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Quilting: Pet Quilt
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Pet Quilt

Brave Tiggy

Back (washed quilt)
Tiggy's Quilt
Steve and Tiggy
Brave Tiggy
Difficulty:

Category: Quilting

Type of item: Functional

For: Pets

Style: Cute

Materials

Cotton

What was your inspiration?

Our 17 year old cat,Tiggy, who has become very deaf and unfortunately I ran over him with my car... twice! :(
First time he strained his hip but the second time he had a broken leg in three places and has had to have a cast on his leg for 6 weeks. He was always an outdoor cat but now we have to keep him indoors. I believe he thinks it's been worth it, as now he sleeps on his new quilt with his back to the Aga!

What are you most proud of?

How Tiggy loves to sleep on his quilt... I will have to make him another one, so I can wash this one!

I did 'fussy' cutting for the first time and allowed the fabric to guide me with the overall pattern of the quilt.

What advice would you give someone starting this project?

Don't run down your pet and then feel guilted into making a quilt... just make them one:)

 

27 comments

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desna on craftsy.com
desna
Sep 01, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Poor Little Tiggy passed away yesterday (31.08.12) we actually had to bring him to the vet as he had become poorly. We are missinghim so much:(
Di4N4 on craftsy.com
Di4N4
Sep 21, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Oh Desna, I just read this... I am so sorry that you have lost your dear Tiggy! :( I hope you can take comfort in knowing that he was lucky to live in a loving home... (((Hugs!)))
desna on craftsy.com
desna
Sep 21, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Thanks Di for the lovely comment xxx
Ranjini on craftsy.com
Ranjini
Nov 17, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Oh so sorry to hear about dear Tiggy!!!!I was off craftsy for a while and when I got back on I went looking for Tiggy's picture with his pink cast!!!That's how I saw that he passsed away!!!Hugs to you and the family!!!
desna on craftsy.com
desna
Nov 18, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Thanks Ranjini, we still miss our wee Tiggy, its amazing how attached you can get to a pet, they really become part of the family.
patz in suffolk on craftsy.com
patz in suffolk
Jul 29, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Glad Tiggy's getting on okay - but he is a lucky cat to have a quilt all of his own! Incidentally - it IS rather nice! My Rupert is getting more and more envious and I saw him lying down in the drive just now, just behind the car!
desna on craftsy.com
desna
Jul 30, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Ooh you have to be so careful with cats they seem to want to be as near as possible even though its dangerous, I gues thats why cats have nine lives!!!!! I think Tiggy has just about used his all up! Thanks for the lovely comment:)
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Emafish
Jul 25, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
I love this quilt and also the message that you don't need a reason to treat your pet! I live in an apartment in New York City so my cat Mitzi doesn't get to enjoy the outdoors... sounds like a good reason to make her a quilt of her own - maybe with images of birds and trees! I hope Tiggy is doing all better and enjoys his second quilt just as much as his first!
desna on craftsy.com
desna
Jul 25, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Ooh yes... Emafish just treat Mitzi to a lovely quilt or two, I really like the idea of trees and birds:) Be sure to post it up to let us all see it. Thanks for the lovely comment:)
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Pam NZ
Jul 03, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Poor Tiggy my foot! I'm sure that's a pretty smug look on his face LOL... drastic action was obviously called for, you didn't get the hint that he wanted his very own special quilt after the first time you ran him over! He had to wait 17 years??? Goodness me, I'm surprised he hadn't reported you to the authorities ;-) His quilt is his badge of honour.... and a reminder to his family that they should be grateful he has blessed them with another chance... a quilt in the sun would be nice... can you move my plate closer too, please *purr purr* Perhaps a little more padding in the NEXT one too please? Love the quilt, well done!
desna on craftsy.com
desna
Jul 04, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Haha love your comment and my son Steve will enjoy it too, as Tiggy is his cat. I have made him another quilt and yes I do believe that is a smug look on his little face:)
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Sandra in CA
