great in black & orange.
ReplyDeleteBlues and greens would be in my block.
ReplyDeleteI love 30's reproduction prints! Your block made with them is so pretty. I think I would try using black and teal together. Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI love 30's reproduction prints! Your block made with them is so pretty. I think I would try using black and teal together. Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteLove your block, I would give it a try, with pastel colors and a black background
ReplyDeleteI'd make mine red, white and blue in a quilt.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful block - Congrats!
ReplyDeleteLove the block. I'd use it for scrap busting.
ReplyDeleteI would use it to frame my favorite fabric, that I would cut for the middle. I love the old blocks
ReplyDeleteI like your block, maybe use it as a frame for an I Spy or just in greens.
ReplyDeleteI think it would very pretty as part of a Christmas quilt, using the colors red, green, and gold. By the way, your quilt is lovely! Congrats on being published!
ReplyDeleteI would put some Christmas embroidery in the center, use reds and greens for your block.
ReplyDeleteEileen ekmvalencia@gmail.com
I think I'd use the scrappy fabrics and an I Spy center. Love your block!
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I would like to put a stitchery in the center of the block.
ReplyDeleteI would use children's fabric and make a nursery quilt for our baby due on Friday x
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I might try the block in reverse- the background in a bright pattern (Kaffe Fassett?) and the "pieced" part in a solid. allisonpogany at gmail.com
ReplyDeletePurple and brown I think..... nice block..... happyness04431@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteThis would make a great "frame" for photos in a memory quilt!
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I haven't seen this block before and absolutely love it! I think it would be a great setting block for a swap block I have done with a bunch of quilts friends. dscholsky@hotmail.com
ReplyDeleteI would use some batiks to make this block.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations,great block.I `d make it in scrappy version and put an applique in the center.
ReplyDeleteThe chicken foot block has so many possibilities with the open space for quilting.
ReplyDeleteGreat block I think making it of scraps would be fun, or batiks.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how this would look actually framing something in the center - very pretty!
ReplyDeleteThis block is just sooo great--I love chickens--and 30's prints so a win win for me--
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I like your block. It would make a great frame for a fussy cut center. prycek@mymts.net
ReplyDeleteI would make the block by Nov 18, by starting right now. I'd use a fussy cut center and two colors around and a neutral as the background.
ReplyDeleteI'd put embroidery in the middle.
ReplyDeletebeautiful block, I love the 2 color version and it would be fun to put in a little embroidery in the middle.
ReplyDeleteOur quilt guild is making Round Robin Blocks and Each one of us has to make a block to start the quilt. I think I would like to make this block with a paper pieced flower in the middle...a rose or an iris. With this Chicken Foot block on the outside it would make any cancer patient feel good about the day. I should know, I have survived breast cancer for over 16 years and I would hope your block would make them feel better.
ReplyDeleteI could see this block being used to frame pictures of my grandkids, or as a twelve month setting for a calendar quilt
ReplyDeleteIt would be fun to find some printed blocks and make this block for it border and sashing, maybe in water blues to make my daughter's fish blocks.
ReplyDeleteI would create and embroidered flower in the center to be framed by the "chicken foot" in of half of the squares.
ReplyDeleteI see it as a frame for photos in a memory quilt.
ReplyDeleteI see it as a frame for photos in a memory quilt.
ReplyDeleteIt's a very cute block and I love the name--lots of open space for amazing quilting too!
ReplyDeleteAt first, i read that as "how, by the 18th, would you make this block?" (um, start sewing now?) I would want to figure out what I'd put in the frame first and then choose a frame that went with the subject matter. Like maybe brown or red colors for the frames and barnyard prints or appliques in the centers. Or brown/green frames and woodland appliques in the centers.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great block. I thought of it as a frame as soon as I saw it. I would put a photo on fabric in the center or an embroidered piece.
ReplyDeleteGray background with gray batiks in different tones-like a stone effect and in the middle an applique flower!
ReplyDeleteGoing along with the frame idea that many of us are seeing when looking at this amazingly beautiful block, I think it would be neat to creatively showcase a place one has traveled in each block with appliquÃĐs and color themes associated with the location/destination. Or maybe even just places one hopes to travel! My five year old talks about seeing the world and I would also like to make one of places he would love to see, so he had a constant reminder of his dreams!
ReplyDeleteLove the block and love the back story as to why you chose it. And thank you for the opportunity to win!
You know, this is absolutely the first time I've ever heard of Chicken Foot block! I like it!
ReplyDeleteMy colors would be blues and purples for the points with a very light blue or lavender in place of the white. -- soparkaveataoldotcom
ReplyDeleteI would like to make it in christmas colors, red, green and white. Looks awesome for a runner or a frame with christmas message embroidered in the space in the center.(isseelan@yahoo.com)
ReplyDeleteWonderful block for hand piecing. I think I like it best in the traditional repro prints.
ReplyDeletelove your block, would look great in table runner.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway!
Chicken foot...LOL! Love the name and the design. It has that vintage look and would make a great scrappy quilt. I adore your quilt top with the applique.
ReplyDeleteI love your block and would like to win the book.
ReplyDeletegandn74@ymail.com
I think this block would be great for one of those quilts which people sign. And I think your 30's fabric block is adorable.
ReplyDeleteWould love to see this in red and green for Xmas!
ReplyDeleteI think your block would look great with a focal print in the middle, one of those fabrics that you can't bring yourself to cut into tiny pieces.
ReplyDeletejen dot barnard at btinternet dot com
I love your block done in 1930's prints! I would not change a thing!
ReplyDeleteLove this block. Makes a perfect frame for my son's artwork I could embroider in the middle, for each block and have it be a father's day gift :) Congrats on your block being chosen for publication!!
ReplyDeleteI like that block a lot! Thanks for the chance to win a copy of the book!
ReplyDeleteHi Kathryn, wonderful to meet you via blog and drool over your "From this Day Forward" Chicken foot and applique block quilt. I love sunflowers (and your blog background is stunning) so I'd love to fussy cut this gorgeous flower and chicken foot around it w/green and gold batiks. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your future publication in McCalls quilting...I'll be watching.
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This looks like a difficult block
ReplyDeleteI think the center would be lovely for showcasing a fussy cut novelty fabric and making the rest somewhat neutral.
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I think the center would be lovely for showcasing a fussy cut novelty fabric and making the rest somewhat neutral.
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Love old blocks and I would definitely make it in 30's fabrics.
ReplyDeleteA fussy cut center w Christmas colors around it.
ReplyDeleteI love this block! After your sweet story and the quilt made with alternate applique blocks...this would be a perfect wedding quilt with guests signing in the middle and embroidered.
ReplyDeleteI really like your block in the vintage fabrics. Your wedding quilt is beautiful. I would be inspired to do a fancy quilting design in the center block. Thanks for the giveaway and congratulations for having your block in the book!
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I really like your block and would love to win the book.
ReplyDeletegandn74@ymail.com
I love both versions of your block. I think the red white and blue would make an awesome quilt of valor quilt
ReplyDeleteI would make this in shades of brown.
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Kathryn, I love your chicken foot block. I have found a number of old friendship blocks that were done by my mothers friends for her back in the late 1940's . I'd like to make a quilt using them as the center piece for the chicken foot block. They are 12" squares. I can't seem to find the pattern. Could you point me directly to the website where I can purchase the quilt pattern for "From This day forward. Thanks for your help.
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