Worn Out Quilt Cat Pillows

Worn out quilts, also called cutter quilts, are often made into animals and animal pillows. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)

Worn Out Quilt Cat Pillows

If you’ve ever had a favorite blanket or quilt, you know how attached we can get to those pieces of fabric that can span portions of our lives.

Enter the concept of recycling. Or maybe it’s making the most of what’s left. Whatever you call it, one of the favorite things to do with worn out quilts, also called cutter quilts, is to salvage the remaining good parts. We’ve made large quilts into baby quilts, pillows and, my personal favorite, animals.

Now these three worn out quilt cat pillows have been collected over the years primarily from estate sales. Most of these came from households where someone was a quilter and that person saved what remained of a favorite handmade quilt intp these charming cat designs.

I enjoyed collecting them because every quilter seemed to give their cat pillow an interesting twist. And the patterns were not difficult.

I smile every time I see this happy worn out quilt cat pillow, simple but charming. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)

Here’s another interesting one, look at how the quilter incorporated the cat tail:

A little stuffing and clever stitching and there you have a cat tail. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)

Worn Out Quilts weren’t only made into animals and animal pillows. They have also been made into decorative Santa dolls and other animals. Even small remnants can be saved and made into smaller Santas like this charming unique, one of a kind little Santa star.

Pieces of another favorite but worn out quilt turned into a tree ornament. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)

So if you happen to have well-loved quilts around, consider making a cat pillow or two out of it for Christmas gifts this year. You will be retaining wonderful memories and making something soft and comforting.

Based on our experience of doing that for our customers, they become a favorite holiday gift!

Charlotte