Brick Quilt

I have seen a lot of brick quilts being made, lately, so I thought to make one myself.

I dug into the scrap bins and cut 2.5" strips of nine different fabrics, and then cut the bricks in 6.5" length. Sewing them together in a random setting left me a quilt looking like this.

Finished dimension is 36" x 48", a nice size for a small child.

It is free-motion quilted with loops and swirls in a pale pink thread. Binding in a warm, dark red solid.

Our little house guest had to pose on the finished quilt.

This is my tenth charity quilt for the year, and number 54 all time for the children's ward at the hospital.

Candy Cat

The Candy Cat pattern is a free pattern by Unicornharts. I've had this pattern for a while, and figured that this was the time for making a mini quilt of this foundation paper pieced pattern. I had a specific cat in mind as the model for my Candy Cat.

Quilt Doodle BOM 2015 - October's Block

This is my version of the October cat designed by Cindy. He is a tribute to my orange tiger-striped cat that died a year ago at the mature age of 16+ years. My cat is all dressed up for Halloween, and I managed to finish the block just in time yesterday before the trick-or-treat'ers started ringing the door bell.

This is the favorite picture of my cat, taken a few years back. I love the way he looks so relaxed and superior; like he has full control over the world! I will always remember him, he was a good companion and comfort to everyone in the family his whole life.

Cat quilt

With the new sofa we got this week, and the combination of having a 15 year old cat, a cat quilt became a necessity. Our previous sofa was a leather one, but with the new in light grey fabric, a cat protection was needed.

Here he is on the quilt for the very first time. It was not love at first sight, because 20 seconds later he had jumped down on the floor. Later the same evening, though, he spent a couple of hours there, sleeping. So it is definitely cat approved.

Technically, this is not a quilt, since I omitted the batting. The top is made from recycled heavyweight cotton. Each square was cut to 5 1/2". The backing is also heavyweight cotton. The quilting was very simple, straight lines in dark grey a presser-foot's width away from the seams on both sides. I finished it off with a solid dark grey binding.

This project was completed in a few hours. Now my cat has a new, favorite spot on the couch. The sofa is protected with a good looking quilt, and everybody is happy!