Minky corners

I got hold of this lovely minky animal print fabric to use for corner appliqués 

Tiger, Zebra, Leopard and Giraffe 

First I tested sewing the applique in minky 

After 4 or 5 little samples I started getting the hang of it.

My Janome 6260

So I purchased a new machine, my old Janome excel 4123 has served me well for 15 years, but lacked a few things. I wanted a larger area and needle down for fmq.

I love it already 

Jungle quilt - layout

After all half blocks were made 

I layed them out on the floor to come up with a design, I decided to make use of the colour difference between the3 different types of fabric so that thegreens surrounded the Browns.

I had 15 of one green, 14 of the other green and 14 Browns.

You can really play with the options here, I also needed to come up with an appropriate shape.

I came up with the above shape with the idea that each corner will be a block colour with appliqué animal.

Jungle Baby Quilt

When designing a stack and whack ® quilt its good to try all three options for each block as they can be very different