Willow has her mat!

Just a quick note to tell you that Willow received her mat today!

Before today, I had not actually met her.  She is soooo soft and very muscular.  She is tiny, but weighs about 4 lbs.  I think she likes it!  My son (shown in the picture) seemed to be really intrigued.  Look at those eyes!

Cats on Quilt

It is time for the Pets on Quilts Show!  This is my second time entering the show after seeing how much fun it was last year.  This year, by coincidence, a friend had asked me to make a "cat mat" for her Cornish Rex kitten, Willow.  If you don't know what a Cornish Rex looks like, here is a picture.  These kitties are long, lanky, and have a tail that looks like it came from a large rat!!

My friend was hoping for a cat mat with bright colors, considering there is no color on Willow.  Winning this lovely fabric and pattern from Sandra Kaye's blog was perfect!

I started with the pattern, but quickly realized that this pattern was not (completely) meant to be.  All of a sudden, I was thinking that the mat needed a slender kitty on it!

This is what I ended up with!  This mat will be taken to cat shows and to food demos.  Because I wanted the cat mat to have extra sturdiness, I used a heaver weight twill for the back.  I love it!



Check out all of the other pets on quilts at Lily Pad Quilting!!!  Thank you for visiting mine!

Working with Brights

It has been a good quilting week.  I have been able to, here and there, finish some WIPs while also finishing an additional project.  I will show you a sneak preview of my Pets on Quilts entry.

I recently won a giveaway hosted by the wonderful SandraKaye.  The prize was some bright fabrics and a pattern!  I love the fabric.  The question is, will I actually follow the pattern?  If anyone reading this knows me, you can probably answer that easily!  I needed to make a cat mat for a friend who puts her cat in shows.  Can't wait to show the results!

Here is a look at my stash report.  Not bad!  Back in black!

Stash Report

Used this Week: 4.75
Used year to Date: 20.25 yards
Added this Week: 0

Added Year to Date: 17.5 yards
Net Used for 2012: 2.75 yards

UFOs (Charlotte's Baskets, Orca Bay, Art Quilt) 

Check out Judy's site, PatchworkTimes, for more Stash Busting!

Pets on Quilts Show

I thought I might enter a quilt in this show.  It is one you all have seen before.

This is Banner.  He is an awesome dog.  He is my Angus' uncle and is a Shetland Sheepdog.  He is a stud dog, cart puller, obedience dog, play actor, model, Canine Good Citizen, and so much more! 

I wanted to make him his very own quilt to take to shows or demos.  It has a silhouette of a Sheltie running in the lower corner.

Here he is on his little doggie quilt!  He is a sweet little thing...surely a BIG dog in a little dog's body!

I just had to edit my post to add my Angus in!

Here is Angus (center towards the front) with his mother (far left), sister Misty (second from left) and Mila (far right)



And since some of you may have seen the other doggie quilt I made.  Shine is Angus's other sister (not the same litter).  She has the same vibrant personality as my Angus.   She is only about a year old but she is already on her way to being a true show and obedience dog!  Her sister Misty is modeling it in the picture below!

Here is a full view of the doggie quilt.