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Friday, August 13, 2010

Pets on Quilts Show: Sheila Painter

This beautiful quilt with a cat and parakeet, was submitted by Sheila Painter. 
Sheila, is not a blogger, so she submitted this entry via email, with the following insight:




 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Please accept this photo of my miniature quilt with both a cat and a parakeet. I made this 12" by 10" wall hanging from a pattern by Aniko Fehrer. She called for the cat to be looking at a butterfly, but I fussycut a parakeet from fabric and appliqued that on instead.

This quilt was made and quilted by me. I did the thread painting on the kitty and the free motion quilting on the background as a relatively new machine quilter, having just recently purchased a sewing machine that could handle such stitching!

Sheila Painter
Sylvania, Ohio



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Saturday, August 14th SewCalGal will create a special post that will allow viewers to vote for their favorite entries in this show.  Bloggers can continue to enter this show thru August 21st, but as voting for viewers choice begings 8/14, clearly there is an advantage of entering this show earlier vs later. 

To review the rules for this show click here.

 To see the list of prizes click here.  Note, as of 8/12 there are still a few more prizes that I need to add to this list.

37 comments:

IHaveANotion ~ Kelly Jackson said...

Great job Sheila!!
Smiles,
Kelly

QuiltSue said...

That is a really cute kitty. Thanks for showing it to us,

Barb said...

wow.....how can one ever decide which one is the best...these are all so wonderful....what wonderful work!

Dana Gaffney said...

Wow, that's beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

Dana Gaffney said...

Wow, that's beautiful, thanks for sharing.

Dana Gaffney said...

Wow, that's beautiful, thanks for sharing.

Diane H said...

Beautiful job - thank you for entering this lovely quilt.

Katy P. said...

Beautiful job, as always!! Thanks for sharing!

Katy P. said...

Beautiful job, as always!! Thanks for sharing

Nanbon44 said...

wonderful quilt

Linda in Arkansas said...

Oh this is so cool Sheila - you did an excellent job!!

Anonymous said...

Very Cute!!! From Mimi

Nann said...

I like it! Great perspective.

Nann said...

Very nice, Sheila. Great perspective!

Trini said...

As always, a marvelous job!

Unknown said...

Great job, Sheila...I love the thread work!

Unknown said...

Great job, Sheila! I love the thread work!

Anonymous said...

Mary from Delaware, OH says: Meow and tweet, your quilt is so sweet! Wanna grow as you sew that's our Sheila!

Anonymous said...

Patti said...
The bright green parakeet is the perfect foil to the black and white kitty. They both look so realistic.

EricMargel said...

That's great! Sew nice.

Anonymous said...

Great job Sheila! Your work gets better all the time.
Hattie Kate

Brenda Swanson said...

Very nice Sheila! You get my vote. Brenda Swanson

Anonymous said...

Looks great! You've got my vote!

Unknown said...

Great quilt!

Unknown said...

The quilt is beautiful. You do amazing work.

SheilaC said...

The little parakeet is the perfect addition to this quilt!

Thank you for sharing your quilt!

SheilaC

Janet said...

Your work is just awesome! Love your addition of the parakeet.

Nina Marie said...

Great job - thanks so much for sharing!

Michele said...

I just love the drama in sheila's quilt. We know what that cat wants! It would be a great conversation piece for hanging anywhere. Her detailed work is outstanding!

Kim said...

Your quilt is gorgeous and so adorable.

Anonymous said...

Sharon B.

What a great work of art. You are the best. Wow I love your work.

Nancy Sue said...

Thank you for sharing this quilt with us. I love how you changed the butterfly to the parakeet!
nsue21702@gmail dot com

hetty said...

Cute quilt!

Talin's Corner said...

Beautiful quilt. You did a great job.

The Vegetarian Hunter said...

I love this quilt! Thank you for sharing it!!

Unknown said...

Wonderful quilt Sheila! I love the addition of the parakeet!
Hugs--Ruth C.

Anonymous said...

Great job Sheila. Can't help but smile. Janet