No, I'm not doing the rational thing and making a quilt to use while I cat-nap. I'm making a quilt for the cat to use while he cat-naps. I told you it was a ridiculous project. You may sanely ask, "Why in the world does a cat need a quilt? A cat will use any darn quilt he wants." You're right; Charley does. That is the problem. You see this black cat on my white quilt? Do I really need to explain further?
Okay, I suppose I do. It can't possibly make sense yet (if it ever will). See what black cat fur looks like on a white quilt? Since Charley naps on my bed daily, it doesn't take long before his favorite spot looks gray. I need to buy stock in the lint roller company!
Naturally you're thinking, "Still, why does the darn cat need his own quilt? Just put a towel down for the little bugger." Tried that. Nope. The varmint can tell that the towel is not a quilt. Instead of laying on the towel, Charley pawed it all up in heap, and laid beside it on the white quilt. Ahem!
Then a free pattern for the quilt shown below came in the mail from a quilting magazine trying to entice me to subscribe to their magazine. (It worked by the way. I now subscribe to McCall's Quilting.)
The pattern intrigued me. I immediately began wondering what would it look like if the cross-hatches were all white and the squares all shade of green, purple, and blue? Or maybe jewel-toned squares with black cross-hatches? Then it hit me. I could kill two birds with one stone..., or er, one quilt. I could satisfy part of my curiosity by making the jewel tones with the black cross-hatches version for Charley. Maybe if I lay down another quilt over the white quilt, he'd find that acceptable. After all, he's never met a quilt he didn't like. Hmmmm. Crazy, but it might be cool.
I've begun cutting the squares needed for the quilt as I cut fabric for some other projects. I still have a ways to go. I'll need 64 squares to make the quilt 40" X 40". The finished block is supposed to be 5" square.
Yes, I know. It won't really solve the excess fur problem. The only difference is that if this works, I'll be able to fold up the quilt and deal with the fur issue at my convenience, rather than having lint rolling part of my daily routine. Now, I'm just hoping Charley doesn't prove to have a preference for white.
