Wednesday, January 2

*puuuurrfectly finished

 I started piecing this quilt together about mid August for my mother-in-love, she is a big cat lover! This pattern is simply adorable and  you can get more information on the pattern by visiting HERE.


The quilt turned out queen size and I have quilted a number of queen size quilts under the needle of my Janome 6600. However, I decided to take this one to a quilt shop in a nearby town, A Quilters Place.  You can rent one of Dawn's machines by the hour or by the day, I had a blast and I was done in an hour and a half- can't beat that. 


 The whole quilt top besides the borders is all done in batiks, which my mil loves. 


I didn't have the perfect match for binding and as I searched through my fabric I still could not come up with a fabric I loved to finish this up with.   I was in a crunch  and really didn't have time to drive to a quilt shop in the neighboring town to buy binding fabric.  I had to get creative.  I started looking at the backs of fabrics and I found one that worked perfectly.   So the binding is finished up in a lovely "gilded colored" fabric which is the backside of some yardage that I had on hand. 

This is the only picture that I have of Mom with her new quilt.  They have made it back home now and she said the quilt looks just lovely on their California King sized bed.   So glad for the way this project turned out.  This border fabric, that I found at A & E Pharmacy (which oddly enough.. has an awesome fabric selection)works PUUURfectly!

11 comments:

  1. That quilt and pattern is gorgeous! No wonder your MIL loved it!

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    1. Thanks! I too ended up really loving it and while years ago when I first started quilting all I wanted to do was make quilts and give them away. I never even thought of keeping one for myself. Now.. when I quilt it is difficult to give most away. haha.

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  2. Purtty Quilt. I Love A & E . When Were You In Pensacola?

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    1. Hey Tina! I am occasionally in Pensacola. I just stumbled upon A & E less than 6 months ago after having lived her for 2 years and searching out whatever quilt shops were in my 50 mile radius driving area. They sadly, do not do any advertising.. all their sales (per the lady at the counter) is word of mouth. Such a great selection of fabrics.

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    2. A & E has started having a newsletter. I forwarded the Jan one to you. Happy shopping.

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  3. Wow! It's huge and beautiful! Great job!

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  4. Lynnie, this absolutely GORGEOUS! I think of all the quilts of yours that I've seen this one is my VERY favorite! Love the colors...love the pattern...love the binding...and yes, I love cats! ;-) And to think that you did all of the quilting in an hour and a half! WOW! Hugs to you on this cold WV winter day.

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    1. Thanks Dianna. This turned out better than I had ever imagined it would. So glad it did, I needed something super special for my dear mil.

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