Kitty crafts - yet another!

[sirrahbed]

catcrazylady showed me these kitty quilt squares. I rarely manage to finish quilts, but I can finish pillows made from one quilt square:D Here is today's crafty effort...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v170/sirrahbed/catbeds/pillow.jpg
This just shows up the face, button eyes and the cording around the edge. Isn't he cute??:p
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v170/sirrahbed/catbeds/pillow2.jpg

[Cookiebaker]

Wow! You are so talanted! That is adorable! :)

[jazzcat]

Very cute!!!

May I place an order??? :D :D :D

[QueenScoopalot]

Great job Deb! Sigh...no time in my life to sew anymore, and I have a brand new machine I bought 6 years ago...still in the box. Wonder why I have no time? :confused: :rolleyes:

[sarifish]

id love to get one of those;) hehe i love it its too cute

[Laura's Babies]

I take quilting in spurts and may make 2 in one year, then I won't make another one for years. I'd love a kitty quilt but I really have no place for one and sure don't need another pillow... but that is so cute!!!!!

It would be a nice GIFT!! Yaa! A gift!

[catmandu]

That would look,so good,on my bed,with me snoozing,on it,Scrappy 2!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/catmandu/catphotos982.jpg

[Craftlady]

So cute, great job :)

[shais_mom]

great job Debbie!

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

That looks perfect to me, Debbie!! Is it possible to draw the pattern on a piece of paper, and send it to me? We defenitely need new cushion covers here, and it would be lobely to have a quilted cat on them!!

[catcrazylady]

YEA!!! Debbie you did it!! It wasn't that hard was it? I know you thought it looked complicated but it wasn't was it? Once you make the first one it is a piece of cake.
I love it and it looks perfect to me! Now you need another one for the other end of the couch!;) :D I did some of mine in reverse, facing the other way. I had to lay out my pieces and watch what I was doing though because it is backwards from the instructions but they turned out fine too. The ear, feet, body section was the same but the other two sections had to be reversed.

Very very cute!!!:D

[sirrahbed]

YES, like Lisa said it was incredibly easy even though it looks complicated:D The directions are here. (http://www.quilterscache.com/J_L/KidsCat.html)

I have it on the rocking chair in my living room and am itching to make another!! It could also be made into things like placemats, wall hangings, etc instead of a quilt:)

[sarifish]

i gotta question regarding the ears when you swe them on i just dont get it the directions make no sense in that area i understand the rest of the directions just not that part to me i feel like the ears would be wierd looking someone help lol i cant finnish mine til i get the ears done lol

[kimlovescats]

That is adorable .... and I love the quilt Lisa made too! You both are so talented. I never have been a sewer. I think I could stitch up a pillow ... but don't think I could do that ribbed edge though!:eek:

[sarifish]

oh hahahahahahahahahahahaa i feel sooo dumb i just got it hehe

[persianmom]

very cute Deb, when I get time you must show me how to do that.
Love ya sis

[sirrahbed]

Kim - the edge is some piping that comes in packages at the sewing store. It is really not hard at all - sew it on with a zipper foot - and I think it makes the pillows look very *finished* - it is about as difficult as a zipper:)

I got crafty again last night and this is what I made!! I need to decide how to finish these guys - they might make an oblong pillow if I add border and put them together facing each other as they are right now.....or they might make two separate pillows for gifts;) I am thinking that a muslin ruffle might be pretty!!!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v170/sirrahbed/shelter%20quilts/Im000139.jpg

[sarifish]

yep i gave up i made it it didnt look anywhere as good as it was supposed to so i give up lol

[sirrahbed]

OK, I turned ONE of them into a pillow and here it is...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v170/sirrahbed/shelter%20quilts/Im000142.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v170/sirrahbed/shelter%20quilts/Im000140.jpg

The next one I think I will try the muslin ruffle. I HATE making ruffles but we will see how it goes;)

Anyone else doing kitty crafts??? I would love to see them - crafts, beds, shelter quilts???:D

[sirrahbed]

Originally posted by sarifish
yep i gave up i made it it didnt look anywhere as good as it was supposed to so i give up lol

:( What happened? Are you sure you are not just being too critical?? Can you post a picture and maybe one of us can help?? Don't give up!!! This quilt block IS a pretty advanced project supposedly - so if you don't want to keep working on it - please don't feel bad. Have you thought of doing some shelter quilts?? I made some pictures and directions here. (http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=77227&highlight=shelter+quilts)

The shelters LOVE them for the kitties and they really are EASY to make - fun too!!:D

[sarifish]

lol its not that bad i just dont know how to quit and that whole kids can quit too made me laugh when i was done hahahaha yea im workin on a fishy bed and its goin good lol im just not the quilting type hehe when i get more fabric ill do some shelter quilts

[sirrahbed]

You are making the fish bed?:eek: I bought the pattern, took one look and said NO WAY!!!! Too much work for me:D

The house - maybe....the tent looks ok too but not the FISH:eek:

[sarifish]

yea well i started it 3 days ago lol and uhh i got all the fins done lol all the stuff cut foam and fabric and now im beging to think what have i dont lol but i will finnish it even if it doesnt look lie a fish heheheh

[christa]

AWESOME Deb!

I LOVE to piece a quilt, so this is right up my alley!!! I've seen this quilt block before, but never tried it. I might just have to now!

;)

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

Originally posted by sirrahbed
Kim - the edge is some piping that comes in packages at the sewing store.

Sorry, but I am lost here! What do you mean, Debbie???

Oh, did you sew the whole thing on the fabric with stripes, or did you just add a border? And what about the back side?

And... I also do not understand the info about the ears and legs...:o

[sirrahbed]

Originally posted by Maya & Inka's mommy
Sorry, but I am lost here! What do you mean, Debbie???

Oh, did you sew the whole thing on the fabric with stripes, or did you just add a border? And what about the back side?

And... I also do not understand the info about the ears and legs...:o

Lut, the piping is fabric sewn around a cord with an edge left for stitching. I buy it in cellophane packages with sewing notions like rickrack, seam binding, bias tape, etc. It might be called covered cord or something like that?

The striped fabric is made from strips I cut that are about as wide as three of my fingeres - sewn first to the sides and then longer strips on the top and bottom. I used muslin for the backing - the same as the background that the kitty is sewn with. I love to use muslin because it looks so homespun and is VERY inexpensive.

hmmm...not sure what you mean about the feet and ears?? Do kou have the directions Lut?? (http://www.quilterscache.com/QuiltBlocksGalore.html) Look under the alphabetical listing - this one is called Wild Cat. The feet are just three squares stitched together in a row. The ears are two squares placed together, sewn diagonally and then pressed open to show two triangles - one of muslin and one of the print.

Did I answer what you were asking?:)

[iloverat]

Really cute. I love the fabrics and colors you used.

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

Originally posted by sirrahbed
Did I answer what you were asking?:)

Oops :o , my English is abandoning me.... ; I really don't understand what you say.But never mind, I will find out the hard way ;) .
I did copy the tutorial, yes!