Welcome to day two of the "It's a Jungle" Blog Hop Challenge, hosted by Joan of Moose Stash Quilting. Today I am showing off my Tiger One Block Wonder quilt!
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These tiger panels have been patiently waiting for their day to shine.
With the help of Avi, I stacked six of them and cut them into strips...
And then into triangles...
And more triangles.
I even spliced more pieces together to create new triangles.
The spliced ones blended together pretty good.
I made a nice stack of kaleidoscope hexies and chain-stitched them all together.
I sewed them in batches so I didn't sit too long at the machine.
Then I placed them all on the design wall.
And started organizing them.
I did lots of rearranging...
and finally came up with a layout I liked.
Since tigers are orange, I quilted it with orange thread.
The orange thread blended great with all the colors in the panel.
I try to use all the hexagons I get from the panel.
To me, using all the hexagons is a fun challenge when making One Block Wonder Quilts.
Sometimes it takes longer to figure out where some of the odd blocks go, but I usually find a spot.
I have a few favorite blocks. This bird block turned out fantastic.
I love the several eye blocks.
This bright pink block was one of a kind and stands out more than the rest, but I really like it.
There are lots of fun blocks in this one.
The flamingo legs turned out pretty funny to me.
When adding the main panel in the center, I kept the top and bottom hexagons whole. This meant I had to do a little hand stitching to keep them from flipping up.
I did some custom quilting in the main panel and then did an all-over swirl meander in all the hexagons.
It was fun to "draw" all over the quilt with the thread.
I used up several of my green prints from my stash for the backing.
This is my thirteenth One Block Wonder Quilt. I really enjoy the process of creating a puzzle without quite knowing what it's supposed to look like till the end.
Be sure to check out all the other Jungle Creations this week!
Happy Sewing!
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