Candy Cat Cushion

Candy Cat Cushion

The reason that my Rosa took so long this month is because I got a little distracted by Jo Hart's (aka Unicornharts) Candy Cat pattern. Jo has some lovely Foundation Paper Pieced (FPP) patterns to buy as well as a few lovely free ones. I found out that Schnitzel and Boo were having a quilt-a-long over on their blog and I decided to have a go at a block. It's been a good year since I did any quilting or patchwork for myself, other than to make samples for teaching it to a class, so it was great to just sit down and make a cat block. I used a selection of Kona solids, some from my stash and some from the Skep Knitting and Stitching shop in Leeds (soon to close down, boo!) as well as some of the Meow range from Riley Blake for the backgrounds.

Candy Cat

The Candy Cat QAL is still going on over at Schnitzel and Boo and Unicornharts has made a cute Mr Squeak mouse and a fishy bones block to add to it too! I decided to add sashing to the Candy cat block and then an envelope back to turn it into a cushion cover for my sewing chair. I'm going to make a Mr Squeak block and turn him into a pin cushion at some point soon. For now though, I'm back to making my #everydayeverymonth item along with a better fitting Paxson for Mr Bobbins.