Last year was my first time participating in the Stay At Home Round Robin (SAHRR) hosted by Quilting Gail. I really enjoyed playing along and ended up with a really fun quilt for the 2023 SAHRR.
This quilt was intended to be My Guy's new TV recliner quilt. However, Grad Girl decided that it needed to be hers. She took the last quilt I made for My Guy, so it was time to come up with a quilt she'd like better so My Guy could keep this one. She'd been asking for an orange and black quilt, Oklahoma State University colors. So what to use for the center that would tempt her more than the birds in her dad's quilt?
Her very own black cat, Queenie. I modified a block pattern from one of the teacher quilts made many years ago and came up with this. (The pattern is out of print).
Very Queenie like, except for the red/orange eyes. Queenie's nick name is Shadow Demon, because she can scare the fool out of you when it's dark in the house. So that's the working name of this year's SAHRR, The Shadow Demon.
You can find all the other centers for this year's round robin over at Quilting Gail's. There are some really fun ones.
14 comments:
Shadow Demon is a great name!
This is going to be an interesting quilt. I love that bird quilt also, happy stitching!
That is a very fun beginning for this year's SAHRR, Kate! I bet Grad Girl will love it. I'll enjoy seeing how it develops as you add borders!
It sounds like you've found the perfect place to start for a quilt for grad girl. Have fun!
The black cat is a delightful choice for your SAHRR center. She'll love it.
Adorable little cat block for you center. Loved the central blue birds in last year's quilt too. Great fun!
Fun story to go with your block. That should do the trick.
I love your 2023 quilt and this black cat block is a great centrepiece :)
Shadow Demon promises to become a fantastic quilt!!! Thank you for sharing last year's SAHRR - it turned out great!
I'm happy to see you're joining us again this year and thanks for linking up!
Your quilt turned out beautifully. Love your Shadow Demon. Very cute.
Your SAHRR quilt from last year is one of my favorites, and I love your center block for this year's version.
Love the Queenie block! I look forward to your progress.
Ohhh lovely start!!!!
Great starting block, it will be fun to see what the quilt becomes!
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