Egg-cellent Company Free Quilt Pattern by Wendy Sheppard
Egg-cellent Company is a 59-by-74-inch quilt by Wendy Sheppard featuring Folky Chicken by Natalie Briscoe. This intermediate project combines pieced hen blocks with egg, beak, comb, wing and tail details. The hens are arranged with vertical sashing and pieced horizontal sashing that includes cornerstones. Two inner borders and an outer border frame the center. Fabric combinations and directional cutting diagrams help organize the individual pieces before the blocks are joined.
About This Free Pattern
This free quilt pattern was designed by Wendy Sheppard for Windham Fabrics.
This project is marked intermediate and uses pieced.
The finished quilt measures 59.0 x 74.0.
Download the pattern to review the full cutting instructions, diagrams, and sewing steps before you begin.
Egg-cellent Company Free Quilt Pattern by Wendy Sheppard quilt pattern summary
- Cut and label the fabrics, checking the directional cutting diagrams. Make the egg, beak and comb units with the corner-piecing method.
- Piece the wings, hen bodies and half-square-triangle tails. Join these with the head and egg/beak units to complete the hen blocks in the specified fabric combinations.
- Make the vertical and horizontal sashing units, then piece the cornerstones. Join cornerstones and horizontal sashing into the sashing rows.
- Alternate the hen rows and pieced sashing rows to make the center. Add the two inner borders and the outer border in sequence.
- Layer the top with batting and backing, baste and quilt as desired. Bind using the S strips.