Trying to organize my stash, I found 9 blocks sewn together for a cat quilt (a quilt with cat blocks, not a quilt for my cat). I remembered this quilt and also had a few cut out, but not pieced, bits of fabric. They were made from 1930s reproduction fabrics, which I had an obsession with 20+ years ago when I was very into quilting. That’s when these original blocks were made. I have a separate stash of 1930s repro fabrics, so it would be easy enough to finish the quilt. Luckily, in addition to hoarding fabrics, I also kept the pattern, although I had heavily modified it to make this quilt (removed sashing and border, removed an applique, made it larger).
47 blocks later, and I had a throw sized cat quilt.
You can see the lower right has some different colored backgrounds. Those are the original blocks.
Some close ups
The background and a close up of the background and binding. I’m really pleased with the improvement in my machine free motion quilting. The stitches are so much more even than they used to be.
Finished size: 46″ x 54″
Time to complete: 20+ years
I love this one so much and I’ll be keeping it for myself, as that was the original intent.
Kathy Eager Creative 