8.17.2011

Pets on Quilts Show!

I was surfing around the blogs I follow here on Blogger and saw this post on That Girl...That Quilt where she entered her doggy and her quilts into an awesome show, hosted by SewCalGal called Pets on Quilts!




I thought to myself, "Hmmmm....I have pets, I have quilts, I have pictures of my pets on quilts, I should enter!  Yey!"  So, here is my entry!

I am so lucky to have this cat quilt that my mom and I (but mostly my mom) made when I was 16:  

Sorry for the poor quality, the weather outside is gloomy
and rainy right now so we had to take this picture inside.
I'm now 30 so this quilt is almost 15 years old!  My mom was just getting into quilting at the time so she used pretty much what she had in her stash and fabric from thrift store clothes that I liked.  We weren't well versed in the wearing of fabric at that time so we didn't know the thrift store fabric would wear away.  But, since the original pattern for the quilt called for patches on the kitties anyway, when the fabrics started wearing away, I just asked my mom to add more patches!

A thrift store fabric kitty with patches.
The kitties are appliqued on using fusible interfacing (I think - it was so long ago) and the stitching around each cat is the blanket stitch.  I have to say here that helping out with the blanket stitch is pretty much where my help ended.  The piecing of each block, sashing, borders and binding were all done by my mom.  She actually got the quilt quilted for free by a man who was going around and showing off his quilting machine!  :P

The official name for this quilt is "16 Memory Cats" because it represents 16 different people in my life who were important to me when I was 16 years old.  :)  The unofficial name for this quilt is "The Kitty Quilt."  It's not just named that because it had kitties on it, but because it is SO hard to keep kitties OFF it!  Even while trying to photograph this quilt, I couldn't keep my girl kitty Anu away:

Anu looking pretty on The Kitty Quilt!  :)
My other two cats, Zorro and Quixote are brothers from the same litter.   You can tell it's getting cold outside when my boys start cuddling.  Usually it's on The Kitty Quilt.  :)

Zorro is on the left, Quixote is on the right.
(Both of them are squinting from the flash.)
Now, Quixote isn't much of a lap kitty unless it's cold outside, but Zorro follows The Kitty Quilt quilt from lap to lap.  I have to mention here that The Kitty Quilt is also our healing quilt.  If you are sick, recovering from surgery or just down in the dumps, put this quilt over you and instantly the world is a better place!  And, where ever this quilt goes, so does Zorro!

Snuggling into The Kitty Quilt on my lap while I was sick once.
I gave The Kitty Quilt to my mom back in October so she could add more patches and fix a big hole on the back up by the top of the quilt.  I got it back just recently in July and you should have SEEN Zorro's face when it came out of the bag!  He was SO excited and almost jumped on my lap before my lap was even covered!  LOL  I think he loves this quilt almost as much as I do.  :)

STRETCH!
Thanks for visiting!

32 comments:

  1. What pretty kitties you have! I loved seeing them. That quilt is quite a treasure!

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  2. Wonderful quilt with lots of treasure - love all your fur babies, but Zorro snuggled down is just a gem.

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  3. Lovely quilt and very sweet kitties!!
    Paulette

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  4. I love that kitty quilt. It is so cute and apparently cozy. :)

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  5. What a wonderful memory quilt and what adorable pets.

    Marilyn

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  6. what a gorgeous quilt!
    I love Anu and the stretchy photo too. How adorable.

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  7. Gorgeous kitties with awesome names! Is there a story behind their names?

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  8. Beautiful quilt full of memories. Your kitties are adorable. Thanks for sharing :)

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  9. How wonderful to have a quilt which has so much meaning to you. You must love it almost as much as your cats obviously do.drors

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  10. Lovely quilt and sweet kitties!!

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  11. Aww, lovely kitties and kitty quilt! I'm glad Zorro was so happy to get his quilt back. :)

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  12. Beautiful cat quilt and your kitties are so cute.

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  13. great cat quilt and the cats on the quilt are pretty too.

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  14. The kitties that love your kitty quilt. That's great.

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  15. Great story, isn't it funny how they can be attached to something that isn't food. I'm so glad you joined in, hope you're having fun.

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  16. I remember that quilt pattern with the cats! That is neat that you have just added patches if it has worn somewhere. Love your cute kitties too!

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  17. What a wonderful quilt, wonderful story and awesome cats! I just love that you called it your healing quilt. Thank you for sharing with us!

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  18. I just love kitties so much! You have some really great shots. :)

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  19. I do very much like your cat quilt and appreciate that it still looks good after 15 years. Lovely family of pets.

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  20. What a wonderful quilt....treasure those memories. Love the picture of the kitty snuggled down in the quilt!

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  21. It is nice to see that a quilt is still loved after 15 years!

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  22. Love that last stretch photo! What a comfortable cat!

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  23. What a great quilt! So beautiful. And the pictures of your kitties lounging on it are perfect. :)

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  24. What a great story! Love that quilt and your beautiful pets!

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  25. Great idea about adding the patches to the cat quilt, it looks really interesting. Love the second last picture of your fur baby, adorable!

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  26. Very cute quilt. And I love the final stretch :-}

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  27. Thanks for sharing the story of your cat quilt. And your kitties are just too cute!

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  28. What a dear quilt you have to treasure! All the memories!Adorable kitties too!

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  29. Thank you for sharing your lovely kitties with me. My dogs will not allow me to have a kitty, so I do enjoy looking at photos of other folks kitty companions. And what a great quilt to have!

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  30. Love your kitties. And what a great story about the kitty quilt!

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  31. I so want to snuggle with Anu :) She is a beauty! And the boys are handsome :)

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  32. the kitties are so beautiful. I like they way they love the kitties quilt

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