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Ms. Shawn 08-16-2010 01:55 AM


Originally Posted by catrancher
I finished my quilt for the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative. I'm calling it Abe's Kittens because I found the original drawing on a greeting card. There was an inscription that was a quote from Abraham Lincoln that said, "No matter how much cats fight there always seem to be plenty of kittens." Maren Schaffner, a German artist, was kind enough to give her permission to use the drawing, and she specifically asked me to give her credit in this form:

Original art © Maren Schaffner

Thank you so much, Maren.

SOoooo Cute I love it!!!
:thumbup: :mrgreen:

mollymct 08-16-2010 03:24 AM

That is awesome!! You are so talented. So wonderful.

tdgiffin 08-16-2010 03:25 AM

What a great idea!

feline fanatic 08-16-2010 06:28 AM

Love it!

grammy Dwynn 08-16-2010 06:30 AM

purrrr-fect!! :)

sewmuchmore 08-16-2010 07:37 AM

AWesome :thumbup:

nwm50 08-16-2010 07:39 AM

This is the most darling cat fabric ever seen! Thanks for sharing, wish I had one like this ! How did you get the face shaggy looking?

nwm50 08-16-2010 07:41 AM


Originally Posted by nwm50
This is the most darling cat fabric ever seen! Thanks for sharing, wish I had one like this ! How did you get the face shaggy looking?

Oops. had to re-read how you did it above.

dphelps 08-16-2010 07:59 AM

That is so cute! I just love it. What a nice thing to be considerate of the artist.

catrancher 08-16-2010 08:29 AM


Originally Posted by nwm50
This is the most darling cat fabric ever seen! Thanks for sharing, wish I had one like this ! How did you get the face shaggy looking?

Yes, I mentioned how I did the thread. What I didn't say is that I cut the template shaggy too. I tried as much as possible to follow the original drawing, and so that helps in addition to the thread work.


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