May 26, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Poor Tiggy. So glad to her he is doing better. I like your comment about not being guilted into making them a quilt just do it. They have my while bed to sleep on all day and what do they decide to sleep on? My clothes.
desna on craftsy.com
desna
Jul 04, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Atleast you allow your pet indoors... my son Steve always teases me that I had to run over poor wee Tiggy before I allowed him in;(
Ranjini on craftsy.com
Ranjini
Apr 28, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Love the quilt!!!Poor little Tiggy but I bet he is being pampered and spoilt.Love his pink cast too.I heard about the Aga on the "Two fat ladies" cooking show. Enjoyed reading ur explanation about it and got to see it!!!We in Arizona have only 3 seasons-hot,hotter and hottest!!So we use the AC instead of the Aga!!! ;o)
desna on craftsy.com
desna
May 22, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Ummm I think I will move to Arizona, I could do with some heat! Although I would miss my Aga;) Tiggy is doing much better and has his cast off although I have left him with a limp:( Thanks for the comment.
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Surfside6
Jul 30, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
i laughed at your seasonal situation, Ranjini. Some years we have three seasons also: Winter, July and August (Tourist season where the natives are trapped in the house because of the traffic)
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Surfside6
Apr 27, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Well, I now know what an AGA is - great explanation. I live in New England, USA, where we supposedly get four seasons a year. We had the shortest, least snowfall, winter EVER this year. Usually it snows from December to March. This year it snowed (badly) one day in OCTOBER 2011 and hardly anything else. Definitely a climate change here. Hope we don't pay for this with the hottest summer ever!
desna on craftsy.com
desna
Apr 28, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Oh how we would wish for the hottest summer ever over here in NI... we would be happy for no rain for a week! Never been to New England but they tell me it is beautiful.
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patz in suffolk
Jul 29, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Oh dear - that's because the Gulf Stream has moved. Hope you're getting a better summer than we are! We've had so much rain and now the Olympics are on! At least it won't be too hot!
desna on craftsy.com
desna
Aug 02, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Pat... our summer is ... well lets see how I can put it... non-existent:( but atleast we have the Olympics to amuse us and of course quilting:)))
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Surfside6
Apr 24, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Ok, my cultural ignorance is showing for all to see. What's an AGA. I suspect it is a cupbard or a refrigerator or maybe an oven???? Don't laugh....please. I learn something new every day.
desna on craftsy.com
desna
Apr 25, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Obviously where you live it is lovely and sunny hence no need for an Aga! I live in cold and wet Northern Ireland and I love heat so I have a Aga Oven, it is run by oil and stays on all the time. Great advantages are... oven always at correct temp for cookig and baking (which I love to do); I have hot water all the time and best of all the kitchen is always warm and Tiggy love the heat at his back:)
desna on craftsy.com
desna
Apr 25, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Oh and thats my cream Aga behind Tiggy:)
Cathy Geier on craftsy.com
Cathy Geier
Apr 23, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Oh my goodness, poor little kitty! On a completely different note, I have that same fabric with the blue and pink flowers and kitties on it. :)
desna on craftsy.com
desna
Apr 23, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
I know poor little tiggy although he is having a fine life now lying up at the Aga on his quilt:)
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Surfside6
Apr 22, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Desna, I follow your projects all the time I love your talent. This time I am reading with tears in my eyes ---- Tiggy must have nince lives. Our family is owned by a Yorkshire Terrier, thus my picture. She has inspired a couple of my baby quilts over the past, including one for a fireman friend with a dalmation. Aren't animals the best....next to quilting?
desna on craftsy.com
desna
Apr 22, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Wee Tiggy is lying sleeping as I type, I am filled with guilt everytime the wee pet hobbles along like an old man, but we are so very thankful he survived. Im only afraid that his nine lives must surely nearly be used up! Your little Yorkie is so so cute:) Thanks for the lovely comment x

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