I’m pleased to show the finished Tabby Stripe quilt!
It measures about 65″ square. I picked the patchwork colors based on the colors found in the focus fabric, and realized in putting it together that it’s pretty much the colors of my cats - orange, brown, black, white, etc. A friend astutely pointed out that those are the colors of most cats, so the good news it will hide a multitude of cat hair! Definitely a must given that it’s being donated to the Good Mews Animal Foundation, a no-kill cage-free cat shelter I volunteer for, for their annual silent auction in October.
Here’s a better shot of the focus fabric. The quilt pattern was inspired by the pattern Georgia’s Garden in the book Scraps Plus One! The original pattern called for over a thousand 2″ HSTs, and I couldn’t quite bring myself to do that. I ended up using 3.5″ and 5″ squares from my scrap stash in the right colors to use in the patchwork columns instead.
I also used the focus fabric to pick the quilting motifs. I ended up using the flower shape from some of the cats for the focus fabric columns. While I’ve not not heard of a cat with a flower pattern on it, I’m willing to suspend disbelief for a quilting tie-in.
The back is pieced with a big spot for a label pieced into it, surround by 2″ squares of the same colors from the focus fabric.
It’s all washed and folded and placed into a storage bag to keep my cats’ hair off of it. Nina, of course, has accepted this challenge!
This turned out so cute! I’m sure the bidding will be competitive and raise lots of money for Good Mews.
Great quilt.. And I agree, it looks like cat colours
Great quilt all around, including doing squares vs. half square triangles.
Lovely colors, and a great pattern! Do you think Nina will ask Jett to help her and eat the plastic away so she can gain access to the quilt? :))) that cabinet door better be locked! :))