Fourteen koalas, tree branches, with 3-D leaves. There is also included a pattern for a continuous line leaf quilting design for the border area.

The quilt in the photo measures 32" x 41" .

We have made several quilts with this pattern and they all come out with different measurements because the arrangement of the blocks has been different. Should you leave out a block the whole configuration changes. If you make one block twice (reversing the design and using in a different fabric) the whole configuration changes. Also, if you used all the designs in this pattern twice, the quilt could be really big. Combining this pattern with other Critter Pattern Works patterns will vary the size of the finished quilt even more.

How do we combine blocks of different sizes? If you have a long block and a shorter one and you want them to go together, add a strip of fabric in a different value (darker or lighter than the ones around it) to the shorter one. Sew those two fabrics to the longer applique block and square them up on the outside edges. This is now a unit. Make more units. If the units don't fit exactly together, add more strips to make them work together. When all your units sewn together and are big enough to make it the quilt size you desire, add a border and quilt it.

We have How to Applique videos if you learn visually. Watch our designer, Debora Konchinsky take you through all the steps to make a Critter Pattern Works quilt.

Here is one of the koalas done up in punch needle with many shades of DMC embroidery floss (6 strand cotton). Email me (button below by our address) if you'd like to see this as a separate pattern with instructions for punch needle.	Detail of punch needle design. The design is reversed because the drawing was applied to the wrong side of the fabric for punching.	Detail of the applique from the quilt pictured above. The koala is all one fabric with pink fabric for the chin area. The nose is appliqued also, and the eyes are iridescent black glass beads. Notice how the feet have been cut out so they wrap over the tree trunk.
This photo shows the quilting design on the border and the details of the fiber (I used angora goat hair someone gave me) in the ears.	The leaves are two fabrics fused together then cut out and attached with triple stitching down the center of each leaf.