Our Feline Friends

Our feline friends bring us joy and companionship. It's no wonder so many talented quilters have chosen to honor them with a quilt! Here are three quilted tributes made with a variety of styles and techniques.

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The Daydream Cat by Jayeun Shin (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).  

This contemporary art quilt is made with hand dyeing, machine piecing, applique, and quilting.    A sphinx cat, drawn to a flower pot, drifts into a dream where reality and fantasy are divided into gray spaces. Blue and yellow curtains and walls reflect the cat's free, lively, and optimistic nature. The cat's imagination is expressed playfully through quilting. 

Gus, made and quilted by Sandi Lanz.  

Sandi Lanz says that when she saw this panel and fabric [by Timeless Treasures] she had to make it. The pattern is The Multiverse by Leigh Headington at The Sweet Tea Girls. (See the links for more information; the links are active as of this writing.) This quilt turned out beautifully.

Cats in the Garden by Nancy Landon, quilted by Brenda Smitley. 

Winner of the award for Exemplary Hand Applique, this original design is based on traditional Baltimore album blocks poular in the 1840s and 50's.  Nancy Landon says, "The applique flowers are my favorite and the cats are just 4 of many cats I have loved." We enjoyed every part of this gorgeous quilt including the lavish pink border roses.

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Image credits: Photos of The Daydream Cat were taken by Quilt Inspiration at the 2025 Houston International Quilt Festival.  Photos of Gus and Cats in the Garden were taken at the 2026 Tucson Quilt Fiesta.

 

 

 

Highlights of the Houston International Quilt Festival! (4)

We had a wonderful time at the Houston International Quilt Festival! We enjoyed seeing 1200 quilts from around the world, and are excited to share photos of our favorites... here is Part 3!

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1st PLACE ALTERNATIVE TECHNIQUES:  Motocat by Esther Tronchoni Simo (Spain) @esthertronchonisimo

Machine applique and quilting were combined with wool felting to create  Motocat, which won a blue ribbon (1st place) in the Alternative Techniques category!  Check out this kitty's realistic fuzzy wool felted face! 

MASTER AWARD for THREAD ARTISTRY: Family by Yoshiyuki Ishizaki (Japan)

The quantity, variety, and colors of the embroidery stitches can only be appreciated close up, including the details of the pets on the front porch! As the artist says: "The more effort that goes into it, the more gorgeous it becomes!"

This Land is Your Land by Elizabeth Bauman (USA)

Elizabeth Bauman is a quilt artist, teacher, and member of Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA). Celebrating America's beauty, this quilt is named after a famous folk song from the 1960s: "This Land is Your Land" by Woody Guthrie. Solid color fabrics give it a cheerful vibe, echoing the travel posters of the 1930s. 

MASTER AWARD for INNOVATIVE ARTISTRY:  Painted Ponies on the Prairie (106" x 63") by Melissa Sobotka (USA)

Melissa Sobotka is an artist and teacher, specializing in photo-realistic techniques. This quilt has an interesting family history! A family photo depicts a traveling carnival and horse-powered merry-go-round on the plains of Nebraska and South Dakota during the early 1900s. It was professionally fabric printed, enhanced with ink and pencils, machine appliqued and quilted. 

 

Image credits: Photos were taken by Quilt Inspiration at the 2025 Houston International Quilt Festival.

 

 

Happy Halloween!

As we enjoy all the Halloween decorations popping up around town, here's one of our favorite seasonal projects: Happy Halloween by Elizabeth Hartman! This sampler quilt features a ghost, bat, cat, witch, star, pumpkin, owl, spider, candy corn, and candy roll blocks.

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This is a patchwork-pieced pattern. The blocks are made almost entirely of rotary-cut squares and rectangles, and everything is sewn together using conventional patchwork techniques. 18 Kona Solids were used to make this quilt - or have fun raiding your stash!

Hocus Pocus

Today's brilliant Halloween quilt was based on Hocus Pocus, a design by Corinne Sovey. The quilt is a skill-builder comprising 17 different blocks, some that repeat.  Several methods of construction are used, including traditional piecing, foundation paper-piecing, templates, and a bit of applique.  See if you can spot the techniques used in each of the blocks!  

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I Believe I Can Fly by Lesa Bornost, quilted by Renee Miller  

The quilt maker, Lesa Bornost, says: "I have made simple quilts for several years and decided to challenge myself with Hocus Pocus! I learned inset circles, Y-seams, foundation paper piecing and applique to finish this quilt. It certainly was a journey but I prevailed! [Hence the quilt's title: I Believe I can Fly!"] I am proud to enter this as my very first quilt show entry, ever."

