Sew Fresh Quilts: dog quilt pattern

7 July 2017

Dog Gone Cute

This Dog Gone Cute quilt makes me so happy!

This quilt was made in preparation for my first trip to Houston Quilt Market this fall. I have made this quilt previously using a dark grey solid for the background, which you can read about here.

Making the Dog Gone Cute again, I wanted to have a lighter background, so I used Square Dance in grey from the Hopscotch collection by Jamie Fingal for RJR Fabrics. Then I chose blue, black, green and orange prints randomly from my stash for the faces on these dogs.

Of course the quilting is my signature organic wavy lines from edge to edge, done using my walking foot. A light grey thread was used both on top and in the bobbin to blend with the background and backing fabrics. I used to apologize for continuing to use the same old quilting method for every one of my quilts. But no more. I have had so many people ask me about this method and I love the quick, easy and completely stress free finish this method provides.

The backing is Widescreen Crosshatch in Grey by Carolyn Friedlander for Robert Kaufman. I have had this wideback fabric sitting in my stash since November 2014 and it has been used on so many of my quilts since then. And I still have plenty left, but I was glad to be using some of it up and I like how it coordinates with the fabrics used in the front of the quilt, and even lightens it up a bit.

Binding is a solid black, which provides a strong frame and matches the dogs' noses and eyes.

The "Dog Gone Cute" quilt finished at 60" x 60"

and was the 38th use of my 2nd edition of 100 labels

ordered from Ikaprint.

Want to make your own Dog Gone Cute? Click here to go to my Pattern Shop.

Linking up to Finish it up Friday with

Amanda Jean of Crazy Mom Quilts

Keep On {Dog Gone} Quilting On!

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12 August 2016

Dog Gone Cute {redo}

Meet Fluffy. Although I have enjoyed working on this remake of the Dog Gone Cute quilt, Mr. McFluffster says it really is all about him. Because the Dog Gone Cute has been one of my more popular patterns, I wanted to have a sample to hang in the booth next week.

My original large block quilt can be seen here and the mini quilt version was posted here.

This time I decided to change things up. I chose to use two different grey Toscana fabrics for the main patches on the dog faces and instead of using white, I used the Blossom print left over from the backing on the Ay, Chihuahua quilt. That background print, which is Alpine by Moda, was also featured as the boy dog blocks in the Ay, Chihuahua quilt.

If you would like to make a Dog Gone Cute quilt, this is a free quilt along on my blog. The instructions can be found by clicking on the Quilt Alongs tab beneath my blog header.

I used to quilt a lot using plain white Gutermann thread. But now it seems like I am always using this Light Grey Omni from Superior Threads, both on top and in the bobbin. It could be that in the past, most of my quilts had a white background and now I am making a lot of quilts with a grey background. The grey thread plays nicely with all the colours and blends in well.

It has been a super long time since I made a flanged binding. For this finish I chose to use the backing fabric for the accent and the floral print for the main fabric. You can find my Flanged Binding Tutorial here, if you'd like to give it a try. It's a really easy binding method and gives your project a stylish touch.

The sun was brutally bright and tended to make the subtle fabrics in this quilt appear rather washed out. And our lawn is looking really dead because we haven't had any rain for a good long while. However, the Old Hay Wagon likely won't be used for a photo shoot ever again. She's being retired. The last time I used it I thought I was going to die. The sides are both leaning heavily to the one side. It's broken and it's old. I must come up with a new idea for hanging quilts for photos, but for now I am making do with a stick held up on each end by quilt holder helpers.