A lap quilt for my lovely sister Leah B. for her birthday this year. While they recently got a dog, her first love is kitty cats... combining this with her favourite hue of blue, and we have lift off! I did 12 different cat blocks in fund fabrics, and hand embroidered a different expression on each one, from sleeping to shocked to sneaky. Each of the blocks were then trimmed in a pebbled border and snowballed with an aqua batik. Then the lot of blocks were bordered with a graded blue square patterned fabric, backed with a funky piece of dyed green and blue cotton, sandwiched with organic cotton, and then lightly machine-quilted and hand tied with coordinated yarn (not shown--- forgot to take a final set of pics before gifting it to her). This was a fun project to take on since I had some clear directions to take things (ALL THE KITTIES AND BLUENESS), and I enjoyed dabbling in simple embroidery to give the blocks some personality. I know Leah has already been enjoying the quilt as we move into the autumn months, so I hope this one provides many years of warmth and kitty-themed whimsy!
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