Image credits: Photos were taken by Quilt Inspiration at the  2025 Quilt Arizona show.

Free Pattern Day: Halloween!

Here are dozens of free patterns for Halloween quilts, table runners and pillows ! To go to a pattern: Scroll down the page until you see the quilt you like, then click on the words "CLICK for PDF download" (or the hyperlinked website name) in the title above the quilt.

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Happy's Place, ~60 x 74", free pattern by Karen Hanson for Hoffman California Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download) 

Halloween Pillow Trio, free pattern at Yarnspirations (CLICK for PDF download) 

 Jack's Ghostly Visitors, free Coats & Clark pattern at Yarnspirations (CLICK for PDF download)

Midnight in the Pumpkin Patch Quilt Along, free patterns at American Quilter (CLICK for free pattern page)

Pumpkin Cats quilt, 62" square, free pattern at Art Gallery Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Scary Cat Pillow, free pattern at Yarnspirations (CLICK for PDF download)

Spooky Squad quilt, 86 x 87", free pattern at Art Gallery Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Spooky Hallow quilt, 60 x 72", free pattern at Maywood Studio (CLICK for PDF download)

Spooktacular quilt, 61" square, free pattern at Art Gallery Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Halloween Ball quilt, 61" square, free pattern at Henry Glass Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Meowy Halloween quilt, 36 x 42", free pattern at Riley Blake Designs (CLICK for PDF download) + (CLICK for PATTERN UPDATE)

Tricks & Treats table runner, ~15 x 79", free pattern at Free Spirit Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Fall Y'all mini quilt, 26" square, free pattern by Sandy Gervais at Pieces From My Heart (CLICK for PDF pattern) + (CLICK for pieced bird pattern)

Candy Corn Wall hanging, free pattern by Pat Sloan (CLICK for tutorial) + (CLICK for PDF download)

Pumpkin Patch quilt, 50 x 62", free pattern by Rachel Hauer for Free Spirit Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Celebrate with Hershey quilt, 48 x 56", free pattern at Riley Blake Designs (CLICK for PDF download)

Spooky table runner, 48" x 14", free pattern at Riley Blake Designs (CLICK for PDF download)

Broomy Wall Art, 11 x 28", free pattern at Art Gallery Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Halloween quilt, made from fat quarters, 48 x 56", free pattern at Fabric Editions (CLICK for PDF download)

 Charmed quilt, 63 x 70", free pattern at Art Gallery Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Colorful strip pumpkin quilt, 61 x 68", free tutorial at Flamingo Toes (CLICK for PDF template)

Scary Moon banner, 30 x 64", free pattern by Janet Houts for Andover Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)  

Tarrytown quilt, 58 x 70", free pattern by Janet Houts for Andover Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Halloween mini quilt, ~18" square, free pattern at Fabric Editions (CLICK for PDF download)

Bats and Black Cats table runner or wall hanging, 22 x 44", free pattern at Michael Miller Fabrics
(CLICK for PDF download)

Me and My Ghoul Friends, 61 x 61", free pattern at Studio E Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Haunting quilt, 51 x 69", free pattern by Renee Nanneman for Andover Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Jack o' Lantern mini quilt, free pattern by Rose Johnston at Threadbare Creations (CLICK for tutorial)

Spider Web quilt along at Scrapatches (CLICK for tutorial)

Spooky wall hanging, 24 x 52", free pattern by Heidi Pridemore for Windham Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Eat, Drink and Be Scary Quilt, 41 x 51", free pattern by Heidi Pridemore for Windham Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Four Pumpkins wall quilt, 29"square, free pattern by Cheryl Haynes for Benartex (CLICK for PDF download)

The Great Pumpkin quilt, ~47 x 57", free pattern by Renee Nanneman for Andover Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Pumpkin wall quilt, free pattern by Dodi Lee Paulson for Landauer (CLICK for PDF download)

Look Into My Eye, 43 x 43", free quilt pattern by Stacey Day for Windham Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Spooky Spider mini quilt, free applique pattern at Seasoned Homemaker (CLICK for tutorial)

All Hallow's Eve wall quilt, 42" square, free pattern by Jedi Craft Girl (CLICK for PDF download)

Spooky mini quilt tutorial by Jedi Craft Girl (CLICK for tutorial)

