The Ridiculous Rooster-A Machine Quilting Tutorial

May 1, 2018

Rooster, Machine Quilting, Tutorial, Lori Kennedy

Cockadoodledo, Quilters!

Are you ready to go this morning?  Do YOU have your Doodle-Do pad ready?

(More importantly, have you had your first cup of coffee???)

Our Ridiculous Rooster is ready for the day–so let’s get crackin’!

THE RIDICULOUS ROOSTER-A MACHINE QUILTING TUTORIAL

This motif begins with Mr.Rooster’s head and ends with his tail.  It’s best to tie off between each motif.

Begin by stitching a tight clockwise spiral, ending on the left side of the spiral.

Lori Kennedy, Rooster, Machine Quilting

Add a triangle beak and several loops to create the comb.

Stitch to the bottom of the spiral and add four curved lines, ending on the right side.

Lori Kennedy, Rooster, Machine Quilting

Stitch a large scallop to create the body of the rooster and add several tail loops.

Lori Kennedy, Rooster, Machine Quilting

Stitch a larger scallop to create the bottom of the rooster’s body.

Lori Kennedy, Rooster, Machine Quilting

 

Stitch inside the rooster’s body to create the wing.  Be creative here!
Lori Kennedy, Rooster, Machine Quilting

Stitch inside the rooster to create a wing. Be creative here!

Echo stitch the body and add two legs.

Stitch inside the rooster to create a wing. Be creative here!

Finish with a flourish–the Curlicue Knot!

Lori Kennedy, Rooster, FMQ

 

Cockadoodle doooo!  My dame has lost her shoe!

My master’s lost his fiddlestick and knows not what to do!!!

Cockadoodle doo!  What’s my dame to do?

Till master finds her fiddlestick…

She’ll dance quilt without her shoe!

Happy Quilting!

Shoeless in Stillwater,

Lori

PS…All tutorials, images and information are the property of Lori Kennedy at The Inbox Jaunt and are intended for personal use only.  Feel free to re-blog, pin or share with attribution to The Inbox Jaunt.  For all other purposes, please contact me at lckennedy@hotmail.com.  Thanks!

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29 comments

  • mazlarkin

    Have just returned from a holiday on the Iberian peninsula. The Rooster is the national icon for Portugal. Just have to try this as soon as my fingers are up and running after a 4 week layoff. How appropriate. Thank-you Lori.

  • Judy Chastain

    Lori, you are so creative! I love this rooster – I’ll be doodling today.

  • Lorraine Doyno Evans

    Cute! Looks easy!

  • Phyllis

    Love the rooster design and the poem. I had a Mother Goose book growing up so I learned so many of those catchy stories and poems. Brings back memories!

  • Becky Shaffer

    I have a chicken themed kitchen. I’ll definitely be able to use this. He’s so cute! Thanks, Lori!

  • Janet Licari

    I recognize that poem…I grew up having this poem read to me!
    I love your rooster design…a wattle under his beak would be fun to add also.

  • Suzanne G

    So Clever! Loved the poetry too!

  • Maureen B. in B.C.

    I say, I say, not quite as overbearing as Foghorn Leghorn, but perhaps a better mate for Miss Prissy. Or perhaps another of her sons, and an older brother to Egghead, Jr. ???????? loving the design.

  • I don’t think he is Ridiculous, but definitely adorable. Great tutorial. Thank you.

  • Bev Gunn

    Adorable! Having grown up on a farm, I am familiar with roosters and their perculiar temperments!

  • Mary Dusenberry

    Thanks for your inspiration. Best Blog around!

  • Dee Angus

    Ha! Listening to the neighbors’ roosters crowing in a cool AZ morning, having my first cup of coffee and smiling over your post! Great way to start my day. Thanks for the rhyme- brings back fond memories.

  • AgnesJoan Taridona

    I am smiling as I follow your stitching this morning. Thank you!

  • Super cute! Just got some red checked kitchen towels on clearance and was wondering what to put on them. Some nice black thread will make a whole coop on them.

  • Ruby Koch

    Very clever. I love chickens and roosters!

  • Tammy Sutton

    Lori you are such a talent!!! Creative and a great teacher . I have both your 123 books and refer to them all the time. Thank you !!!!

  • Marta

    My grandmother’s roosters had a “beard” ! That is probably not the right name for it, but the roosters had them and the hens didn’t. So is there a way to add one on to this fella?? Jus’ askin” !!
    Today is May Day… lovely flowers to you, Lori !! As children, we used to put flowers on the neighbors’ doorsteps, ring the bell and run away!

  • Sandry O.

    I love it!! Thanks for all your inspiration.

  • Karen

    Amazingly doable – You are the greatest!! Such interesting talent. We appreciate!

  • Charlot

    Love the rooster. It was actually pretty easy to doodle. Love your two Craftsy classes and your books. I have never been able to draw at all but have always doodled. So glad I found your classes and your blog. I look forward to reading your posts each morning.

    • Rhonda

      Lori has three Craftsy classes now and they’re all the best!

  • Linda Hammock

    I cannot wait to try creating this Cockadoodle! Such fun! Thank you!

  • Chip Styles

    love the rooster…thanks for sharing

  • Mari Russell

    Love all these motifs, Lori, especially Mr Rooster! I will be trying this one tonight – after a blustery Scottish day in the garden!

  • Donna Belisle

    Got to try this one soon, who doesn’t just love a cocky little rooster?

  • LOL! So cute. Never heard that Rhyme before.

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