Dog Gone Cute {redo}

Meet Fluffy. Although I have enjoyed working on this remake of the Dog Gone Cute quilt, Mr. McFluffster says it really is all about him. Because the Dog Gone Cute has been one of my more popular patterns, I wanted to have a sample to hang in the booth next week.

My original large block quilt can be seen here and the mini quilt version was posted here.

This time I decided to change things up. I chose to use two different grey Toscana fabrics for the main patches on the dog faces and instead of using white, I used the Blossom print left over from the backing on the Ay, Chihuahua quilt. That background print, which is Alpine by Moda, was also featured as the boy dog blocks in the Ay, Chihuahua quilt.

If you would like to make a Dog Gone Cute quilt, this is a free quilt along on my blog. The instructions can be found by clicking on the Quilt Alongs tab beneath my blog header.

I used to quilt a lot using plain white Gutermann thread. But now it seems like I am always using this Light Grey Omni from Superior Threads, both on top and in the bobbin. It could be that in the past, most of my quilts had a white background and now I am making a lot of quilts with a grey background. The grey thread plays nicely with all the colours and blends in well.

It has been a super long time since I made a flanged binding. For this finish I chose to use the backing fabric for the accent and the floral print for the main fabric. You can find my Flanged Binding Tutorial here, if you'd like to give it a try. It's a really easy binding method and gives your project a stylish touch.

The sun was brutally bright and tended to make the subtle fabrics in this quilt appear rather washed out. And our lawn is looking really dead because we haven't had any rain for a good long while. However, the Old Hay Wagon likely won't be used for a photo shoot ever again. She's being retired. The last time I used it I thought I was going to die. The sides are both leaning heavily to the one side. It's broken and it's old. I must come up with a new idea for hanging quilts for photos, but for now I am making do with a stick held up on each end by quilt holder helpers.

This "Dog Gone Cute" quilt finished at 60" x 60"

and was the 9th use of my 2nd edition of 100 labels

ordered from Ikaprint.

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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