Come Home, Kitty, Kitty Cuddle Quilt Idea

I think I am going to call this quilt

"Come Home, Kitty, Kitty!"

I found today that the

 Here Kitty Kitty Collection @ Clothworks 

can be downloaded and loaded into my EQ6!

Downloading these files and adding them to my EQ fabric library 

and using them to design a quilt is a new experience for me.  

I am feeling pretty chuffed. 

This is the possible layout that I have now to make
a small cuddle quilty blankie for my Grand-darling.
It is a very small quilt, only about 24 inches
as I want to make something the baby girl can hold soon.

I have been having fun playing with the fabrics and layout ...

So maybe ...

Or maybe ...

I am sure I will make some changes when I sit down to sew it.

For now, which layout do you like better?

Anyone interested in a tutorial for this mini quilt? 

The kitty is tiger striped because my daughter's kitty Pepper is a gray tiger cat.

This is a picture of Pepper when she was a baby kitty two summers ago. 

I have been petting these fabrics and playing with the kitties in EQ today

when I take breaks from the RR border that I am sewing.

Hope to have pictures of the RR soon.

The kitties shall have to be patient.

Anyone interested in a tutorial for this mini quilt?

It is warm here today in my quilty corner!

Summer is coming after all!

:)

Here, Kitty, Kitty!

Here, Kitty Kitty!

These pretty pastel and gray organic fabrics are by

Alyssa Thomas @ Penguin & Fish,

where you can receive a free pdf. of an adorable mini embroidery pattern 

just for signing up for her newsletter.

Pink Castle Fabrics had a  special discount on all bundles and 

these fabrics were meowing very loudly to me.

Now I cannot resist a cute kitty saying hello or a good fabric deal.

So I gave these pretty kitty fabrics a good home.

I was thinking to sew the cute 

Cat Quilt-Along @ Oh, Fransson!

with these fabrics, as I saved all the blocks last December.

Now that they are here I am thinking they are so soft and sweet that they may be destined for a cute outfit  and quilty for a very special baby girl. 

Time will tell.

I will no be sewing these anytime soon.

In the meantime, I shall pet the kitties.

Butterfly approves!

:)

Happy Flag Day!

Happy Flag Day!

and

Happy 1st Month Birthday, My Grand-darling!

<3

My Favorite Quilt

This is my favorite quilt!

Sew Mama Sew

is hosting a

My Favorite Quilt Link Up

and this made me really think about "my favorite quilt."  

I have a lot of favorite quilts for many different reasons.

After thinking it over, I have picked this quilt as my personal favorite. 

This photo of the quilting has been featured on my sidebar for a lot time.

It tells a story of who I am.

It is a simple quilt.

It is not trendy or new or designed by me.

It is not perfect.

It just hangs on my wall and makes me happy.

I have blogged a lot about this quilt.

   Here is my post about quilting and finishing it. 

I took my time quilting it and enjoyed the process.

My quilty kitties helped, of course,

Butterfly helped.

Katniss helped. 

It was made from the pattern that came with the fabrics.

 This is my top without the extra borders.  

By the time I had reached the outer borders, it did not look quite right to my quilty muse. 

I had actually already finished the quilting and had trimmed it bind it

when I decided that my quilt was not done.

If I could rewind and do over, I would not have trimmed that quilt before
reaching for the binding fabric.

The pattern called for this teal as the binding.

It did not really speak to me.

When I auditioned fabrics for the binding I could not decide. 

Even after the advice of my friends I could not make up my mind.

So I decided my quilt was not done. 

I actually made the quilt larger by adding an extra strip of batting
and an extra narrow border in yellow.

This warm yellow is my favorite color!

  

My grand kitty stopped by and helped when she was just a baby kitty to help bind the runner.

I bound the quilt with the last of my brown fabric.

It has turned into my favorite wall quilt and it hangs somewhere in my home all year round.  In the summer it is in my dining room.  Then it moves into my bedroom.  

It has also hung in my sewing room, which is not my sewing room for a few months. 

Because I added the extra batting and border strip the outer edge has a slight wave.

It is not a quilt show worthy quilt.

It is not perfect.

This matters not at all to my enjoyment of this quilt.

I love this quilt so much ... the sunflower prints, the colors, the layout, the quilting.  I never grow tired of looking at this quilt.  I always makes me smile and brightens even the grayest days.

When Life Gives You Scraps!

The free pattern used a stitch and flip method that resulted in many good sized HST,

 so I made large table/bed runner with the scraps.

Right now my favorite quilt is hanging in my bedroom ...

... where the walls are the same warm yellow.

This is the story of my favorite quilt.

I hope you have enjoyed looking at with me.

Thanks for stopping by for a moment.

<3

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krislovesfabricJune 4, 2014 at 8:29 AM

What a beauty of a picnic quilt...love the checkers! And how neat that you got to visit the basket outlet...I might be jealous :)

Congratulations to
Kris@ Kris Loves Fabric

who has her own lovely Perfect Picnic post with a beautiful quilt, flowers, delicious food ...
 and two yummy pies.

Enjoy your shopping at

Fabrics N Quilts

Thanks to all who stopped by and left so many kind words on my quilt and picnic post.

I wish I had something for all of you.

Please visit me again.

Hope to have more fun giveaways soon!

Thanks, again, to

Shannon @ Fabrics N Quilts

for generously offering this giveaway to my readers.

This has been such a fun fun fun blog hop!

Looking forward to the next hop announcement from

Madame Samm @ Sew We Quilt

who always brings sunshine and happiness to my scrapatch!

A view from my back porch.

The sun just broke through the clouds here after two hours of rain!

Have a happy quilty day!

:)