Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Quilt Top Done

I've finished my first full-size quilt top!

I participated in a cat print fabric fat eighths swap on the About Quilting forum. I got 14 great cat fabrics - and none were duplicates. I added the two fabrics I purchased to swap, then bought four more fabrics, so I could make 20 blocks. I found a 14" cat block pattern online. This allowed me to use the cat fabric in a cat block. The cats on the fabrics don't show up well in the photos. The pink sashing has white paw prints.

The upper part of the top. Note the inspector in the corner.

The lower part of the top. I can't quite get all of the blocks into the picture.

Inspector Oliver carefully inspects the stitching.

Inspector Bodhi makes sure all the blocks are straight.

Tomorrow, I need to prepare the backing and clear a large enough space in the living room to lay everything out to baste the quilt. Then I can start quilting it!