Ann Turley – Nature #3
Chicken
This is Nature #3, On The Farm, where chickens run amok. They always seem to be pecking through the dirt, looking for seeds and food scraps. I’ve used a variety of black and white prints plus a sheer organza and a decorator fabric, all to give dimension and detail to this hen. The background was constructed from a jellyroll of fall fabrics. I organized them in in a roughly ground-to-sky order. I’ve kept the quilting simple, with straight lines in the ditch.
Detail view:
FIFTEEN BY FIFTEEN 
An inquisitive bird, you can just imagine it foraging around in the yard. great fabric choice and the stitching with the grey thread adds depth to the bird. Lovely!
Excellent use and choice of fabrics that create a beautiful and friendly composition with the chicken in the foreground.Bravo!
This hen is so real! The choice of black and white fabrics is excellent, and those chosen for the background add strength to the composition.
Wow what a beauty, love your interpretation using black, white and grey. bravo
Great lively quilt. I love the background and the hen is superb. Beautiful little details too. Bravo!
I love the way you created the chicken in a variety of fabrics. Very suitable for the colorful background
I like the way that the jellyroll fabrics in the background give the impression of the variety of surfaces that the chickens will peck around in. I love the way that you have ‘built’ your chicken with the black and whoite fabrics. A lovely job
What a cute chicken! Me too, I love your fabrics for the chicken. And the lower background fabrics look like they are full of seeds, something for the chicken to be pecking for. Good job!
I love this hen. The fabrics have been used so cleverly to create the feathers. The layered background is very effective.
Lovely hen pecking at the well chosen background fabrics that are full of seeds. Love the way you created the hen with the different black and white fabrics. So effective!
I love your black and white hen perky stepping around in the colourful strips of the background. Well done.
So nice how you used several black and white fabrics for your chicken. Well done.
Love life on the farm! So colorful, everything in bloom. A perfect place for your hen to wander and peck. Well done!