Late to the game, as I am to many things...
I saw Elizabeth Hartman's cat quilt-along when it was only a few days in. I love color, but I'm not crazy about rainbow quilts, and I thought the cats were cute but kind of... a lot? I mean, I like cats, but not in a cat-lady kind of way.
Then my parents' cat died (age 20!!). And suddenly I wanted to make a cat quilt. Except of course, I had to make two: one for my parents, and one for my youngest sister, who was after all the soul-mate of said cat. My plan is to back them in minky and add a border so they are just big enough to snuggle under---like a lap cat!
I decided to make the quilts identical, partly because that's just fast. And I ditched the rainbow palette for one the color of, well, cats.
The first two blocks flew together. They are fun to make!! And fast. I love how they came out.
I own hardly any solid fabrics, and almost none in neutrals (other than white), so I slipped in an order for a couple of neutral Kona charm packs, and made do in the meantime with a nearly-solid gray. Love, love, love!
I decided to sash the blocks for two reasons: (1) I want the quilts to be large enough to snuggle with, so bigger is better, and (2) I want to have some white cats. That means having a few blocks with non-white backgrounds, which just works better this way.
My biggest problem now is that I don't want to wait for the charm packs to arrive, but I also don't want 25 grey kitties.
I saw Elizabeth Hartman's cat quilt-along when it was only a few days in. I love color, but I'm not crazy about rainbow quilts, and I thought the cats were cute but kind of... a lot? I mean, I like cats, but not in a cat-lady kind of way.
Then my parents' cat died (age 20!!). And suddenly I wanted to make a cat quilt. Except of course, I had to make two: one for my parents, and one for my youngest sister, who was after all the soul-mate of said cat. My plan is to back them in minky and add a border so they are just big enough to snuggle under---like a lap cat!
I decided to make the quilts identical, partly because that's just fast. And I ditched the rainbow palette for one the color of, well, cats.
The first two blocks flew together. They are fun to make!! And fast. I love how they came out.
I own hardly any solid fabrics, and almost none in neutrals (other than white), so I slipped in an order for a couple of neutral Kona charm packs, and made do in the meantime with a nearly-solid gray. Love, love, love!
I decided to sash the blocks for two reasons: (1) I want the quilts to be large enough to snuggle with, so bigger is better, and (2) I want to have some white cats. That means having a few blocks with non-white backgrounds, which just works better this way.
My biggest problem now is that I don't want to wait for the charm packs to arrive, but I also don't want 25 grey kitties.
