A cat lovers dream, Cats on Cats is a beginner friendly look at simple quilt techniques and chain piecing. Featuring fabric from Kitty Garden and Jenny's Basics by Jenny Ronen.
A cat lovers dream, Cats on Cats is a beginner friendly look at simple quilt techniques and chain piecing. Featuring fabric from Kitty Garden and Jenny's Basics by Jenny Ronen.
A cat lovers dream, Cats on Cats is a beginner friendly look at simple quilt techniques and chain piecing. Featuring fabric from Kitty Garden and Jenny's Basics by Jenny Ronen.
A cat lovers dream, Cats on Cats is a beginner friendly look at simple quilt techniques and chain piecing. Featuring fabric from Kitty Garden and Jenny's Basics by Jenny Ronen.
A cat lovers dream, Cats on Cats is a beginner friendly look at simple quilt techniques and chain piecing. Featuring fabric from Kitty Garden and Jenny's Basics by Jenny Ronen.
Double Pinwheel & Peeping Cats Quilt Blocks. Free Pattern and Tutorial
(Edited to add: see the finished quilts HERE) Back in January I cut my string scraps that were less than 2.5" down to a uniform width of 1.5". Since then they've been aging in a couple of large ziploc bags. This weekend I decided the time had come to do something with those scraps! As many scrap quilts have made I remain amazed by how many quilts can hide in a scrap bin. Scraps are irresistible to me. Much more so than yardage. I had an idea in my head for what I wanted to do with these strings and I decided to photograph the process for a tutorial. I started by sorting out the cool colors, which probably constituted half of the strings. (I *might* have a problem with the color blue... the "warms" pile was pitiful by comparison.) I sewed the strings together at their short ends to make one looooooong string. Locate both loose ends, put them rights sides together, and start sewing down one long side toward the middle. When you reach the middle it will probably be all twisty. Cut it and complete sewing the two strips together. Press your string pair, then repeat the process. Find both loose ends and start sewing your pairs into a four. Press and repeat, sewing your 4-string string into an 8-string. This takes a long time if you started with a lot of string like I did. The bright side is that every time you fold it in half and sew, it ends up half as long, so as you go it gets easier. Keep going until you have a long panel 16 strings wide. I considered stopping at this point and just making a quilt top out of horizontal strings, but I decided to continue with my original plan. I sub cut the panel into squares, each 16.5" square. I put these up on the design wall alternating directions, this would make a cool quilt, too. Then I did the same process with my neutral colored strings. I took the neutral and cool colored squares and turned them into HSTs. I marked the line with a sharpie and pinned the blocks so they didn't shift while I sewed on either side of the line. If you put the squares together with their strips running the same way, then in the HST they will turn. If you put them together with their strips perpendicular then in the HST they will run the same direction. I chose the first method so the two different colors run at different angles. With my blocks turned into HSTs the options are limitless... Any layout that can be made with HSTs. I haven't sewn these together yet, still auditioning layouts to find my favorite. Which do you like best? Linking to Oh Scrap!
I'll be making a cat quilt for my daughter. This is a very easy block to make and you can see each step on the Missouri Star Quilt tutorial https://www.missouriquiltco.com/land/tutorials/pins-paws-cat-quilt/index.html Your cats can be any color but please use either a white on white low volume background or a light blue or light blue low volume background. Cats can be facing either way. I have posted pictures below of my blocks. A block will consist of two cats. Finished block size is 9 1/2" square for one cat and when stitched together they are 9 1/2" x 18 1/2". It took me approximately 15 minutes for each block, including cutting time. It's a very easy block to make. The video at Missouri Star is very complete and I've also added my instructions here to make one cat: Begin with a 10 x 10" block of print fabric. Cut that in half so you have 2 - 5" x 10" rectangles. From the first rectangle, trim 1/2" off the end making the block 5" x 9 1/2". Set this rectangle aside. With the second print rectangle, cut 3" off the end. Now you have a 3 x 5" piece which is the cat's head, set aside. Next, cut a 2 1/2" piece from the end of the second print rectangle so that you have a 2 1/2" x 5" piece. Cut this piece in half and you have 2 - 2 1/2" squares which will be the cat's ears. From your background fabric cut a 5" wide strip. The pieces you will need to cut from this strip are: 1 - 2 1/2" square (tail), 1 - 5" square (piece above the back and tail), 1 - 2 1/2" x 5" for the ear area. Iron your 2 1/2" blocks in half on the diagonal. Follow the Missouri Star video for placement or the pictures I have posted below. I will be on vacation the last week in May, so if I receive your block during that time and you don't hear from me you will know why. I'll post what I've received as soon as I return from vacation.
