Sunday, February 10, 2013

A big cat on a red and white quilt;  found a cat on the bed and had to add some cat on the quilt pictures!


Curled up and comfy!


I started sewing long strips of fabric together to use as a quilt back but found it cute enough for a quilt top.  Here I've branched out with a new quilt design, other than meandering and it actually turned out pretty good.

sort of a leaf and rose pattern

here you can see several different patterns in each strip

Here you can see my first feathers

Here's the quilt on the bed.  Very Valentiny!

Maple Leaf Block Instructions

To make the 9 1/2 inch maple leaf blocks:   Some basic instructions HSTs cut each, background and color 3 7/8” squares (cut diagonally once)...