Monday, October 26, 2015

Blogger's Quilt Festival - Small Quilt

Fall 2015 with Amy

I would like to thank Amy of Amy's Creative Side for again hosting the Blogger's Quilt Festival - a chance to experience Quilt Market and the HoustOn Show as creative Bloggers.  

SMALL QUILT CATAGORY



"Catalicious" is a pattern by Browyn Hayes of Red Brolly Designs and the patterns are still available HERE.  This was a Stitch Along in 2010!  I did all the stitcheries timely and then they got 'misplaced'.  Found and worked up into a quilt top (and I forgot the fabric line) and again 'misplaced'.

The stitcheries were presented as just black floss, but I played with my Pentex fabric pencils, colored floss, and added lots of beads and buttons.




I've owned a lot of tabby furbabies over many years and decided to make all my kitties to represent my wonderful friends over the years.




A few of these fabrics had large flowers, so I used them up in filler star blocks.  This quilt took so long in the making that I had to plan a setting as there was no referrence to that so long ago.  

It was probably good that this sat so long waiting for a finish.  My quilting has improved over the years - or is it because I have gotten braver?  I quilted this on my home machine using my walking foot for the cross hatching of the patchwork and FMQ to fill a number of the blocks and border.


Finished size - 54" x 62"

Sewingly Yours,
Sharon

15 comments:

BillieBee (billiemick) said...

Love your kitty quilt.....so sweet.

Anonymous said...

hi Sharon ,oh i love this quilt,i love Browyn's quirky ladies,well done my friend xx

Karen said...

Very pretty quilt. I love the kitty blocks. It was worth time it took to make. I hope you enjoy the quilt.

Dana Gaffney said...

I love the way you made this your own, the colors are fantastic and the setting is so interesting, there's so much to look at. Love it!

Quilting Babcia said...

A treat for the eyes as you're wrapped up in this great quilt, I love the embroideries and the fussy-cut star blocks are so lovely. Great combination of colors and patterns.

Calicojoan said...

The is just adorable. I love the soft colors your choose!

Needled Mom said...

That is beautiful - a perfect entry.

Barbara said...

Love this quilt. I have those stitcheries on my to-do list. This makes me want to get at them.

gayle said...

Love it! I've got the stitchy patterns tucked away somewhere for a rainy day...

Joanna said...

Very sweet. Love the cats and the embroidered images they inhabit. They all come together nicely.

Kris said...

Just fabulous, Sharon!! I love that you added color to each of the stitcheries!!

Christine M said...

Your quilt is lovely Sharon.

Sheila said...

Cats! Embroidery! Love this everything about this quilt.

Rebecca in AK said...

This is a fantastic quilt Sharon! You did such a wonderful job on the embroidery!

Kate said...

I remember this one. You did a beautiful job with the stitching, the piecing and the quilting.