I have made great progress on Crumb Patch. Two out of four of the border sides are done. After that, I need to work a little more in the middle and then I am done! I will have well over 10 hour into it by then and thankfully do not have any folds or tucks in the back. I can't wait for the final pictures!
Today, I needed a little instant gratification. This is my dog, Angus. He is a 2 year old Shetland Sheepdog or Sheltie.
His sister, Shine, looks and acts just like him. I am good friends with his breeders and wanted to make them (two of them) each a dog mat to take with them to shows. This is not a mat made for heavy use. It is more suited to take to demos or dog shows. Here is one of them.
I made her name (Shine) to look like a Sun! You can see the thread better in person that distinguishes the letters. It measures about 27 x 40 or so. Everything was from my stash. I even pieced a few strips of batting together to get that out of my stash.
Closeup of the quilting
Here I just did an all over swirl pattern after echoing around the sun. The picture is strange in that it looks like there is a big tuck there but that is just the seam. I took it at a weird angle I guess. I used a Superior Threads variegated purple to quilt.
Here is the back. I had some twill fabric from making a mei tai a few years ago and used it up! I figured it was heavy duty and would put up with being thrown on the ground. I hope it withstands some abuse!
Have any of you made any pet items?
Wow - that's so awesome :) The quilting is fab too! I love to see what quilters make for their pets. I made a quilt for my dog (Sugar), it was my first attempt at hand quilting, ha! Not perfect, but done & she sleeps on it every night. Honestly, after all of that hand work, I had to resist the knee-jerk reaction to snatch it back when I saw her scratching & scrunching it up (you know, like a dog) - I guess it's more comfy when it's all mashed up!! I also made some "Cat Mats" for my local shelter from left over fabrics - they finished at about 16 x 18 & the shelter puts the little quilt in the cat's carrier when they gat adopted :)
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