How Do You Create A Fabric Quilt Around A Cat Theme?
Our cats are not just four-footed fur balls but friends with individual personalities. Put your digital camera, computer and sewing machine to work to create a quilt that tells your own cat’s story. Take digital photographs of your cat in several different poses. Download the pictures to your computer. If you like, use a graphics editing program to modify them. Choose the 12 best shots. Decide how to incorporate cat-themed words (such as “pounce,” “stare” and “meow”) into your quilt. One option is to include words directly on the cat pictures. Another option is to place the words on squares separate from the cat pictures. Use a desktop publishing program to write the words in different scripts and orient them several directions. If you like, add cat-themed digital clip art to the word-only squares. Print the photos and word squares on iron-on transfer paper. Use an iron to transfer them to precut quilt squares. Lay out all of the squares in your desired pattern and determine how many i
