Trouble in the Pumpkin Patch

“Trouble in the Pumpkin Patch” by Susan Brubaker Knapp

I got October again! This will be the third year in a row that I’ve been featured in the Quilting Arts Calendar for the month of October. (I love October, partly for Halloween, which is my birthday.) The 2012 edition will include this piece I made of my black cat, Trouble. It was painted on white fabric, then thread-sketched.

“Trouble in the Pumpkin Patch”(detail)

Trouble has the most beautiful celadon green eyes. We adopted her from a shelter, where they had named her Trouble because she had been in trouble, not because she was trouble. She was attacked by dogs as a kitten, and has a broken, kinked tail that she can’t feel about an inch below the base. Perhaps as a result, she is an incredibly skittish cat, easily spooked, but also very affectionate (often to the point of being annoying!) She also walks all over us in bed, and wakes us up at all hours for reasons we have never completely determined.

“Trouble in the Pumpkin Patch” (detail)

I love the iguana piece they selected for the cover! It is by Jill Packard. The theme for 2012 was “Feeling Pet-ty,” and artists were asked to create a 12" x 12" art quilt using stitch, fiber, surface design and embellishments. 

  

It is in stock now on the Quilting Arts website. The price is $14.95. Featured artists are:

LuAnn Kessi

Faith Cleary 

Nancy Brown 

Sue Clayton 

Susan Brubaker Knapp

Susan E. Connor 

Lisa Encabo 

Nancy Hayes 

Loreen Leedy 

Amber McIntosh 

Joan Sowada 

Nanette Zeller 

Jill Packer