Ay, Chihuahua!!!

As soon as I put out the call for pattern testers, I knew that there was one pattern in the mix that I would not be able to resist making for myself. And that was the Ay, Chihuahua!!!! Not only is this fun to make.... It's really fun to say!

I had a reader contact me after seeing the Forest Friends quilt pattern online. And they were wondering if I could adjust the deer block to make a cute little Chihuahua block. Well.... One thing led to another. And I fell in love!

After coming up with the basic doggie face, I added the bow tie. And then I thought of how fun it would be to make these boy doggies surrounding a girl doggie. For her, I transferred the bow to the top of her head and added a little collar.





I was visiting at my LQS in Newton, Ontario last week and happened across the Blossom collection by Northcott Fabrics. I knew that the dotty fabric would be perfect for the background. Then I chose the green print for the binding and the boy doggie bows.

And this sweet floral print for the backing. This quilt finished a little wider than the width of fabric, so I added a plain grey strip along one side. I'm telling you..... It was lined up straight when I basted, but ended up off kilter by the time the quilting was finished. Looks like I planned it that way?

Just like with the Black Birds in Blue quilt I shared last week, I used a Light Grey Omni from Superior Threads, both on top and in the bobbin. Of course the quilting is organic wavy lines made using my walking foot. Zoom! Zoom!

I actually pieced the mini quilt version first. For this one, I felt a bright yellow background would be a nice contrast to the blue bows and binding.

I had this colourful dotty print left over from another project and used it for the backing. I added two corner tabs for hanging, before applying the binding.

This was quilted using plain white Guetterman thread in tighter wavy lines.

The "Ay, Chihuahua" baby quilt finished at 44" x 50"

and was the 7th use of my 2nd edition of 100 labels

ordered from Ikaprint.

The "Ay, Chihuahua" mini quilt finished at 17" x 19"

and was the 8th use of my 2nd edition of 100 labels

ordered from Ikaprint.

You can find the Ay, Chihuahua quilt pattern here!

Linking up to Finish it up Friday with 

Amanda Jean of Crazy Mom Quilts

when she returns in September!

Keep On Quilting On!

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