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This one is all quilted and has the binding, too. how about that!! actually, the reason it is quilted already is because it was pieced on the longarm....and since i had it on there....it got quilted, too. very quick.....a few hours project.
You know...when you lay something out on the table...it looks one way....once you take a photo of it....it looks different. i think i should have used that very light fabric in place of the blue. but so many of these fabrics are dark and the blue was just so cheery .... but the light looks out of place. oh, well...hindsight.
This is so simple...all you do is cut strips however wide you want them...across the width of the fabric....and stitch them down...one after the other.
And remember to add the borders at the top and bottom....and add side borders as you go down...after stitching down a couple strips. easy-peasy and quick. i like quick and easy....i keep repeating myself...don't i? LOL
Once again the backing is a piece from Wilma at www.christianlanequilters.com if you haven't tried her FatBacks...you are missing out. her customer service is out of this world.
And to repeat myself once again...the quilting was done with the Quiltazoid...my go-to number 1 first choice. this design is SOOOo fast and SOOoo easy. gotta love www.quiltazoid.com
This little beauty is 50 x 66" and used 3.25 yards of fabric. running real short on a couple of the fabrics....and have lots of selvages and pieces. so you know the LAST Cabin Cats will be a selvage and strips quilt.
OK...it will be a few days before Cabin Cats #5 makes an appearance. first off...i have to figure out what to do...but, most importantly, i have to get the borders on the wedding quilt and quilt that baby up. that will be my last thing on my March to-do list. woohoo!!...then i can play (more) LOL
Somewhere around the 25th or 26th i will be heading out to the Duck for 3 days of demolition...really looking forward to that. i will bring back some pictures to show you my destruction.
The Cabin Cats had to have a log cabin block. well....a log cabin quilt. because i used the pictures in the middle of the blocks and wanted them to stay upright....i could not make some fancy-dancy design with the blocks. so it is just a plain setting. but i guess that is a bit unusual in itself since you hardly ever see that.
This is just the top...not quilted yet. once i have all the Cabin Cats tops completed...then i will quilt them all up.
I actually meant to make 20 blocks but somehow made 30....i swear....i think my mind is just gone. so this got a bit larger than i intended.
The first border is the blue cats then the last border is the fabric with all the designs.....the lines with the baskets, cats, and all the rest.
I really like all these fabrics together. this came out to be 80 x 92" and used 7.25 yards of fabric.
Coming up next.....#4 Cabin Cats...Stripes
Remember last friday i showed you the Bali Pops top that i pieced in a few hours with 2 jelly rolls. well, yesterday i decided to quilt it. that didn't take too long, either. i used a pattern from my friends at Quiltazoid and it turned out just lovely.
Here's a closer shot
The backing was a 2 yard piece of batik backing that i bought at a show somewhere...probably 3 or 4 years ago. i finally decided to quit saving it and use it.
And a closer shot of the back.
This morning i quilted up 2 kid size quilts with tractors on them. i loaded 2 on one backing and batting and did them both at once. they were the same kind and same size so that went quickly. 2 more on the 'to have binding' pile.
And i got all the blocks put together for the wedding quilt that is due next month. good thing i hung it on the wall to take a final look at it before adding borders...yep, 1 block was turned the wrong way...so had to take it out and turn it. a pain to do but better to find it now than when quilting.
Am still playing with the Cabin Cats fabrics. here is a sneak peek at #3.
Yep,,,,it's gonna be a log cabin quilt. with the pictures in the middle i don't really want to turn the blocks to create some fabulous design with the light and dark sides so i guess it will just be a 'plain' setting. but, that's ok, too. they can't all be fabulous, right?
Right now i am going to cheat and do Cabin Cats #4 (on the longarm) before finishing up #3. it's calling to me and i can't resist.
Hubby is off today doing a good deed for a friend and then will feed hisself before coming home this evening....so i have the whole day to myself and don't have to worry about what time i leave the studio or any food preparation....yippee!!.......i'm off to play.
Later
I am on a roll....the Take 5 Cabin Cats top is pieced. another quickie. I sorta, kinda planned the placement of the Take 5 block piecing.
