Crochet Bird Applique, Patchwork Piece 1

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Hello friends,
Here I made a very special item first time in my art life, APPLIQUE. We generally call it patchwork. Actually patch work is an art of forming design by joining the pieces of fabrics different in colors, different in designs. See my following post,
https://alkaandart.blogspot.com/search?q=mom+creation
In India it is very usual to make applique worked baby blankets for new born. Today this art has special name Quilting.
The word APPLIQUE is from French Latin words which means to join or to apply which we do in applique or in patchwork.

I always like to make kid's favorite pictures on their sweater, jacket etc. I made them with embroidery on knitted work. See fig 2, 3. On knitted sweaters it's OK to make hand embroidery but on crochet sweater (?) there is no possibility to hand embroidery. In that case sewing APPLIQUE is the only way to decorate it or to make it kid's favorite. Hence I made this bird applique. Before that I made simple fish applique and car applique but they are actually very simple.

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PATTERN: 

Face: In a magic loop make ch 3, dc 11, close by sl st in third ch. Bind off. Fig 4.

Body: R1: In a magic loop make semi circle by making ch 1, sc 4, close loosely to form semi circle.

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R2: ch 1 turn, sc 2 in each st, (8 sts). Fig 4.

R3: ch 3, dc 1 in first st, dc 2 in each st (16 sts)

R4: ch 3, dc 1 in same st, dc 1 in next st, (dc 2 in next, dc 1 in next) repeat till 2 sts remain to end, tr 2 in next, tr 1 in last st. Continue for tail, fig 6.

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Tail: ch 10, fig 7, from second ch, 2 sl st, 2 sc, 2 hdc, 3 dc, then dc 4 on tr, hdc 1 in next 2 sts, bind off.

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Wing: Ch 14+1, sc 1 in next 5 sts, hdc 3, dc 2, hdc 2, sc 1, sc 4 in last corner st, fig 9, then on other side, sc 2 in each of the first 2 sts, hdc 1 in next 2 sts, dc 2 in next st, tr 2 in next st, dc 1 in next 4 sts, hdc 2, sc 2,  bind off. Fig 10.

Assemble these parts by sewing with tapestry needle as shown in fig 11. 

Make ch 3, dc 2 at under neck st, join third ch and last dc to the body of the bird.

Leg: Ch 5, sl st in second and third ch from hook, ch 3, sl st on second and third ch from hook, sl st in the remaining 2 sts of leg (out of initial 5 sts)

Skip 2 sts of the body, join the red yarn and make one more leg similarly. Fig 12.

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 Beak: Join yellow yarn, ch 2, incomplete dc 1 in same st, incomplete dc 1 in next st, YO and pass through all the three sts. Bind off. Fig 13.

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Sew one black bead as an eye. As black bead is not with me teperarily I put black bindi but I will replace it by bead soon. 

Finally the bird will look as in fig 14.





















The following video may hellp you to make this applique.

ETC: Enjoy the Creativity