Monday 15 August 2016

Little Puppy Village

Now, this was meant to be quick and easy and here it is completed, BUT: it was started in winter - half a year ago)))

houses quilt


The idea was to make a couple of quilts for my kids to cuddle under on winter evenings, to play on, to take when they are going for a sleepover at their aunt and uncle's place, etc. They were meant to be handled a lot, so I wanted them to be really easy to make and also rally cheap (meaning using my stash only)))

houses quilt

houses quilt


houses quilt

They started with two fat quarters - one with dogs and another with cats (I'll show that one later. UPD: the kitty one is finished too!). Each one had twenty full "portraits" which were the starting point for all the maths as well as the color scheme. The photo below is not the final fabric choice, just the only picture I have before the dog fabric was cut.

houses quilt

I put the tops together very fast indeed, but then I decided I wanted the quilts to be warm enough to sleep under and, having consulted several ladies at the IPS branch meeting, I found out I needed wool wadding. This proved tricky, but eventually the ladies from the Limerick Quilt Center brought some for me for the May meeting. At that time I was too busy with other projects, and it was only in August that I got around to finishing this quilts, one of the incentives was the for which was the upcoming "Pets on Quits" virtual quilt show. And I managed just in time as it started yesterday! Do check it out as there's going to be a lot of eye candy for pet lovers as well as a lot of prizes if you decided to join in the fun (you still have ten days to do so!).

houses quilt


They needed very little quilting to stay warm and fluffy, so I decided to practice my walking foot quilting again, and again used my beloved rainbow variegated YLI thread. I chose wonky lines, firstly, to keep it fast and easy and, secondly, because the top reminds me of kids' coloring pages or something like that. My girls, who have just started trying to use my sewing machine, got to stitch a line each (can you see which are the wonkiest of them all ;)))



I also checked out several quillow tutorials and made a (quick and easy) machine appliqué pillow cover for it. Here is the tutorial by Rob Appell that I used as a basis, the only problem is I made the pillow cover a bit too small and it doesn't look very neat when folded. Anyway, this is the way it's going to look most of the time sitting on the sofa or the armchair.

quillow

quill

Also linking up to Main Crush Monday at Cooking Up Quilts.

21 comments:

  1. What a super fun quilt ( the pups are adorable). Great stash buster! TFS.

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  2. Such cute ideas! The quilt and pillow are cute :-)

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  3. Very lovely! I like how you used the motifs. They make charming houses.

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  4. What a great use for those pup and cat fabrics! And I love the pillow case you made to fold it up into until its ready to be cuddled up under :*)

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  5. Puppy Village is so gosh darn cute. Absolutely love it. Great design and fabrics. Total #CreativeGoodness.

    QuiltShopGal
    www.quiltshopgal.com

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  6. Your quillow came out just great.....good job fussy cutting.....very FUN and cheerful.

    LuAnn in Oregon
    luannkessi.blogspot.com

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  7. Little doggies in the windows are so cute! Great finish!

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  8. This is adorable. Congrats on your cute finish!

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  9. You really thought things through and came up with a great quilt and pillow case.

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  10. Very cute quilt. That dog fabric is wonderful! Nice job all around.

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  11. Cute to fussy cut the little dogs for the houses - sweet quilt.

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  12. What a great idea for a quilt!!! I love this!!!

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  13. That is a great idea, the dogs in houses and the quillow, thank you for the inspiration!

    ~Brandy

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  14. Those are great quilts, I love the idea of putting them in a house and then making a quillow.

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  15. What a super fun way to showcase the pups with little houses! Brilliant idea Lena!

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  16. Love the quilt and the pillow. Such bright colours for your children and I will be looking at for similar fabrics. Thanks for sharing. Hugs, Susie x

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  17. Lovely family photo for the finish, owls and one larger block, superb. Cheers, Nancy J.

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  18. I love this fun quilt! Very nice. :)

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