Back home in Glasgow to find the snow still here!Long gone in Dumfries and Galloway, although they did do a great line in ice and black ice down there.
Took advantage of the Christmas holidays to do some sewing. I made this quilt from William Morris Christmas Cat fabric purchased at John Lewis in Glasgow.
I'm not a cat person, I'm not a pet of any description person, but these guys looked very festive and because I am crap, sorry, inexperienced, at sewing I thought the linear pattern would help my sewing and especially my quilting. (Plus, it was on special offer.)
I'm quite pleased with it overall and it doesn't bother me at all that it wasn't finished for Christmas Day- we've been getting the good of it over the Festive period, and will continue to do so for many years ahead.
Pic two is a close-up of the cat pattern and the buttons added to the centre for decorative reasons, and to help tame the wadding.
Pic three is of the complementary backing fabric.
Pic four is a little detail shot of the edgings and quilting. I added the black binding to cover my raw edges, then I added the gold ribbon to dress up the edges and frame the cats.
It wasn't all easy peasy, but we can admire it and snuggle up under it for years to come.
1 comment:
The William Morriss quilt turned out great...it's pretty much exactly the same shade as the chair and much less hassle and fluff than real cats...dogs rock!! Roddy
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