feline fanatic

I pieced this quilt a couple of years ago and it has been languishing in my to be quilted pile waiting for inspiration. When I put the pieced border on, I knew I had issues and thought I could get away with it. But when I pulled this out to quilt it, I had to take off both the borders and redo them. Then I decided to starch the sawtooth border before reattaching and some of it bled. But I think it will come out in the wash. Even if it doesn't the bleed is in such a small area it doesn't detract. And it finished much better and made quilting a TON easier.

Originally I made this quilt for myself. Then my most wonderful vet had a horrible fire over the holidays and lost all her pets (3 cats and 1 dog) to smoke inhalation. Thankfully her and her human family were ok and only the kitchen was trashed in the fire and smoke damage on all her belongings. I knew as soon as I found out that I would quilt this up for her.

Because all the cats are batiks I dubbed this quilt Bali Cats (a play on Alley cats). I knew I wanted them sitting in an Indonesian Garden but was at a loss as to how to make that happen. So I played with ideas and searched the net for inspiration. Then I stumbled on this stencil set by Urban Elementz and knew this is exactly what I needed to design the quilting.
https://www.urbanelementz.com/mola-9...3-stencil.html

I didn't use the stencils but drafted the designs myself and marked the flowers, leaves, hummingbirds and geckos. Then just freehanded the fill.

Tech details:
Pattern: Sawtooth Cats by The City Stitcher
Batting: Hobbs Polydown
Threads: Magnaglide bobbin in Tuscan color and Isacord in a tan color on top
Quilting hours: 20

Here is the quilt before any quilting
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Here it is after:
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I duplicated the pieced cats in the cornerstones of the outside border (you can see a little bit of the bleed in the tan fabric.
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Some close ups of the quilting.
Hummingbird
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Gecko
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Now I just need to bind it and label it.

suern3

Beautiful quilt and quilting. You would never guess it misbehaved for you! Very kind of you to give this to your vet.

Chester the bunny

Wowsers! Beautiful colors and quilting.
I've had this pattern for a long time and have not had the nerve to start it.
Good for you for finishing it and what a wonderful thing to do for the vet.

kayluvs2quilt

Now I am in tears ~ that is such an awesome quilt. Prayers of thanks for you for such a wonderful gift for your vet and prayers of comfort for the family on the loss of their furbabies.

pewa88

Wonderful quilt. I know it will mean a lot to the vet and her family.

QUILTNMO

great quilt and quilting!!

QM

Amazing and wonderful piecing and quilting! Even for you, this is exceptional work. What a wonderful and caring gift!

Kwiltr

Fantastic!! Love the quilt pattern and your quilting is just purrfect! ;-). Great idea for the quilting motifs and accents on the cats. Love it! I'm sure your vet will be over the moon with your thoughtful gift.

fred singer

fantastic quilt and quilting

daisydebby

Beautiful quilt and quilting. As always, a great job