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“A quilt may warm your body but it also comforts your soul.”
Ok… a few things about this one… Mia requested a larger quilt to lay-eth upon-eth her queenlyness-eth. I used white muslin on the back and pieced the top with kitty fabric and purple.
Mia is a very elegent kitty so I decided to make a central medallion to improve the quilt to her level since the fabric had cartoonish cats on it. I traced the center medallion design onto Golden Threads paper, pinned it and attempted to quilt it. The paper tore and shifted badly. Ugh! It took me hours to go over the design with a satin stich while pulling out the prior threads as I went. I was NOT a happy camper. In the end, I fugured “Hey, a CAT is going to use this. Who cares, right??!” A lesson I learned from this is: Have fun with quilting, it’s not the end of the world if something doesn’t work out! Just learn from it and move on! 
I finished off the quilt by free motion-ing loopdy loops around the edge of the quilt and hand quilting a kitty paw smack in the middle. This quilt (like the smaller pink one) had two layers of Thermore in it to make it nice and poofy/comfy for Mia to lay upon. I hope she enjoys it.
Here’s the photos:
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- Second Cat Quilt by Audra Kearney November 2009
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- Second Cat Quilt by Audra Kearney November 2009
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- Second Cat Quilt by Audra Kearney November 2009
Thank you for reading and Happy Quilting!
-Audra at AuraQuilts.com
Ok.. this is my first completed Cat Quilt. My sister requested one for her cat, Mia. Mia prefers white quilts. I do not. (No offense, Mia)
The other request was that it fit the size of the top of my sister’s television. Mia loves to nap there.
I originally started making this quilt with the idea that the white would be the top of the quilt and I would use some colorful fabric for the bottom. That didn’t quite work out. Once I began piecing the bottom of the quilt I found it difficult to to think of it as something that wouldn’t be looked at (or laid upon in this case). I chose to quilt it as if the colorful fabric were the top and the white the bottom as Mia would have no clue that she was napping on the wrong side of the quilt. Here it is:
- Mia’s Chic Quilt by Audra Kearney November 2009
- Mia’s Chic Quilt back by Audra Kearney November 2009
I used TWO layers of Thermore battng to make it extra soft for Mia. I must also say that since Mia prefers white fabric to lay her pretty kitty queen-ness upon, I had to limit the amount of decorative quilting. I chose to use a pink thread so if I quilted too much, the back would be pink an not white. (If I had it my way the entire thing would have bee heavily free motion quilted.) Quilters don’t always get things their way – especially when we have to compromise in order to make gifts.
Now don’t look at my binding corners too closely. I’m still learning and this was completed before I found this great video:
Sharon Schamber’s Binding Video
My next binding I’ll definitely try that ladder stitch technique!
Thanks for reading and Happy Quilting!
-Audra at AuraQuilts
In November, 2006 I designed a quilt for my mother. I call it “The Stingray Quilt”. She went on a tropical cruise years ago and had a photo taken while she was petting a stingray. She lives in Florida and has always loved the ocean and the color turquoise so I decided I needed to design a quilt with these elements in mind.
Here is a photo of my Sting Ray Quilt design I created on EQ5 (quilt design software).
Please take a moment to view to see some of my Photo Gallery of the Sting Ray quilt as it progresses and other project that I am working on.
Stingray Quilt design by Audra Kearney November 2006
I had always been sewing since a young girl (thanks to my creative and very talented mother). I would do everything from cross-stitching to embellishing vintage wedding gowns my father would buy for me from antique shops.
I have a beautiful quilt that my great-grandmother had made me when I was born. One chilly fall day in 2006, I got the quilt out to snuggle under and watch a good movie. I took a look at it and thought “I could do that! That looks like fun!” So online I went and searched for a local quilting class. Little did I know that I would become a quilting addict. So here I am… to learn, to share and to grow as a quilter. If I can help at least one person to learn something new or to be inspired then the purpose of this site is complete.
Thank you all for reading and HAPPY QUILTING!
-Audra at Aura Quilts
AURA: a luminous radiation, a distinctive atmosphere surrounding a given source, an energy field that is held to emanate from a living being
This is my first baby step on this great big quilting road. I don’t know where it will lead, but as someone very special told me today… I will find my way.
I am sharing this blog to post updates about my quilting experiences, lessons and projects. I will be sharing with you any interesting information, sites, videos and photos. I am also updating the Quilting Calendar to keep you all posted on any quilting shows, conventions, exhibits and retreats. Soon I will have quilting notions, instructional e-books and original Aura Quilts designs and patterns for purchase through my Aura Quilt Shop.
Thank you all for reading and HAPPY QUILTING!
-Audra at Aura Quilts