Of course I contacted her right away. Soon thereafter, she had added the template to her blog.
A nice highlight was meeting Dani at QuiltCon in February.
The first version was pretty much a carbon copy of Dani's.
For some reason, I started searching for the original source. By a stroke of luck, I found animodul, a brand of children's clothes and toys.
Anyway...my friend thought the animal quilt would be a hot seller for the charity auction. And besides, by then I had found some more animals that HAD to be part of Gabe's quilt. The original went to our church quilting group and they are currently hand quilting it with prairie stitching for next April's auction.
It was so much fun sewing this quilt. The one thing I would do differently next time is to add the eyes to each animal block before I sew all the blocks together. Fusing and blanket stitching around each of those dime-sized circles after the quilt top was already together was, well, NOT fun. And the animals really come to life when the eyes are added. Before they have the eyes, it can be kind of tricky to decide what they are.
Before it went out to my friend, Darby, for quilting, Gabe had to try it out.
I was thrilled with Darby's quilting--it is one of my very favorite quilting designs.
And what I love most about the animals is that many of them are open to interpretation. My favorite is this crab.
And the parrot is fun and colorful.
At first I thought this little guy was another version of a turtle. Apparently, he is a frog.
This one has been the subject of the most discussion. I originally called him a whale, until someone pointed out that he obviously was a scorpion. In Gabe's animal world, he most definitely is a FISH. What do YOU think?
And then I saw these two ducks (or is that bottom one a baby chick?) and...well, what do you think the top guy is? Maybe a lizard? Whatever, I will either have to make some pillows. Or start another new quilt!
Anyway, this quilt is probably the one I have had the most fun with. Thanks so much, Dani! Oh, and Gabe is pretty thrilled with it too.
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Very cute, so glad that your grandson is thrilled with his new quilt!
What a wonderful quilt and so fun that it leaves the door open for lots of fun conversations with kids.
It’s amazing to see what some simple shapes can do and make for so many different animals! Love the quilt!
This is a great quilt!
What a fun quilt! I always wondered where the inspiration for this project came from. And I've been wondering what some of the critters were supposed to be, so I'm glad you cleared them up for me ;)
Wow, this is a brilliant quilt! Thanks for sharing it with us. (I think that green critter with the ducks is a chameleon. If it were a different green, it could be an iguana. )
Wow, this is a brilliant quilt! Thanks for sharing it with us. (I think that green critter with the ducks is a chameleon. If it were a different green, it could be an iguana. )
Who would have thought a simple block could make all these wonderful animals?! This is amazing. What a fun quilt for a child to explore and use their imagination! So in love!
Beautiful quilt! I see a scorpion but maybe be because of the colour!
I love it!!!! I vote whale. It's more fun and friendly than a scorpion. But I'll let Gabe decide.
So cute!
Super cute Cindy! And those curves, they look so perfect!
It's adorable, Cindy! Who in the world thinks up all this clever stuff?! Make me feel like a slug. Now sew THAT into a quilt block! Oh, and I like Gabe's mis-matched socks. Bet he's dressing himself these days. :-)
Definitely different. DP has been a favorite of mine for decades. Thanks for sharing the pictures and ideas.
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What a fun quilt!! And it allows whoever looks at it to use their imagination to see different animals from the same block as well. Too cool!!
Lucky lucky Gabe - so cute ( him & the quilt)!
Adorable!
I love it! Such a cute quilt. Great idea for a baby quilt. Thanks for sharing!
Wow! I love this idea and your version of it is just adorable! I would love to make one too!
very cool design. love the quilting you did. micki@dogsstudio.us
That's so fun!
I love this quilt!!!!! You can certainly have lots of fun with it! I agree with Amy, the green creature is either an iguana or a chameleon!
I have long loved these creatures made from quarter circles. Your quilt is fantastic!
That is really adorable!
Amazing Cindy! Good luck with the auction
Oh Cindy....it is fabulous! I need to make one of those for one of the grandchildren. What size blocks did you use? I think that green guy is a seahorse lying on its back!
Wow this is so incredible. I just love them all.
That's fantastic!!! I absolutely love it - it's so clever!
What a fabulous quilt!!
P.S. I think the black creature is a seal...with three eyes! (Or is one of them a nose?!)
This quilt is adorable.
Phantastic!!! I love this.
Thanks for linking up at the TGIFF
Love from Amsterdam
This is a great quilt!
Cutest quilt EVER!!!!!
I'm thrilled with it too--love that colorful binding (the perfect ending touch)!
The first place I ever saw cut critters made from parts of circles was in Ed Emberley's Picture Pie, a Circle Drawing Book. he came out with a Picture Pie 2 also. Cutest frogs, pigs, lady bugs, etc.
Love this so much! It is on my to do list for this weekend so I'm planning fabric/etc. I know I want the crab, turtle/frog and the yellow duck. But how did you determine sashing size between blocks? I'm still fairly new to quilting so I was a little confused by that part.
Lovely! What is the blue creature in the fourth photo from top? That creature is between fox and a bird. it has three dots in a triangle.
Since childhood, I firmly believe that anime jewelry are way smarter than we think. And that we human beings, as a species, are just being too arrogant. Scientific evidence proves that our planet is not the epicenter of the solar system, but today it also shows that we are not the only center of intelligence.
Those are SO sweet! I'm sorry I won't have a chance to make it to Disney while they're out, so thanks for sharing more on them to let me live vicariously.Reithelm
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