Make a super cute kitty cat quilt pattern using your AccuQuilt fabric cutting machine and the Kitty die. The purr-fect addition to your quilting repertoire: the Kitty Cat Quilt Pattern! This charming quilt features two
The Photo by © hardhat_cat This quilt pattern is inspired by the colorful fur of calico cats, which can have three or more different colors. The patchwork cat blocks are easy to make and are paired wi
making lots of beautiful quilts and wallhangings for gifts. Bonnie and Donna W. have been so busy sewing that they've left the rest of us in the dust. I think they must have a sewing fairy that comes in at night and sews for them, lol. Otherwise how can they get so much done? Here are some of their latest projects. Bonnie's Cat 1600 Quilt Donna W's Batik 1600 Quilt Bonnie's Pumpkin WH Donna W's Corn and Pumpkins 1600 Quilt Donna W's Fall TR Now you have to remember, these 1600 quilts are in addition to the ones they made when we had our 1600 Challenge day at the fire hall last month. I think they're trying to show the rest of us up, lol. Now the next 1600 quilt is the one Tammy did at the fire hall, but she decided to put a scarecrow from another pattern on hers. Her mom, Jane is helping her with it. Isn't this a cute idea? Tammy's quilt And here's the beautiful table runner that Jane received from Joan K in the Quilted Table Fall/Halloween Swap. Isn't it gorgeous? Joan does such beautiful work. Stop over at her blog (Moose Stash Quilting) and look at all the wonderful projects she has made. She even has some tutorials for you to try. That's all for today. But I'll be back soon with pictures from our Hug Club charity quilting event. Until next time... Happy quilting from Sharon and the girls, Katie and Patsy Cline
I made a tutorial for the kitty cat blocks I have been making. They are fast and fun to make!! Some pieces are turned differently in the block than I have show up above...I was just showing all the pieces cut out. Cutting instructions; please cut as follows: Print fabric 5.5 inch x 6.5 inch rectangle (cut 1) this is the body of the kitty 4.5 inch x 3.5 inch rectangle (cut 1) this is the head of the kitty 1.5 inch x 9.5 inch strip (cut 1) this is the tail of the kitty 1.5 inch x 2.5 inch strip (cut 1) this is the small part of the kitty's tail 1.5 inch x 1.5 inch squares (cut 2) these are the ears of the kitty Background Fabric 4.5 inch x 3.5 inch rectangle (cut 1) spacer between head and tail section 9.5 inch x 1.5 inch strip (cut 2) these are side border strips 10.5 x 1.5 inch strip (cut 1) top border strip 4.5 inch x 1.5 inch strip (cut 1) ear section 3.5 inch x 1.5 inch strip (cut 1) spacer connecting body and tail 1.5 inch x 1.5 inch squares (cut 7) for connector corners Here is my little, very professional drawing...giggle! Well maybe not professional, but it worked for me. Here are my cut out pieces. I sewed the ear print pieces to the 4.5 inch strip, using the connector corner method. I sewed two background connector 1.5 inch squares to the head print section. I then sewed two more of the background connector corners to the body print section, as above. I sewed a background square to the 2.5 inch strip of print to form part of the tail. I then sewed the two remaining background squares to the tail strip, to form the long tail. Then I sewed the head together, then added the spacer as above to form the top part of the kitty. The body is also sewn together as above. And then here is the whole block, done!!! Whoop! I have two kitty cats!! I am making twenty for this quilt. I was thinking...I should just do what makes me happy, and what could be better for me than pink!!! So please enjoy and make kitty cats to your hearts desire! Thank you for your patience with my tutorial...hope you make some kitty quilts and please show me too!! Happy Thanksgiving in advance...pie making has been on the agenda today, as I have to work a lot of the holiday...the hospital does not close!! Julie
Finally! The quilt made from blocks my do. Good Stitches circle made in January is done. Oops, little bit overdue! For this group quilt I asked for "peanut butter and jelly" colors and they followed this tutorial. I really like the whole quilt, but I LOVE the color scheme! Don't be surprised if I ask for these colors in a future CiL blocks drive. (As an aside, I love peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. It's my absolute go to comfort food.) I found the perfect backing with rich purples to compliment the jelly theme. I feel like most East Texans are either beer drinkers or tea-totalers, but I'm sure this quilt will make its way into the hands of the perfect wine lover. Next up, two more tops by the very generous Canadian, Jannette. She sent in these two and I finished them. Two nice gender neutral and geometric quilts. These have been added to the next batch for delivery to the hospital and that will put Covered in Love over the 500 mark! Thank you all for being patient with me while I took the past 2 months off to get caught up on things around here. It's time again for the summer red, white, and blue stars block drive! If you want to participate check out the details below. Saturday morning snuggle buddies Covered in Love is a 501(c)(3) charity that donates quilts to patients dying in the hospital, over 400 so far! The July/August drive is going on now. Check out the main post HERE if you want to get involved. Linking to Confessions of a Fabric Addict and Finished or Not Friday
You can stitch up a bunch of these little kennel quilts from your stash in no time! This is also a great project to help a child learn how to quilt.
When I found this DIY patchwork cat video tutorial by Pay It Forward, on YouTube, that looked so cute, I had to make it right away! This patchwork cat idea has a free pattern download that is so easy to follow and simple to understand. There are not a lot of materials involved, so this