Recently I was offered a sweet little kitty named Samson to adopt from a dear friend. Cats and quilting seem like natural companions, so I was extremely tempted. However, dear Sampson the quilting companion cat would have to stay home long hours while I toiled away at the library for 10 hours a day. So reluctantly, I had to refuse. Oh sadness as he is so adorable.
So, in his stead I decided to purchase some rather more exotic looking cats in a charm pack print called Camont from Cotton and Steele Fabric company. It's a poor substitute for the antics of the kitten Samson, but the quilted cats will afford me busy work, delight in their colors and won't mind if I leave them for hours on end unattended at home on the sewing table. Also, I won't have a panic attack at work if I forgot to feed them that morning.
Sitting on my sewing table sewn so far...
As this Camont charm pack constitutes my first real official quilting project since (a-HEM) high school, I thought I would make it very basic and simple indeed. No fussy cutting, no half square triangle confusion, just serene simplicity (like the scarf I've been knitting for years in JUST the knit stitch!). Here is the very quick and random layout which I threw together.
I'm following Melanie Ham in her quiet, gentle My First Quilt series on YouTube. She was such a light and joy, thank God for earth angels.
So this quilt will be dedicated to Melanie, my virtual quilting teacher gone too soon. And to Samson, my would be quilting companion. And I am joyful in my gentle art of quilting as it goes.
