Three new doggie quilt blocks designed by customer request.
Lisa sent this photo of Atilla Bear the Chow Chow, hoping for a paper pieced pattern.
This is the finished CHOW CHOW PAPER PIECED PATTERN. I was a bit timid when approaching this design, as Chow Chows have lots of fur, and it is always a challenge to represent fur in paper piecing, but still maintaining a fairly simple pattern.
Another customer requested a boxer pattern. Here’s a photo of her pup. Isn’t he a cutie?
I decided to tackle this breed from both angles. Here’s my first attempt in profile.
This BOXER PATTERN is super easy. But my customer wanted something with more detail, so I designed this…
The BOXER 2 PATTERN has more detail. Although the ears are a bit tricky, I do love how it turned out.
Which one is your favorite new dog pattern?
Thanks to Donna for sharing a photo of this adorbs quilt she just finished using my DOGS ONLY pattern, plus a few more of my doggies…
Thanks for all the participants in last month’s Row-Along blog hop. Congrats to Gina, the winner of my free Unicorn Quilt pattern.
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I love all your patterns. The new doggie patterns are incredible! I saw you in the latest issue of “Quiltmaker”. Congratulations!!
Thanks Donna! I have a lot of fun sketching. Always looking for a new challenge 🙂
These are just too darn cute!
Boxer 2 is awesome! Thanks for linking up to Colour & Inspiration Tuesday.
I’m a sucker for dog blocks. I like them all! I would push for an English Springer Spaniel although I no longer have one. But I do work with a regional ESS rescue group. (PS — should I admit I went back to working on one of the polar bears from Sew Yourself a Merry Little Christmas? And I bombed out. I think I need to work on it in the quiet of my own studio instead of at a retreat where I’m yakking too much!)
The Polar Bear blocks are challenging because the ears can be tricky. Try matching up the ear seams with the body by peaking inside the seams, and pin them in place before sewing. Don’t worry about the ends of the seam lines matching, since you will be trimming the edges of the block anyway.
That chow chow! I wouldn’t have known the fluffy fur was tricky to represent–you did a great job! And the boxer–my friend would love that! She has three of them. Dogs are so cute!