I made these two quilts after taking Cheryl Arkison’s online Quilters Playcation class, “Cut, Sew, Repeat.” Well, actually I made the orange quilt during the class! Both quilts were made with bundles of fabric which were gifts, plus some additional fabric from my stash.

The quilt at top with made with the “Cat Bundle” from the quilt shop, Gather Here, in Cambridge, MA. When I posted the quilt top on Instagram, the store commented that this was the first quilt they’d seen using the bundle in one quilt. And they loved it! It’s an eclectic feline collection, including big wild cats and whimsical domestic cats. But definitely all cats!

The quilt below was made with another bundle. The prints on the quilt front were from the bundle and the solids were from the stash.

These quilts were both experiments, made just for fun. Both backings were made from leftovers from other quilts. And both quilts have “franken-batting”. What is that?? It’s pieces of leftover batting, cobbled together to make a batting the size needed for the project. I used both zig-zag stitching and fusible quilt batting tape to attach the batting bits. Both do work. The cat quilt has a cotton batting and the orange quilt has a polyester batting as it’s going to be a dog quilt (see my previous post)!

You can get some really interesting patterns using Cheryl’s technique. And you can make a quilt top in record time. It’s definitely worth taking the class at some point when it’s offered again. You can find out when Cheryl is offering classes on her Quilter’s Playcation website.