Witches Celebrate quilt, 60 x 60”, free pattern at Riley Blake Designs (CLICK for pattern) + (CLICK for TEMPLATES) (check out the finished quilt at Fabric Seeds)

Witches Celebrate quilt: witch block detail at Fabric Seeds

Witches Celebrate quilt: pumpkin block detail at Fabric Seeds

Coffee Time Halloween quilt, ~18 x 18”, by Carried Away Quilting, based on the free Coffee Time mini quilt tutorial (CLICK for tutorial)

Endless Creaking Stairs quilt, 36 x 44", free pattern by Grace Wilson for Maywood Studios (CLICK for PDF download)

Wicked Eve quilt, 70 x 89”, free pattern by Osie Lebowitz for Timeless Treasures (CLICK for PDF download)

That Cat quilt,  Halloween version, 29 x 32", free pattern by Pamela Lincoln for McCall's Quilting
(CLICK for PDF download)

Which Witch is Which wall hanging, 30 x 17", free pattern by Sue Marsh for RJR Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

By the Light of the Moon Quilt with candy corn border, free pattern by Elizabeth Cecchettini for Babylock (CLICK for PDF download)

Haunted House quilt,32 x 36", including house, bat and moon template, at Clothworks (CLICK for PDF download)

Haunted House quilt, ~37 x 40", by Liz Aneloski; free pattern for RJR Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Simply Spooky quilt, free pattern by Pearl P. Pereira (CLICK for PDF download)

Jack Patchwork wall hanging, 36 x 36", free pattern by Sue Thornton-Gray for Janome (CLICK for PDF download)

Scrappy Pumpkin Table Runner, ~15 x 36", free pattern by Angela Tackett (CLICK for PDF download)

Fall Pumpkin table runner tutorial by The Cloth Parcel (CLICK for tutorial)

Pumpkin Patch block table topper tutorial by Lindsey Weight at Fort Worth Fabric Studio
(CLICK for tutorial)

Endless Creaking Stairs table runner, 12 x 25", free pattern by Grace Wilson for Maywood Studios (CLICK for PDF download)

Oh Pumpkin table runner, free pattern by Jennifer Morgan and Linda Ambrosini for Hoffman Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Pumpkin Crazy Quilt mug rug tutorial at Pellon Projects (CLICK for PDF download)

  Pumpkin Placemat, free pattern by Phyllis Dobbs (CLICK for PDF download)

Jack-o-Lantern, free applique pattern by Kimara and Michelle at Wee Folk Art (CLICK for PDF template)

Black Cat applique, free block pattern by Kimara at Wee Folk Art (CLICK for PDF template)

Spooky, 10” square, free black cat applique pattern by Wendi Gratz at Shiny Happy World (CLICK for PDF templates) 

Coffin block by Jeni Baker, free pattern at In Color Order (CLICK for tutorial) 

Jack-o-Lantern block, 8 x 10", free paper pieced pattern by Sonja Callaghan at Artisania (CLICK for PDF template)

  Witch, free paper piecing pattern by Sonja Callaghan at Artisania (CLICK for PDF template)

Haunted House, free 10" paper piecing pattern by Cyrille Zellweger at Bubblestitch Quilts (CLICK for tutorial)
 

Double Sided Jack-o-Lantern pillows, 21" square, free pattern at Robert Kaufman Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

 

 

Luna's Web pillow, free pattern at Art Gallery Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Halloween Cat pillow, free pattern by Oh Oh blog as seen at U Create Crafts (CLICK for tutorial)

Fall Pumpkin quilted pillow tutorial at The Cloth Parcel (CLICK for tutorial)

Scrappy Pumpkin Pillows, free pattern by Jean Etheridge and Shannon Miller at Sew Beautiful Magazine (CLICK for PDF download)

Pumpkins and Patches quilt, 49 x 49”, free pattern by Denise Russell for Hoffman Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)
 

Spooky Windows quilt, 37 x 49", free pattern by Osie Lebowitz for Timeless Treasures (CLICK for PDF download)

Cats, Bats and Vats quilt, 58 x 66", free pattern by Gayle Noyes and Jean Anne Sharrai for Clothworks (CLICK for PDF download)

Block Party Halloween Quilt, free pattern by Kathy Mack  (CLICK for PDF download)

Jazzy Jacks quilt, 48 x 51”, free appliqued and pieced pattern by AE Nathan (PDF download)

Pumpkins, free pattern at Tilda's World (CLICK for PDF download)

 

  

Stuffed Pumpkins, free pattern at JoAnn Fabrics (PDF download)

 

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