Four quilts, four different color ways. I originally set out to make the Golden Retriever quilt in the Sawtooth Star block pattern but had so much fun with it that I ended up making three more quilts in other colors. The cats and dogs theme seemed a natural so I dipped into my stash of those types of fabrics and ended up with some cheerful quilts. These quilts are up for sale on http://www.eBay.com ,please search for “cat star quilts “ or “dog star quilts” to find them.
The design I used to quilt all four quilts is a fun all over edged to edge paws and hearts design. I think it worked well on all of the quilts.
This 74” x 97” quilt was made using a combination of a light blue batik in the background and two cotton print fabrics for the paw patches and borders. An over all abstract quilting design completes the quilt.
This quilt was made by using sets of pre-cuts called “Enchanted Forest” by Island Batiks. I utilized both the 2 1/2” strips and the 10” stacks to create the look I was going after. The pre-cuts speed piecing along and also provide a beautiful mix of colors. These colors remind me of the Iris’s that will soon be flowering.
I’m celebrating a couple of special guys in my life with two almost identical quilts. I thought these would look great on their bunk beds. In this picture I have put the two quilts together side by side. You have to look close to tell them apart! I used the same fabrics in each, but changed things up a little using different quilt blocks.
I made this quilt to help support Yankee Golden Retriever Rescue of Hudson,MA. This will be the second one I’ve donated to this wonderful group. I got involved with them last year with a quilt I made that had incorporated a patch of fabric signed by singer/actor David Soul. That quilt was so well received that I decided to make another, although using a much different design. You can read all about the first quilt and how it came to be here on this blog known as the “YGRR Quilt”.
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