Crazy Cats is a Buggy Barn pattern and was made by Sharon. She wanted the cats to stand out and had even added an extra layer of batting to make them puffy, so I stayed away from them as much as possible during quilting. I chose four different background fillers and alternated them around the blocks. One of the fillers was a swirly design that I picked up for the outer border. Sharon put a lot of love and work into this top. All the eyes are buttons, different ones for every cat to suit their personality. Some of the whiskers are embroidered, some of them are rick rack or leather. The back didn’t photograph well, the colour looked beige in the pictures but is an orange-brown in reality that goes well with the colour scheme of the top. I fiddled around with it in photo editing software, and this is as good as it gets but it is much too bright and orange in the picture.

Crazy Cats ist ein Muster von Buggy Barn, und diese Variante hat Sharon genäht. Sie wollte gern die Katzen hervorheben und hat diese sogar mit einer extra Lage Volumenvlies unterlegt, so dass ich mich beim Quilten weitgehend von den Motiven ferngehalten habe. Ich habe vier verschiedene Füllmuster für den Hintergrund gewählt und diese dann abwechselnd in den Blöcken verwendet. Eines dieser Muster war ein Kringelmuster, das sich gut in etwas größerer Form für den äußeren Rand verwenden ließ. Sharon hat die Details liebevoll gestaltet. Die Augen sind aufgenähte Knöpfe, jeder Block ist mit unterschiedlichen Knöpfen versehen, so dass jede Katze eine individuelle Persönlichkeit hat. Die Schnurrhaare sind teilweise aufgestickt und zum Teil aus Zackenlitze und Lederbändchen. Der Rückseitenstoff ließ sich irgendwie nicht gut photographieren. Auf den Bildern sah er beige aus, im Original ist er aber orangebraun. Ich habe mit einem Bildbearbeitungsprogramm gespielt und die Farbe verändert, aber so richtig gut gelungen es ist es nicht. In Wirklichkeit passt die Farbe gut zum Farbschema der Vorderseite, auf dem Bild ist es viel zu grell und orange.

6 responses to “Crazy Cats”

1. Debbie Cole says:

   September 20, 2020 at 2:52 pm

   Is it possible to get a digital verision of your Crazy Cats quilt pattern? I would be happy to pay for it. OR, how much is the pattern and where (in US, hopefully Arizona) can I get it? There are about 7 of us that want to make a quilt for the President of our Guild and we think this pattern is perfect for her. I would need to copy the pattern for them, so no copyright stuff can be on it, or I need a letter with permission to copy.

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   • Beatrice says:

     September 20, 2020 at 3:07 pm

     Hi Debbie, unfortunately I can’t help you with this. Crazy Cats is not my design, I just quilted it for a customer. It was a Buggy Barn pattern, and as far as I know the company broke up a while ago, and their patterns are out of print. Sorry about that, and thanks for stopping by.

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2. Maureen Smith says:

   February 8, 2021 at 1:51 pm

   Hi. Is it possible that I could get the Crazy Cats quilt pattern? I am happy to pay for it. Please let me know. Thanks!!

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   • Beatrice says:

     February 8, 2021 at 1:55 pm

     Hi Maureen, unfortunately I can’t help you with this. Crazy Cats is not my design, I just quilted it for a customer. It was a Buggy Barn pattern, and as far as I know the company broke up a while ago, and their patterns are out of print. Sorry about that, and thanks for stopping by.

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3. Anne Bird says:

   March 23, 2021 at 4:56 am

   Hi is the crazy cats quilt FPP looks very good .

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   • Beatrice says:

     March 23, 2021 at 4:10 pm

     Hi Anne, thanks for stopping by! I didn’t piece this quilt, just quilted it for a customer, so I don’t know how it was put together. Sorry about that.

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