Catventquiltalong

Back in the beginning of December Oh, Fransson posted that she would put up one cat pattern per day for December and she called it Catvent!  Cat Cuteness!  

I made a few

But then time became my enemy, and I had to put away the fun for the more pressing Christmas sewing.  I got back to them earlier this week, as I had already made 4, I at least wanted to get a mini size of cat faces.

I decided I could go with a pillow and not have to make all 25 cats, although I might make more one day.

It enjoyed picking out the color for each cat, my newly organized scrap buckets helped.

I made 3 buckets of colors - red/orange/pink, blue/green/purple, black/white/gray/brown and one for solids.  It was so easy to find the right scraps.  I bought these containers at Walmart and they stack up nicely.

I had an 18" pillow form so that is the size pillow I went with.

Each cate had a name, and these are the first 8, I have two of the first pattern, I must have liked it so much I made it twice.  So I actually have one small cat face left over.  He might be a coaster one day to match the pillow.

I used minky on the back, in case the recipient wanted extra softness.

Keep Calm and Quilt On!

Mary

Economy Blocking

Just to be able to sew for fun I joined in with all the quilters and instagrammers who are making Economy Blocks - something I have always know as Square-In-A-Square.  I'm not sure how the name was changed, but it was and no one calls it Square any longer.  

I used Tula Pink fabric for my centers, as I had a stack of charm squares from a swap.

The first round I chose all black and white fabrics, some with text.

The outer section of each block are mostly Tula Pink fabrics, I have thrown in a few others for the colors.  This one is my favorite so far.

I have 23 blocks finished, I am making the 8" blocks 

4 1/2" center

5 1/4" for the first round, cut on the diagonal twice for 4 triangles

4 7/8" x 2 for the outer section, cut on the diagonal for 4 triangles

Not sure how many more I will make, I'll just go until it feels like the right size.

Keep Calm, and Quilt On!

Mary