Purple Pansies “Cat’s Eye” Quilt, 48.5 x 48.5 inches
Here it is! The promised purple quilt. This pattern is “Cat’s Eye” from Just One Charm Pack Quilts and the charm pack “Pansys Posies” from Moda Fabrics.
This quilt design is was created using just half square triangle (HST) blocks. The number of designs you can create using HST blocks is just about endless. In fact, I was tempted to skip the pattern’s instructions and do something different. But when I starting thinking about doing something different, I had already made the exact number of blocks needed for the “Cat’s Eye” quilt, I decided just to stick to the pattern.
I quilted most of the quilt with a walking foot but included some of the decorative stitches built into my sewing machine on the swirly background fabric. I also sewed free motion flowers in the center of the quilt and the four outer corner triangles.
I used the large print pansy fabric to make the binding as this was a set of fabric in a kit from O’Sewpersonal Sewing Center in O’Fallon, Missouri. So, the second large print floral binding this month. Might be a tread!
The puppy turned one year old a week ago. He’s turning out to be an accomplished quilting dog! He does quality control on both the sandwiching of the quilt layers and the photography of the finished quilt. And he sleeps on the floor of the hall outside my sewing room. All very satisfactory! Mostly.
Still a bit over eager in his role as quality control inspector, the pup has yet to learn to lie on the floor next to the quilt with just a toe or a nose on it! But all in good time!