I’d been collecting dog fabrics for several years with absolutely no idea of how I was going to use them. However, so many people were raving over how much fun they were having making Yellow Brick Road quilts that I decided that this might be just what I was looking for. I figured out the measurements I’d need to make one in a double-bed size and set to work. I cut out my fabrics on a Friday afternoon, machine pieced the top (minus borders) over the next few days, and finally put the almost-finished top on the bed I’d intended it for on Wednesday evening. After that, I slowed down a bit and finally finished the machine quilting and binding at the end of May, 2003.
I had a lot of fun with the machine quilting, putting in lots of dog-related words, as well as dog bones and paw prints. Here’s a photo of part of it:
The bed this quilt is for is in our guest room, but it’s also the bed that our dogs back then (Tuppence and Dexter) liked best to curl up on for daytime naps. They apparently approved of the quilt! 🙂
The quilt is machine pieced and machine quilted and measures approximately 80″ x 97″.