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Sew a Hen: A Free Stuffed Toy Pattern

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If you’re looking for a sewing project this Easter then may I suggest you sew this sweet little hen with your kids…it’s easier than you think. Really!!

Henya and her little chicks are a great beginner sewing project. Actually don’t just stop at one gather all your kids and your neighbours kids and sew a brood of chickens and of course some sweet little chicks too.

Sew a Sweet and Simple Little Hen

For my friendly little stuffed chicken all you need is two squares of gingham, some scraps of red and yellow felt, a needle, thread, a little polyester fibrefill for soft stuffing and rice to give her weight…and last but not least, you’ll need a name…I call mine Henya…which is a perfectly good name for a hen.

What you need to sew your little hen:

Sew a Sweet and Simple Little Hen
Two 6 ½” X 6 ½” squares of gingham
Yellow and red felt
Needle
Thread
Pins
Cup of rice
Polyester fibrefill
Two small wiggly eyes
Glue

How to sew your little hen:

Cut out a head comb and two circles for the eyes from red felt.

Cut out a beak from yellow felt.

The head comb and beak templates are here.

Pin the head comb and beak into place as shown below. Note: the beak is folded down the middle along the dotted line as indicated in the template.
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Place the remaining square of gingham on top.

Sew a Sweet and Simple Little Hen

Pin and sew around the outside of the squares 1/4″ in from the edge leaving a 2″ turning gap.
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Turn right side out as shown below…
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so it looks like this:
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Push a small amount of polyester fibrefill through the opening of the turning gap…just enough to fill the top 1/4 of the hen…
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then add about a cup of rice…

Filling a soft toy with rice
and sew the turning gap closed.

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Hold the hen upside down and bring the two opposite corners together as shown below:

Pin together making a triangular shape on the base of the hen…

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and sew a line about 1 3/4″ down from the top of the triangle as shown below:

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This triangle folds under the hen forming her base and gives her a nice plump henny shape.

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Glue on the red felt circle that marks the eye. Then glue a small wiggly eye on top.

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And here’s Henya in my backyard scratching around the dirt and leaves for who knows what:

Sew a Sweet and Simple Little Hen

 
Happy Easter, Trixi
a little hen to sew
little gingham chicks in an egg carton

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Comments

  1. handmade by amalia says

    March 13, 2016 at 4:50 pm

    How cute is it, Trixi! I think my niece would love to give it a try.
    Amalia
    xo

    Reply
  2. trixi symonds says

    March 13, 2016 at 6:01 pm

    Yourniece is very lucky to have such a creative aunt 🙂

    Reply
  3. Amy Smith says

    February 15, 2019 at 1:00 pm

    So cute, thanks! I made 2 large and 10 small to use as “sewing pattern weights” I store them in a little crate with moss and raffia in the botom.

    Reply
    • trixi says

      February 27, 2019 at 8:43 pm

      Hi Amy, That sounds so sweet. Thanks for letting me know. It’s always fun to see what people do with my projects.I’d love to see a pic if you’re on fb or insta!!

      Reply

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