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Take a walk on the wild side with this fun quilt

Wild Animal Quilt - The HP Community Wiki

I'm fortunate to live in San Diego, and my favorite place to to walking and take photos is at the Wild Animal Park. A couple of months ago, seven baby lion cubs were born, so I headed out to take some photos.

I'm making this wall hanging quilt using four of my favorite photos. When it's completely finished and quilted, I'll post another photo. The white border around the perimiter is not actually a part of the quilt, only a delineator from the black background of this page.

What you need:
  1. Four printable fabric sheets (I used Printed Treasures)
  2. Complementary jungle fabric; 1/2 yard each (I found seven different prints at a variety of quilting stores)
  3. Black fabric, two yards
  4. Sewing machine (all seams are 1/4 inch)

Do it yourself: Complete instructions will be added soon!
  1. Print photos on 8.5x11-inch fabric sheets
  2. Cut eight strips of black fabric into 8.5 x 2-inch strips
  3. Cut eight strips of black fabric into 14x 2-inch strips
  4. Cut two strips of each jungle fabric into 11.5 x 1-inch strips, using four different prints
  5. Cut two strips of each jungle fabric into 15 x 1-inch strips, using the same four different prints above
  6. Cut four strips of black fabric into 12.5 x 3-inch strips
  7. Cut three strips of black fabric into 20x3-inch strips
  8. Cut 10 strips of fabric from each of the printed fabrics. Cut strips the width of the fabric (45") and at random sizes varying from 1" wide to 2" wide
  9. Cut four strips of black fabric into 45 x 2.5-inch strips (cut on a 45 degree angle to be used for binding)
  10. Cut a 36 x 40 piece of black fabric for back
  11. Cut a 36 x 40 piece of batting
  12. Sew the 8.5 x 2-inch black strips onto the short ends of each photo
  13. Press seam toward the darker fabric after each seam is sewn
  14. Sew the 12 x 2-inch black strips onto the long ends of each photo
  15. Sew two matching 11 x 5 x 1-inch jungle print strips onto the short ends of each photo
  16. Sew two matching 15 x 5 x 1-inch jungle print strips onto the long ends of each photo
  17. Sew the 12.5 x 3-inch black strips onto the short ends of each photo
  18. Sew the 20 x 3-inch black strips onto the long ends of each photo strip, joining them all together
  19. Sew the 70 strips of printed fabric into one large piece. Cut this into two-inch vertical pieces, to make the striped border
  20. Add border to the black border
  21. Layer backing, batting, and top of quilt and pin well.
  22. Sew four binding strips together, end to end.
  23. Sew binding strip, right sides together onto front of quilt.
  24. Fold binding over raw edge of quilt and press.
  25. Turn under seam allowance on back of quilt and slip-stitch to finish