Squirrel!

My kids gave me this mug for christmas.

Everytime I have my morning tea in this cup I’m not only reminded of my kid’s thoughtfulness in giving it to me, but it makes me think of all the “squirrel moments” I’ve been experiencing. You know – it’s like when you’re talking about one thing and then your brain switches gears and you do a topic u-turn.

This got me to thinking about quilts I’ve made with squirrels on them. When my niece was expecting I made a woodland creature quilt for Josiah Thomas. The creatures were quilted in from drawings I found online.

Squirrel!

Every place we’ve lived there’ve been squirrels. The high numbers were probably due to my love of feeding the birds. A few weeks ago you might remember that I shared this photo of a quilt featuring bird feeders, birds ~ and the resultant squirrels (click here for that post).

I found squirrel photos at the library and stitched them with my repliqué technique (this was made long before I was able to find these things on the internet). The post with this quilt asked for readers to share quilts with birds, and those bird quilts were shared in last week’s post. So… does anyone have squirrel quilts they’d like to share? I’m sure they’re not as plentiful, but thought it was worth asking.

I couldn’t remember any other squirrels on my quilts, but I have a friend who makes the most delightful paper pieced animal patterns. Her name is Mary Hertel and her business is Quilts by Marney. I met her when I participated in an event entitled Top Stitch a few years ago. It was sort of like a sewing version of the British Bake Off (click here to visit that post).

Mary’s the one with the hummingbird umbrella. I figured she would have to have a squirrel pattern. Well – she didn’t. But did she have bunnies!!! They are adorable, and just in time for Spring!

Marney also has loads of other animals, each one cuter than the last. To visit her site click here!

As I was looking up squirrel quilts online I found squirrel bedding that is just too cute, and available on the Walmart website.

Isn’t it hilarious? And the perfect bedding for someone who is REALLY into squirrels 🤣!

Do you have a squirrel quilt to share? A bunny quilt would be fun to share too! If so, please send a photo my way 😁.