I just HAD TO put those scenes together in the middle
and the blue blocks in the corners.
then i put the large blocks around the edges and the rest just wherever. of course, it is set 4x5 blocks so there isn't a true 'center' but it works ok. got a 2" striped border in there and then the cute last 6" border. i haven't used that last border fabric yet but it works well as a border. and the borders turn out so much better if i measure before attaching...LOL
I think i will do some log cabin blocks....what better for Cabin Cats...right?.....and use those blocks in that final border for the center of the log cabins.
This one turned out 62 x 75" and used 6.25 yards for the top and binding. i have several more designs rattling around up there in the old noggin and can hardly wait to start then. but i MUST work on the quilt on the frame. i finally figured out what to do next last night and better go do it before i forget it.
On another note....i crocheted about 4 shirts onto the rug last night and now the first finger on my left hand is killing me and swollen....so i need to rest that for a couple days before moving on. but the rug is about 12 inches now and coming along nicely.
Back to work...see ya later.
The first in the series of Cabin Cats quilt tops is pieced. it came out 76 x 88 and i used 5.25 yards for the top and binding. those borders are a bit wavy so will probably take some tucks before quilting. i didn't measure....just kept going round and round...hahahahahahah.....will pay for that when quilting.
This is going to be a fun experiment to see how many quilts i get out of those 8 bolts. now that i have frittered away most of my day on this....i better get to doing a bit of quilting.
6 rows of borders.....hahahahahahahahaha
But i feel like i'm on a roll here....so may be cutting out some Take 5 blocks soon. LOL
Later
OK...here's what i think. i got these 8 partial bolts of fabric at my friends sale....they are called Cabin Cats. they all go together so i figure i should make something cute with it. each bolt has at least 4 yards on it....some of them more.
So my brain came up with an idea. i am going to see how many quilts i can make with only these 8 bolts of fabric. use them all up. no other fabric allowed....just these 8. each quilt wouldn't have to use EACH of these fabrics....but i couldn't add any other different fabrics. just a little contest with myself. (yeah, i know....i'm a strange person....can't help it). LOL
So, in doing the Bali Pops top the other day that went so quickly i figured that would be my first top for these. i cut out 40 2.5 inch strips last night before i left the studio and took them to the house. this morning i put them together and got this for the middle.
Now i'm gonna go cut some borders for it and finish it off. i think the next top might be a Take 5...that is quick and easy. that seems to be my operating motto lately...quick and easy.
How many tops do you think i can make? they will be in the at least 80 x 90 inch range. perhaps larger.
Do you have a pattern i should use that is quick and easy?
How long do you think this will take me?
Say...there might be a contest in all this somewhere.....whatca think?
Give me your thoughts....you can skip the 'crazy' thought....i already know that one.
OK....the tshirt rug wasn't working for me the way it was. i don't know why i didn't figure that out some time ago. i already used 5 shirts and it was a fight all the way. i cut the tshirts at 1.5 inches and finally figured out that was just too thick. the crochet hook was more than 1/2" thick for pete's sake. so i ripped it all out to start over. i cut a couple more tshirts at 3/4 inch...that seems to work much better. i could use a smaller crochet hook and it didn't hurt my hands as much.
Here's what i have so far...4 shirts worth...36 inches wide and about 6 inches long. now i get 2 or 2 1/2 rows per shirt...much better.
Here a closer view.
I'm using double crochet throughout...it is nice and soft and feels good to step on. no wonder dogs and cats like to lay on your clothes...they are soft. LOL
Oh, and the 5 shirts that i ripped out....well, i am cutting those in half....after all....3/4" is half of 1 1/2" so i couldn't just throw those shirts away. it is very comical to try and cut down the middle of about 40 feet of tshirt that is all curled up. and it makes lots and lots of fuzzies that are now all over the house...and all over me...and the chair...and the floor....sigh!!
But my rug is gonna be pretty and i'm gonna love it cause i made it myself and the Duck is gonna love it because it will give it some pretty, too.
