Dog/CatQuilts

I have unintenionally ignored my poor blog.  I used to keep up with it, and now it seems to hide in the corner.  Everyone knows I love to sew, my blog is littered with results of just that.  The last 4 months or so I have been sewing smaller quilts for dogs and cats and to be used in the No Kill Shelters and the Rescues.  Earlier this year, I had dropped off around 100 quilts to the Humane Society in my district only to find they were being warehoused until "needed".  It was then I switched to Rescues and No Kill Shelters. I  have met some wonderful folks who devote their lives to care for cats and dogs, to make them well, give them love and try to adopt each one out to a loving family. In the past month I was given several large bags of donated fabrics and it was those fabrics that allowed me to whip up 106 quilts for several of the Rescues.  Here is a stack, different sizes for different size dogs.  Some went to the vet of a Rescue (Forever Loving Hearts Rescue in Surprise, AZ).I had a little black and white cat visitor who wandered to my yard most likely from The Sahuaro Ranch, a literal dumping ground for unwanted cats, bunnies.  Her ear was tipped, the sign that she was at The Park and she was "fixed". She was a loving kitty, so hardly feral, and probably dumped by a family that just didn't want her anymore.  Or, of course, she could have gotten lost and wandered to The Park. Forever Loving Hearts Rescue now has Tux to find a forever family for her.

Here are the quilts, and a photo of Angi Hopson who now has 64 quilts for Az. Dog Adoptions.

Cat Quilts

My friend Pat found some pink and some blue fabrics that had the cutest cat faces on the fabric.  She gave it to me and I made 13 little cat/kitty quilts that I dropped off at the Humane Society.  They reminded me when I dropped the quilts off that it is March and they are besotted with sweet newborn kittens.  I am so  happy I have something they can lay on while they wait for a fur-ever home.  Keeping my fingers crossed for each one.

Humane Society Quilts For Dogs and Cats

It is my heart's delight to be able to sew.  It is my happy spot in life, sewing this n' that, sometimes just to sew up some pretty fabric, many times to sew something special for family or friends to make them smile, and many many times to sew up to donate.  I sew a lot for Lanette Veres, http://www.graymattersfoundation.org/, and I love to sew up little quilts for the dogs and cats at the local Humane Society.  I can use up scraps of fabric, and they do not care if the quilt is precise or fabric coordinated.  Here are some recent quilts for those fur babies.

More to come... I am working on five right now and hope to drop those off this coming week.  Concrete floors are cold, the kennels are distressing, it is heartbreaking for sweet pups and cats to wait patiently for a forever home.  Adopt.  Please adopt...!!!!! 

misc stuff

More sewing stuff that keeps me busy.  

Below are various totes which are made mostly with scrap fabrics from larger projects.

 These are zipper purses which are mega-fun to make. This project is done on my embroidery machine and a process called "in the hoop"  ...The entire purse is done in the hoop and when it is finished the only thing I need to do is tear away the stabilizer and add a little charm to the zipper pull.  You can also see a little stack of "Bulldogs" made of felt and made into key rings.  In the hoop as well.