Prosperity Hens Sewing Tutorial // DIY Fabric Prosperity Chicken // Good Luck Charms for Your Home
Want to invite a little good fortune into your home? Start with a chicken. For thousands of years, chickens have been a symbol of prosperity in Northern India—where owning a flock could mean the difference between hardship and abundance. These colorful fabric hens are traditionally given as gifts to celebrate life’s big moments and hung near doorways to invite good fortune into the home.
There’s an old tradition in Northern India that says if you hang a colorful hen near your doorway, prosperity will find its way in.
For thousands of years, chickens have been symbols of abundance in Northern India—because in the harsh climate, owning a flock of chicken could mean the difference between barely scraping by and living a life of plenty. These weren’t just birds. They were hope. They were survival.
Today, artisans still handcraft prosperity hens using jewel-toned fabric scraps, sparkling glass beads, silver accents, and tiny bells that chime softly when they move. Each one is unique and given as gifts to celebrate weddings, new homes, new babies—all of life’s beautiful milestones.
And now? You can make your own! Ill show you how to stitch up a flock of prosperity hens bursting with color, tradition, and maybe—just maybe—a little bit of magic.
Below you will find my step by step written tutorial with VIDEO instructions for all the visual learners.
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Table of Contents
How to make the Prosperity Hens
Supplies and tools
- fabric – colorful fabrics – woven cotton works best, but you can use any fabric
- polyester stuffing
- (optional) fusible interfacing for the lightweight fabrics
- matching thread
- scissors (or rotary cutter and a cutting mat)
- ruler or measuring tape
- iron and ironing board
- sewing clips or pins
- decoration: colorful beads, wooden beads, glass beads, pom poms, small bell
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How to Sew Prosperity Chicken
Watch the diy prosperity hens video first and then follow the written step by step instructions below.
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Prosperity hens (chicken) VIDEO TUTORIAL
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