"Bali Cats" pieced and quilted by feline fanatic
5 Attachment(s)
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 [ATTACH=CONFIG]571260[/ATTACH] Here it is after: [ATTACH=CONFIG]571261[/ATTACH] 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. [ATTACH=CONFIG]571262[/ATTACH] Some close ups of the quilting. Hummingbird [ATTACH=CONFIG]571263[/ATTACH] Gecko [ATTACH=CONFIG]571265[/ATTACH] Now I just need to bind it and label it. |
Beautiful quilt and quilting. You would never guess it misbehaved for you! Very kind of you to give this to your vet.
|
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. |
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.
|
Wonderful quilt. I know it will mean a lot to the vet and her family.
|
great quilt and quilting!!
|
Amazing and wonderful piecing and quilting! Even for you, this is exceptional work. What a wonderful and caring gift!
|
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.
|
fantastic quilt and quilting
|
Beautiful quilt and quilting. As always, a great job:)
|
All times are GMT -8. The time now is 07:03 PM. |