Animal Baby Quilt

 I recently completed a quilt I’d started designing back in 2018. 

I have now u now finished it. Whew. 

Finished Product

Original Design

Computer Design Re-worked

Using CAD to design patterns

Adding seam allowance

Beginning the cutting process

Pattern look, Pattern pieces, and beginning sewing

Right at this point I got Covid and had to stop for about 3 weeks

I finally figured out how I wanted to do the heart.

Embroidered the name.

Adding tiny pieced sashing for around blocks

Always fun to do a little improv piecing for the back

(especially since I ran out of the backing fabric.)

Our newly adopted Dusty is helping

Quilting the sandwich

Printed out some tags!!

And Voila.

The ears and tail on some of the animals 

are free to flop around, play with,

chew on or whatever. (here they have been pinned up)

A little wash and dry and it's puckered up nicely

and washed away any extra sizing or starch.

Perfect for babies skin. 

I hope to upload the pattern to my Etsy account. But first I should probably give it to the intended recipient first.

Thanks, Ruth

Artists and Illustrators of whom I am extremely jealous-Heather Mattoon

Today when I was over looking at Nicole's Balchs blog "Makingitlovely.com" she posted this amazing collection of super neat paintings by Heather Mattoon...

Property of Heather Mattoon

All I can say is, Dang, those are some dapper looking felines. If you peruse through her Etsy account, she has some really sweet and fluffy paintings of birds. I love those too.

Good Job Heather.

What I want to know is, how did you get them to sit still in those outfits for so long? You are truly the cat whisperer Heather.