EASY CAT QUILT HOW TO
EASY CAT QUILT MOVIE
EASY CAT QUILT TRIAL
EASY CAT QUILT FREE

EASY CAT QUILT FREE

That is what I love about quilt backs, you really have free reign and can have a lot of fun with it.

EASY CAT QUILT HOW TO

Then sew each row together, being careful to align seams.įrom there proceed to baste together your top patchwork, batting and back of your choosing (you can find a number of tutorials for how to do this on various quilting sites and blogs and youtube).įor my back, I literally pieced it together from scraps I had with no prior planning.

Once quilt squares are complete, proceed to sew them together one row at a time. For me, they add so much to the quilt story. I had to include them and I’m so glad I did. They were part of my quilting journey and each told a little story (I can seriously remember what I was specifically watching or talking about during a couple of these squares). In the end, I couldn’t bare to discard them. The cat ears were to small, or not even, or there was some other quirk. There were a few quilt squares that I set aside there weren’t “perfect”. Every quilter has a different take, but I must confess that I don’t mind the imperfections that I experienced along they way.

EASY CAT QUILT MOVIE

Turn top and bottom rectangle pieces out and press.įrom there proceed to finish all cat quilt squares (I know it seems like a lot but pop in a movie each night while you are working on these and you’ll have them done in no time!). Sew second F rectangle to bottom edge as per photo.ġ3. Sew F rectangle to top edge as per photo.ġ2. Sew the other E rectangle piece to the opposite left side of the cat face.ġ1. Sew one E rectangle piece to right side of the cat face.ĩ. Sew two D triangles onto the bottom of the cat face as per the photo, leaving tips of triangles hanging over the edge a bit.Ĩ. Turn strip with ears around and sew to A (cat face).ĥ. Turn down triangles (cat ears) and press.ģ. Let the tips of triangles hang over just a hair.Ģ. Sew two B triangles onto one C strip as per the photo. Once you have all of your fabric pieces cut, you can proceed to piecing the quilt squares together.ġ. I chose to go with all black cats to keep things graphic and modern but I think a gray to black ombre affect would also be fun as well as an assortment of similar toned patterned fabrics. I have 42 cats total so the following cutting instructions are for this amount. OK, so to start, you will need to cut the following shapes in the following sizes (or adjust to whatever ever size you prefer). That’s what I get for just winging it! :)). please do share! (I recently did a quilt where I cut up a bunch of triangles and then at the end of it all I realized that I didn’t need to cut so many triangles! I could have just done one large one and then later quilt it down the middle. If you have ideas to do this quicker/easier/better/etc.

EASY CAT QUILT TRIAL

In fact, he asked me if he could take it with him to bed tonight, and I let him…just this once.Īfter a bit of trial and error I came up with a patchwork construction that I was pleased with and I’m more than happy to share the step-by-step process with you here. And Little A loves that it has a cat motif (we call him A-Cat as a nickname). They just knew that it was something a little more special than our typical throws (they had seen me work on it so they had a rough idea of how it came to fruition). I knew that I loved it but I was especially pleased to see that the boys really have taken to the quilt as well.

The boys have spent many a moment curled up on the couch with a book, all snuggled up in our new cotton creation. And we have loved every stitch of it since. After things got settled here I quickly got to work and managed to get this done just in time for the season. The idea was still intriguing to me this year and I knew I had to do it. I wanted to do it last year around Halloween/Fall but didn’t get to it. I’ve had in my mind a simple modern black cat quilt idea for a year now. While my quilts up to this point have been very simple, I understand why spending long hours, working on intricate patterns and tiny stitches is completely worth it…and…slightly addicting.

Easy cat quilt