Cat on a Finished Quilt Sampler

I found a delightful blog today that is having
a virtual quilt show and being I have actually
finished a quilt I want to play too...
I pieced the blocks quite a few years back...
A Cathedral Window...

There had to be a Log Cabin of course...and it sits right in the middle. That is where the kitten likes to sit too. She belongs to the quilt recipient, but Miss Kitty Bumpkins was living with us while I was finishing the quilt. She was often very helpful. The photo of kitty & me above sewing together is courtesy of Mark.

The room in which I photographed the quilt has covered skylights and the very edges of the lights let the sun in and I foolishly let the kitty in...I was giving the quilt to posterity so I wasn't thinking of quality photographing this quilt for posterity.
Here's Jacob's Ladder...
Eventually I pieced them all together. Last year I finished the blue edging, hand quilted it and gave it to a dear daughter for her birthday present... Our girls liked to climb trees and make forts and although they liked tutus, they both tended to eschew pink.

Some of the fabrics were vintage and others I purchased in a little independent fabric shop in Sonoma County, California that is long gone. I would say I drafted all the pattern blocks to size myself, but as I recall my husband was an able and willing helper when it came to geometry and calculations. I like windowing special designs and usually use clear plastic for my cuttings guides. This quilt is for a twin bed. Here it is just covering the top of a queen sized bed. It isn't the only quilt I have finished, but I don't have any photos of some of them. I was thinking today of a quilt I made for my baby niece who is herself now pregnant. I guess I better get busy.

Well I am off to share this quilt blog with the quilt show...You can visit the blogs of other quilters and see their handiwork at http://parkcitygirl.blogspot.com/2009/04/quilt-festival-spring-2009.html But I also hope you will come back and enjoy other pages of both my blogs.

Thanks for coming by...and I do appreciate your comments. It makes it so much more fun to know that someone was actually "here."

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