Sew-Cation, Day 3: Quilting Kitty

My little Karoline loves quilting!

I started (and finished!) quilting Stitchin’ Addiction last night!  And Karoline helped! I think she misses my sewing. Today I wanted to write about quilting and my wonderful, little cat – two things I love.

I’ll start with Karoline. Karoline was a stray. In my experience, strays end up being the best pets – they are grateful to have a home, and very loving. I take full responsibility for why Karoline is not that way at all. She’s a bit of a loner, but she hates to be alone. She wants to be near you, but she absolutely does not want you touching her or petting her unless she is so inclined. However, when she is so inclined, it’s so rare that you will drop everything you’re doing to snuggle with her because you never know when she will be so inclined again. Usually those moments are at 3 in the morning, or when you’re in a mad rush to finish a quilt. She is full of energy. Everything is a game to her – in fact, my mere presence marks the start of a never-ending game of hide and seek.

The best part about her is her love of fabric. I think she loves quilts about as much as I do. She likes to crawl underneath them when I’m hand sewing the binding on. She also likes to lay on them while I quilt, which is a problem because it makes it nearly impossible to finish quilting.

She joined me while I quilted Stitchin’ Addiction. This was my first time quilting in invisible thread. I’m not entirely sure how much I enjoy invisible thread. It makes it hard to see where you’ve already quilted. However, it makes it nearly impossible to find mistakes. THAT part is wonderful. I also couldn’t decide if I wanted to quilt through the applique, or just around. I opted to just go around. I’m really happy with it. I put the binding and hanging sleeve on it today, so now I’m onto hand sewing.

Now I get to sew while watching movies!