Easter chicken/doorstopper

Hi, I wanted to create a sewing post and as I recently made this adorable chicken in under 1 hour, below are the instructions on how you can make a great easter chicken too, enjoy sewing!!!

You will need

2 x 6in squares of fabric ( you can make this chicken as big or small as you like but this is the size i recommend! )
Similar templates and felt to the ones in the image below
2 buttons
pins
needle
matching thread

Using the image above as a guide cut out a tail, waffle, wing, cone for head and beak pieces.

Pin these to felt, I used red, yellow and pink.

Place the wings onto the outer fabric squares and sew around the curved edge using a straight or zig zag stitch. Leave the flat edge so that the wings will serve as pockets.

Take one piece of the material which you have sewn on one of the wings and leaving a quarter inch gap from the edge sew on the tail and cone for the head at the top of the fabric.

Then sew on the beak pieces, beak A goes nearest to the top and beak B just under beak A.

Finally sew on the waffle underneath beak B.

Put the two pieces of material right sides together and sew along the top and two sides leaving the bottom open.

Pull together the two seams to form a pyramid like shape. Sew around 2 inches in from each side, leaving a hill to stuff your chicken with.

Turn your chicken inside out and stuff, it can be made into a doorstopper if you add some fish-tank gravel available from a pet shop.

Sew up the hole and sew on the eyes.

Your easter chicken is complete!