The second in the baby quilt series of similar colorway and design from Andee. She made it using left overs from the last one with some coordinating additions, way to go to using those pesky scraps Andee!
The center fabric has cats all over it so I pulled out a panto- gasp, yes I did another panto- that I remembered from long ago, I think it's called "Scaredy Cats" or something and they do look scared - or something!
Yesterday I visited a couple of quilt shops with a friend from Alabama, picked up this adorable Lucy fabric for an apron...........
and the red shoes for my shoe addicted friend Gale...........
this to add to the watercolor quilt fabric collection...........
a nice large floral panel that will make a quickie quilt when I need one in a hurry........
a few notions like these adorable little scissors - you can never have enough/too many.........
stain remover touted to be the very best and a new Chaco marker.
The afternoon was passed giving a lesson on the longarm on feathering and I think my student took home some new skills to practice.
Now I am taking a short break from the longharm to work on piecing this wedding gift quilt-the wedding was late March- I have six months don't I according to etiquette?
The pattern L chose is a very traditional Pat Speth design from her " Amazing Nickel Quilts" book.
L chose the colors substituting greens for the blues though I see the colors are very much more dull than in reality probably because I had the flash off. Click on the pics to get a truer idea of the colors.
Turns out that L's tastes are very traditional and she leans towards the scrappy style- the fabrics are mostly Civil War repros and some Thimbleberries I think. Some came from my generous stash of CW repros but I did have to buy more to add to the mix, I never have a problem buying new fabrics, LOL!
The two parts of the blocks are made and I am in the process of finishing trimming the HST's this afternoon to get the perfect 4.5" squares. I think it will go together quickly once the blocks are constructed.
I haven't yet decided on backing or the quilting design but I am leaning towards feathers and perhaps a burgundy/red backing. We will see what L thinks - I only took her to two quilt shops
[I will swear that on a stack of Bibles and I never even breathed on her or cast any spells or anything] before she had contracted the dreaded pox -quilting pox, that is- and would you believe she went home and immediately infected her teenge DD and now they are both addicted! More about them in a future post, it is a very funny tale!
2 comments:
The cat quilting is so so cute! I am loving it as always! Also can't wait to see this one you are piecing..I really like that pattern too! Might have to get that book, I seem to have overlooked buying it, haha! I am piecing away again here...can't be slacking off!
The cat quilt is adorable! Looks like you had a rather productive shopping expedition too. I'm going to be eager to watch the wedding quilt grow. It's a terrific pattern.
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