So very awesome! I pinned it, hope you don't mind.

So I don't really know anything about quilting but I love them. A friend of mine was having her 3rd child (a girl after 2 boys) so I made her a girly baby quilt, using fabrics that I had in my stash left over from dresses I made my own two girls (the pink butterfly print and the blue flower print). The other fabrics in the top were remnants (the reddish color is really a dark pink, but it looks too dark in this picture). The colors are very bright.



The back is fleece and oh so soft! I didn't add any batting because I wanted this to be a fairly thin quilt and the fleece was so cozy I figured it probably didn't need batting too...



The quilting is stitch in the ditch and then I decided that wasn't enough so I made concentric rectangles in each patch.

I didn't do the binding right but I was working on a deadline and by that point I just wanted it done! Next time I'll do better.

And the last thing... it turns out this baby girl shares both my first and middle name (Catherine Elizabeth). Not that I had anything to do with naming her, but it is pretty cool.

So, how'd I do?

 -- Cathy

I'm owned by two cats who track litter everywhere and I was desperate to contain it somehow. The ready-made covers you see online cost upwards of $100+ and I wasn't about to shell out the $$$ for 2 of those... So I found two unwanted cabinets and repurposed them to fit my needs.

The first cabinet is a small TV cabinet with glass doors that I found on Craigslist for $15. I removed the inside shelf, covered the doors with scrapbook paper, and cut out an access hole in the back (which was cardboard). The litter box was a tight fit but it works, plus the cats like to sit on top of the cabinet to look out the windows (bonus!). And it's on wheels which means it's easy to move to sweep the few stray pieces of litter that make their way out... So it's not a perfect solution but it does catch about 95% of the litter that used to come out!





One of these days I'll get around to painting the oak laminate, but for now, I'm happy.

The second cabinet from a thrift store (I think I paid $60 or $70 for it) is quite a bit bigger but fits perfectly in a small alcove next to the stairs. It was also a TV cabinet and it's solid wood. Again, I removed the bottom shelf and cut out a hole in the back (not cardboard but composite wood this time). I want to paint this one too but the finish is in very good shape so that'll wait for now. The upper part of the cabinet stores extra litter, garbage bags, etc.





So for less than $100 I now have two hidden boxes for the cats -- seems like a good deal to me! Let me know what you think.

-- Cathy

Cute and clever!

I like it! Is this your own pattern? I'm bookmarking this for future inspiration. 

Wow!!! I just saw your side table and this table is super too! How long did it take???!?

Ooo I like this!!! I should try this on a side table I have with the finish coming off the top....

I can see why your daughter loves it, it's beautiful!

It's beautiful!!!

Very cute and I love the fabric. One question, how do you get your kids to let you sew??? Mine always want to "help" and generally won't stay out of my way.