Pets on Quilts 2013

At last the quilt show packed with a high fun and ahhhhh factor has arrived. Our chance to show off both our quilts and our pets. One of mine, Scamp our Yorkshire Terrier is in pride of place in my blog header. Picasso wouldn't stay still long enough to be in the photo.

Both Scamp and Picasso like to lie along the back of the sofa to sunbath. The window faces South and picks up the sun all day. Normally they are both lounging on the quilt but Picasso saw the camera and shot out the door.

Our rocking horse Flash lives behind the sofa in the bay window.  One of my daughters put the hat on him and Scamp loves to drag it off and play with it. The quilt was made when I took part in Melissa's Tetris quilt along last August over at Happy Quilting. The instructions are still on her blog. This year she is running a star burst quilt along.

Scamp is looking quite respectable at the moment having had his fur clipped last month. He doesn't enjoy being groomed so we keep his fur fairly short. Last year when my youngest daughter Lucy made her first quilt he was much more fluffy (or do I mean scruffy?).

He was absolutely sure Lucy was doing the whole quilt sandwich wrong and managed to disrupt the process completely several times. He kept on appealing to me to agree with him and make her start again. In the end we had to lock him out of the room.

At the end of last year I made both Scamp and Picasso quilts of their own to go in their beds. Here's Picasso settling for a snooze in his basket. 

I found some really cute fabric to make his quilt

Scamp's quilt has dogs on the border and bones and balls on the main blocks. My first attempt at FMQ was to write woof around the border. Unfortunately the photo is particularly good.

You will have already noticed that Scamp is more likely to get involved with testing the quilts than Picasso. Here he is seconds before he settled down for a nap on my holiday pillow made for one of Madame Samm's blog hops over at Sew We Quilt. 

However Picasso does appear to supervise when Scamp is out walking with my husband or son. He thought this little Schnibble quilt showed off his black fur rather well.

However Picasso is more into the technical support since he can get up on the table and help with the sewing. He likes to check out the machine to make sure it's running well.

Just making sure the needle is in right and the thread is OK

He also likes to supervise when I'm using the rotary cutter to square up my blocks. The trimmings are great for playing with and end up all over the floor.

However Picasso does make good use of the quilts once finished. He loves his own quilt and spends ages rearranging it and his blanket to his satisfaction. He told me it makes it easier for him to hide Scamp's toys and chews.

I hope you enjoyed seeing a little more of our pets. In case you were wondering if they get on I'll leave you with a picture of them curled up together on my husband's lap

This year we have to indicate which category we are entering. Since Scamp has been the most co-operative I think it had better be Dogs on quilts.

Go visit the rest of the pets on quilts you'll really enjoy it. Click on the Pets on quilts button at the top on the side bar.

Lyndsey