Easter - time for chickens and chocolate!

I haven't posted anything for over 2 weeks! You could be forgiven for thinking that I have been taking time off, but I haven't, I promise! Instead I am guilty of having too many projects on the go at once and subsequently nothing gets finished! But I have now finished some to show you, I promise I'll finish the rest off soon!

With Easter on the horizon my thoughts turn to chocolate (amongst other things!). I know it's not exactly recycled, but when I saw this fabulous chocolatey fabric I just couldn't resist. It's nearly as good as the real thing!

Easter Chicken Pot Holders:

I have lots more of this fabric so look out for some more chocolately themed projects coming soon!

As soon as I saw the tutorial for these dinky chicken pincushions, I had to put everything on hold and make them. Made from recycled fabric and using the log cabin patchwork technique, they stand only 3" high. I love them!

More Chickeny Aga top pads

I managed to get these finished today. I also cut out the fabric for the chocolatey aga top pads, but I need more insul bright before I can finish them.

I love this fabric - sadly this was the last of it. The bias binding is all handmade - it is so easy, and looks much nicer than ready made!

And this is some more of the vintage Laura Ashley curtain fabric. I managed to get a hen on one and the rooster on the other!

Sage & Terracotta Funky Chicken Pot Holders

A pair of funky chicken pot holders in soft sage green and mellow terracotta. Space age insulating wadding keeps hands cool when man handling your hot pots out of the oven!

These chickens are very well behaved - sitting quietly where they are put until you need them, they will not go rampaging off to raid your veg patch and will definitely not leave any unwanted presents on the kitchen floor!

Funky Chicken Pot Holders - £12 pair

Decorative and useful, these funky chicken pot holders are the perfect addition for your kitchen! Hand made to order, they are available in various colours so that they can be co-ordinated to your kitchen.


Made from 100% cotton, recycled fabric used where possible, but for durability mostly new cotton will be used. Hand finished with co-ordinating bias binding and a beady button eye adds the final touch.

Wadding is Warm Insul-Bright - a space age wadding that is thin and light but provides excellent heat resistence: "Insul~Bright consists of hollow, polyester fibers needlepunched through a nonwoven substrate and through a reflective mylar. The needled material is breathable and won’t break down with washing. The hollow fibers resist conduction while the reflective mylar resists radiant energy. The energy, hot or cold, is reflected back to its source."

In addition, they contain an extra layer of poly-cotton wadding to protect your fingers!

Single pot holders can be made - but chickens get lonely on their own so two are always better than one! However, if you really only need one chicken, that can be arranged. Single chickens £7 each.

Email me with your colour preferences and I will email a picture of the fabrics available. Once ordered, allow 5 days plus posting time.

Kyckling Messenger Bag

A friend brought this fabric back from France for me, but I think it has a very swedish look to it - hence the name! Kyckling is swedish for chicken and is pronounced 'shuckling' (thanks for the translation Diane!)





It is a lovely, linen effect fabric with a red, white and black chicken print.

This is a roomy messenger bag with a long, comfortable strap, button down flap and two internal pockets.

The bright red lining is recycled polycotton.






Bag is 14" wide x 13" deep with a 4" gusset.

Hand washable, drip dry and steam iron.

Spotty Cockerels Mixer Cover - £12

Cover suitable for a Kenwood Chef mixer or sewing machine.

Fabulous blue background featuring funky spotted, dancing cockerels.

Again the picture doesn't do the colour justice, the blue is much richer in real life! Lined with plain cream, recycled fabric.

22" wide x 16" deep.

Country Boy Cockerels Mixer Cover - £12

Cover suitable for a Kenwood Chef mixer or sewing machine in a gorgeous fabric featuring cheeky cockerels and sound bites to brighten your kitchen. In sherbet shades of pink, lilac and blue with a recycled, polka dot blue fabric lining.

22" wide x 16" deep.

Little Red Hen Mixer Cover - £12

Cover will fit a Kenwood chef food mixer or sewing machine.

22" wide x 15" deep.

The picture doesn't do this fabric justice! It is a really vibrant red and features prettily patterned, little fat hens dancing through a field of buttercups! Fully lined with recycled, plain cream fabric.

Smelly Chickens - £3

Christened by my son, these little chickens are handmade from fabric scraps and scented with flowers or oils. Place one in a wardrobe or drawer to add a little scent, or string a chain across a wall to perfume the whole room!


Soft Green Chickens - scented with Carbtree & Evelyn's exotic Nantucket Briar fragrance oil


Electric Blue Chickens - scented with Orange Spice fragrance oil

Red and green chickens - stuffed with lavender flowers, picked fresh from the garden this summer.

Blue Check Chickens - gentle vanilla scented

Marsh Daisy - only 1 left

Lovely shades of yellow and terracotta with a cream floral lining. Part recycled, part new fabrics. 13" deep x 16" wide. Short handle. £15

Mille Fleur Barbu D'Uccle

Made from 100% cotton - red chambray, chintz and a pretty french chicken design.
Cream floral lining. 13" deep x 16" wide. 2 available. £15