Your cherished pet remembered in fabric and thread

Your cherished pet remembered in fabric and thread
By commission . Tabby cat thread painted and quilted.

Tabby cat detail

Boxer - $250. Dyed & painted wool on quilted cotton, 17" x 13" © Martha Tabis 2010

Boston Terrier, $250. Painted wool, quilted cotton, ribbon, tissue lame, 15" x 12"

By commission, thread-painted and quilted, $475, 12" X 15" © Martha Tabis 2010

By commission $475, thread-painted & quilted, 12" X 15" © Martha Tabis 2010

Tabby Cat, painted wool on quilted fabrics, 12" X 15" © Martha Tabis 2010. Donated to Cat Guardians shelter.

By commission, painted wool on quilted fabric, $415, 12" X 15" © Martha Tabis 2010

By commission, painted wool on quilted fabric, $415, 12" X 15" © Martha Tabis 2010

Background ready to stitch

Create a Background - Step 4

Cutting out the portrait using photo as pattern - Step 3

Use your pet's photo to make a pattern - Step 2

How To Make A Pet Portrait - Step 1

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Pet Portraits featured on Quilting Arts magazine's blog

http://quiltingarts.com/blogs/pippa/archive/2010/04/06/quilting-cats-and-dogs.aspx

3 comments:

carolann said...

Hi Martha!
What a wonderful article about you and your pet portrates. Yeah for you for getting your blog up, it looks great!

Dennis the Vizsla said...

We saw these on Olive's blog -- they're gorgeous! I'll have to bookmark this, I bet my wife would love a quilt of Dennis and Tucker ...

Heather said...

interesting blog. It would be great if you can provide more details about it. Thanks you

Pet Portraits