After three months, I have finished the pet-friendly quilt that started with this fabric.
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Inspired by Rayna Gillman’s improvisational piecing technique and using a combination of log cabin and strip pieced squares, I designed a pair of blocks I call Dog House, Cat Barn.
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The blocks finish at 12 inches square. But how can they turn into a bed quilt? After mulling it over for awhile and making several sketches on graph paper, I found that I could fit four blocks across five rows to come up with a twin-size quilt. To create balance, I staggered the rows by four inches with a spacing strip, alternating between left side and right side every row.
I also felt that the balance would improve if the center row was different. Thus was conceived the Pet Condo construction project in “mid-town,” (if you will permit my flight of fancy.)
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Four inches of sashing in a grey polka-dot fabric between the rows made a “street,” giving the animal neighbors a nice boulevard for walking over to visit. With my concept complete, I re-named the quilt Animal Friends.
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Oh, another group of animal friends were introduced via the background fabric: Our hardworking and very dear bees.
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The Animal Friends quilt measures 57 by 84 inches. It was quilted with a combination of walking foot “stitch in the ditch” and free motion stitching on my Bernina.
This is a great quilt.
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Those cat barn blocks are ingenious! Pairing them with the dog house blocks, being scrappy and then adding those bees…fun and works well as a creative project finish.
This is such an ‘animal’ friendly quilt without being too cutsie. The fact that you quilted it all on your Bernina is a plus, too – I love my Bernina!!!
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Thanks for your kind words. My dear Bernina will be getting the spa treatment, as soon as I finish quilting the Stay at Home Round Robin one.
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I absolutely LOVE how you used the pet fabric! This has to be one of my favorites!
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well, thank you!
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I love this quilt, pet condos of animal friends, lovely. Pets in lockdown hehe!
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Funny!
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What a cute quilt! It’s perfect for any animal lover!
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It’s destined for my granddaughter. She has a wide collection of stuffed animals.
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I’m smiling. What fun!
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I’m glad you smiled.
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This is great. It might be my favorite quilt of yours yet.
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Thank you.
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That turned out great – so cute!
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Thankyou
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You are always so creative! I never cease to be amazed. Plus, you always seem to love what you’re doing. That’s so important.
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Thank you. I’m not always creative, but when I do get inspired I like to write about it. The love helps.
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Love it! T looks fabulous and fun too. Both sides.
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