Cherie Moore

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The Brave Chicken

Original free pieced design by Cherie Moore
Belleville, Illinois


Free motion quilting by Chris Ballard



28.5" wide x 24.75" long - Shown here before quilting
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Cherie writes:  

I selected my inspiration barn for two reasons.  

I love the look of the barn with its clean lines and beautiful white trim.  

I also love the barn because it housed a brave chicken.  

The actual barn belongs to Norman Wilke 
and is home to Clydesdale horses and chickens.  

In June of 2009, our area was under a tornado warning and, 
as we hung out in our basement, 
a tornado touched down on the Wilke barn, 
twisting the metal roof and shearing the walls.  

All during the storm, the brave chicken held on tight 
and stayed on her egg-filled nest.  
She was calmly clucking when the Wilkes’ came out 
to assess the storm damage.  

About 10 days later, 
the Belleville News-Democrat reported 
the brave chicken was a mother, 
hatching out 12 chicks. 

The Wilke barn is as good as new now
 and never fails to make me smile when I see it.


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DESIGN NOTE:  

Cherie, who considers herself a novice free piecer, 
pieced sky lights in her barn’s upper roof.  

She also used two different thrifted shirtings to piece the sky.



QUILTING NOTE:  

Three distinct sets of parallel quilted lines 
emphasize the sloping, angled shapes of the barn’s roof.  

Gentle curves fill the barnyard and swirls unify the scrappy sky.


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1 comment:

  1. Great barn and lovely story. Windy sky goes with that story.

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