I ended up going home to get the rotary stuff & I made fairly good progress on my cats... THose of you who know the Buggy Barn technique, know that you are in essence slicing and shuffling and sewing and trimming, etc. right? Well for the pattern that I am doing, you use 3 fabrics for each cat & there are 12 cats that I am doing... For the first three, I have bodies and tails done, now to do the ears and faces :o) The version shown here is the actual Buggy Barn quilt from the book, That Crazy Thing We Do.
Mine will be similar, only instead of the plaids, I have geometrics - like polka dots.For what it is worth YMMV (Your miles may vary) I do not care for this technique...
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the buggy barn technique is so very time consumming, but this cat quilt is almost enough to tempt me back to it....
That cat quilt pictured is adorable, I have done a few quilts with this method and I have developed something of a love/hate relationship with stack,slash and shuffle.
I have one quilt using this technique under my belt - it wasn't as bad as I had feared *s* My piece did not contain as many pieces as the kitties . . . something to be said for that.
Oooh, the cat quilt looks fantastic! I can't wait to see your version.
have a kit to do the Buggy Barn Santa quilt. I am very nervous about starting it. I was supposed to take a class, but it was canceled.
Very cool cats! Can't wait to see what yours looks like. This sounds like a very unusual technique.
Well durn! I've been resisting buying any new books but I have to make this quilt! And BTW, I do love Buggy Barn patterns with their mix and shuffle blocks.
I've done one stack and slash and shuffle and didn't care for it. Too random maybe? I dunno.
I made a version of this crazy cats quilt last fall for an art sale at the local humane society (http://floribunda.blogspot.com/2006/10/monday-morning.html) and I plan to do one for myself, too! Mine will be in batiks... I've done other stack & slash projects; they're a little bit wasteful but I think some of them are worth it!
Am I understanding that this is all done with a rotary cutter? That technique sounds like paper piecing, no thanks! I'll keep away from that brand of patterns. Thanks for sharing. Happy quilting!
Not a huge fan of cat quilts but I love the colors in the Buggy Barn quilt.
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Love this catquilt...they look so cute...I am looking forward to seeing your version!
Those cats will be fantastic! tracey
LOVE! the kitties! It came out great, they all look so sassy!
What an amazingly beautiful cat quilt. It looks absolutely gorgeous, but I'm not sure about this slicing dicing sewing method. Hmmmm. Applique anyone? te he.
Will look forward to see how yours comes out. That's what I love about quilting, you can make the exact same quilt and it's totally your own.
Love your cat quilt and TATW! Welcome to the stashbuster webring!
Way cute cat quilt. Would like to see yours..........
This is an adorable cat quilt, and I am sure yours will be even more so with polka dots. I haven't done a stack and slash quilt, but a star one is on that nonexistent to-do list.
I really like the colors on the TATW.
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