All-Star Animals
Topic: Quilting
Even though I am not being paid for making this quilt, I am still considering it to be a commisioned piece. The fabric was furnished to me with the request that I make a large lap quilt for a fundraiser for the Oregon Zoo.
This was such fun fabric and great colors. I did add some of my fabric from the stash to broaden the variety but kept them in the same colors (black, medium and light grey, and yellow.
I had a general idea of what I wanted to do - fussy-cut centers of stars that featured the animals from the print. I used graph paper to draft out a plan that used:
1) 170 two inch half-square triangles with a light grey floral print and 4 black fabrics with figures in taupe:
![](http://www.mystudio3d.com/blog/2020-7-29-AllStarAnimals-3-2inch.JPG)
2) 36 four inch blocks of zebra print set on point inside white corners.
![](http://www.mystudio3d.com/blog/2020-7-29-AllStarAnimals-4-4inch.JPG)
3) 22 six inch blocks of sawtooth stars with a variety of fabrics used for the points, white background and animal centers.
![](http://www.mystudio3d.com/blog/2020-7-29-AllStarAnimals-5-6inch.JPG)
4) 10 eight inch blocks of sawtooth stars with two different fabrics used for the points, white background and animal centers.
![](http://www.mystudio3d.com/blog/2020-7-29-AllStarAnimals-6-8inch.JPG)
5) 8 ten inch blocks of two-toned stars with animal centers set on point.
![](http://www.mystudio3d.com/blog/2020-7-29-AllStarAnimals-7-10inch.JPG)
6) 8 twelve inch blocks of four fabric sawtooth stars with 6 inch stars in the centers.
![](http://www.mystudio3d.com/blog/2020-7-29-AllStarAnimals-8-12inch.JPG)
When you put it all together you get a colorful and fun layout with lots of movement.
![](http://www.mystudio3d.com/blog/2020-7-29-AllStarAnimals-2Full.JPG)
A grey 3 inch border frames this, followed by a binding of the small black polkadot.
The backing is the zebra fabric and I used a 5-point star-and-loops pantograph to quilt it with light grey thread.
You cannot see it in the photos but I used bright yellow thread to write in script "The Oregon Zoo" up the lower left border and "All-Star Animals" down the upper right border.
The auction for the items donated to the Oregon Zoo will start August 1st and continue for 2 weeks. I hope this makes a lot of money for them.
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Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net
at 10:15 PM PDT