Mini windowsill quilt
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janestarzWith the arrival of Doortje I was so happy to have some company in the house. Of course Doortje needed some time to acclimatise and to find her 'spots'. I had expected her to choose my sheepskin rocking chair as favorite spot to lie, but she chose otherwise.
Doortje, being adorable
Doortje just loves the windowsill. Like a wide-screen TV it provides her with something to watch when I'm off to work and she gets to lie behind the curtain in a semi-secluded spot where she will not be bothered by humans when she wants to be alone.
As the weather is turning colder and autumn is approaching the windowsill will cool down, and to shelter her just a little bit I wanted to make Doortje a mini-quilt so she can lie comfortably. (Her fur will provide the real warmth).
I took out the scrap bags I had bought for my hexagon quilt and printed 1 inch hexagons on thicker paper for my English paper piecing. A few long evenings later, it was finished!
The entire thing was pieced and quilted by hand, then appliquéd by hand onto the background fabric. I sewed the binding on by hand too.
I used the fabrics from two € 7,- scrapbags and a scrap of batting that was left over from a previous project. The background fabric was cut from a tunic I had made to test a pattern.
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(Warning: may contain traces of cat hair.)
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Doortje, being adorable
Doortje just loves the windowsill. Like a wide-screen TV it provides her with something to watch when I'm off to work and she gets to lie behind the curtain in a semi-secluded spot where she will not be bothered by humans when she wants to be alone.
As the weather is turning colder and autumn is approaching the windowsill will cool down, and to shelter her just a little bit I wanted to make Doortje a mini-quilt so she can lie comfortably. (Her fur will provide the real warmth).
I took out the scrap bags I had bought for my hexagon quilt and printed 1 inch hexagons on thicker paper for my English paper piecing. A few long evenings later, it was finished!
The entire thing was pieced and quilted by hand, then appliquéd by hand onto the background fabric. I sewed the binding on by hand too.
I used the fabrics from two € 7,- scrapbags and a scrap of batting that was left over from a previous project. The background fabric was cut from a tunic I had made to test a pattern.
Obligatory approval picture
(Warning: may contain traces of cat hair.)
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Date: 2014-09-21 01:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-09-22 07:10 am (UTC)Mooi gemaakt en een blije kat. Wat wil je nog meer.
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Date: 2014-09-22 07:38 am (UTC)If it doesn't contain any cat hair by now, you must've shrink wrapped the cat :)
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Date: 2014-09-22 10:15 am (UTC)Looks way better than the contraption lying in my windowsill, made of foam and a horrible fake fur with panther print. (though the cats love it)
You must surely love quilting to put so much effort in such a thing which could easily be just sewn in under an hour. Good that Doortje appreciates it. ;-)
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Date: 2014-09-22 02:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-09-24 02:02 pm (UTC)