Tuesday 13 August 2013

Pets on Quilts 2013

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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

26 comments:

  1. So, where's my quilt?

    Picasso is a riot as is Scamp! My Snoopy acts just as Picasso does whenever I am either at my machine or using my rotary cutter- whatever would we do without them?

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  2. Picasso and Scamp are super cute. Love seeing all your quilts. I'd better not show this post to my pugs as they are going to demand quilts of their own.

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  3. I love how they divide tasks into technical support and quality control. Very cute!

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  4. Such cutey's! It is so good to see a cat that help at the sewing machine :-)
    Love the quilts!

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  5. Great photos...love the one where the cat looks through the throat of the sewing machine...so cute.

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  6. great pair of furbabies.. and they seem to love their quilts.. and I see they help with the quilting process as well... so funny

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  7. Your furbabies are so cute. Love the sewing machine one.

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  8. Oh my goodness, your quilts are darling, as are your furkids.

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  9. I had so much fun reading your blog about Scamp and Picasso. Had a couple of laughs that I had to share your pictures with my hubby. I love how Scamp likes helping you sandwich your quilt and Picasso peeking his head under the arm of your sewing machine.

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  10. I love black cats! Picasso is gorgeous. Soooo cute peeking through the machine. And Scamp sounds like a hilarious, fun little . . . scamp! hehe :D

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  11. Hi Lyndsey, love your animal family, they are so cute. Love Scamps ears on your blog header picture, just like a waterfall. Susie x

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  12. Great post. I love the quilts you made for them. I also love the photos of Picasso and the sewing machine.

    valspierssews@gmail.com

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  13. So sweet! Love the peeking kitty pic!

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  14. Helloooo ~ Let me introduce myself, I am Sweet William The Scot, and I am taking the tour of the quilts. I am more of a dog blogger, but I have made three quilts in my lifetime. Picasso looking through the sewing machine is a definite winning picture. Very pretty quilts
    Sweet William The Scot

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  15. It'd great they get along so well - I love the photo of Picasso too! Great shot.

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  16. You have two great furry friends!! Lovely quilts too!

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  17. Wonderful furbabies and pictures, I really love the picture of Picasso peeking through the sewing machine and of course you meant fluffy not scruffy in that picture of Scamp :)

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  18. Thank you so much for sharing the Tetris quilt along with the link to the tutorial. I'm so excited about giving this one a try and you have pointed me to the quilt. All my geeky friends will be so jealous of the finished product. I've already got some bold colors on the way to make this one a reality.

    Absolutely love the picture of Picasso peeking through the arm of the sewing machine. He and Scamp seem to really keep you on your crafty toes. A hearty "good job" for both of them. Thank you so much for sharing images of your quilts and your wonderful fur people.

    Becca

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  19. Nice pet family you have. And great quilts too.

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  20. Your post is so much fun! You had me chuckling, or should I say Picasso did! Thanks for joining the party!

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  21. Just adorable!
    Good luck
    xo jan@sewandsowfarm

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  22. My cats never cooperate when I pull out the camera either! Picasso is a beautiful cat, I think I need to make my cats their own quilts too!

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  23. Great pet pictures and the quilts are lovely too.

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  24. Adorable! Great photos and great narrative:) Thanks for sharing!

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