As from my last post I said I would share with you my first cheat appliqué quilt doggy mat. I got the idea from a Pinrest post that lead to to blog. I have no idea what I would do with out Pinterest in my craft life.
As you can see I made straps at the bottom of my ruck sack to hold the mat in place, I also spared in mind the width of the rucksack and doubled it for the width of my mat so I knew it would fit.
As you can see I made straps at the bottom of my ruck sack to hold the mat in place, I also spared in mind the width of the rucksack and doubled it for the width of my mat so I knew it would fit.
The first thing I did was I measured the pattern paper and drew a template, I would be lost without a template. I transferred this on to my material giving an few inches and more for the wadding, I used a 7oz wadding, so nice and thick when you sit on it. I stitched them all together. My singer 201k was great with this, I thought the wadding would get caught in the feeder tether but I lessened them off and it slid through.
I then trimmed away the excess.
And turned the right way round and hand finished the gap.
I then did two rows of straight stitching around the edges. I found this pretty hard.
For the bones I again had to make a template, I also had to make sure that I interfaced it before cutting as so the edges didn't fray, it then got pinned and sewn. I know it's a little rough but for my first time I am really pleased as I was still using my Tedder teeth and I didn't have a free motion quilting foot.
