Quilts with animal prints

This is Melba’s Bento Box quilt and she used animal print fabrics with a black background. Now I’m not usually drawn to animal prints as I find them busy but pieced in this pattern they look really good. I like that each print is surrounded by the black fabric and not touching the other prints. Melba brought wool batting and we decided on Fascination for a simple panto design. I found a tutorial at the Quilts of Love blog on how to make this block, Margaret did a great job on this tutorial…

I have the same kit for the next quilt....thanks Dawn...now I know what the flimsy should look like! I finished my jelly roll sampler quilt except for the outer border. Mine is made with Verna by Kate Spain. I think there is pattern here on what I need to get finished!! Well, the next pic is a finished flimsy of the sampler. Mary, our sweet leader on the right and her sidekick, Karen.....doing what we did a lot all weekend! This last picture was taken on Monday (the day we left to go home)…

Pictures - leopard quilt - number 2 - I make lap sized quilts for brides at our small church. Usually I just take whatever color I see on their registry - for towels, dishes, etc - and use that as a guide. For this bride it just had to be leopard. She ALWAYS has something leopard print on - a purse, a scarf, if nothing

Dive into the exciting world of collage quilting with this tutorial on creating realistic animal eyes for your quilts! Learn how Emily Taylor creates animal eyes using fabric and inktense pencils for her collages! Master this unique technique and add a touch of whimsy to your Collage Quilt projects. Quilting Tutorial | Create Animal Eyes with Inktense | Quilting Tips

With lots of fabric pieces left over from the Wild Side quilt I recently finished for 100 Quilts for Kids, I decided rather than put the fabrics in my stash, I would pair them with some black Kona and sew up some 16 patch blocks. I used the same technique I shared in last month's Scrap-A-Palooza post but I cut the strips longer and went with a larger 3.5" square. With some of the prints, I had enough fabric to make multiple blocks. However, many I only had enough to make a block or two. I…

Orange Fox Purple Night is a one-of-a-kind artwork, designed and sewn from individual cotton pieces, like a quilt top and mounted on ...

As you view and read about more glorious finished collage quilts sent in by others (such as Susan Brier’s sun/moon combo, above), I will have just finished up a week of teaching at the Wiscon…