Whimsical Quilt Patterns With Delightful Animals
Animal quilt patterns offer movement, personality and a whimsical design lightness loved by children and adults alike. Karen Brow combines pieced blocks with animal appliques for playful, truly unique quilts. Our dog quilt pattern, "Ruff Around The Edges," our cat quilt pattern, "Cats 'N Jammies", our frog quilt design, "Frog Cabin", and our bunny quilt, "Bad Hare Day", are just a sampling of how Karen incorporates her uniquely charming animals in her original whimsical quilt patterns for refreshing projects that are as much a joy to make as to receive.
Check out this page and others for some unique patterns with fully-illustrated, step-by-step instructions. All our patterns have full-size images and, where applicable, instructions for hand or machine applique techniques.
More Whimsical Quilt Designs From Clever to Classy!
"Our newer, paper-pieced turtle quilt, "Shell We Dance" has been really popular. "This is an example where the technique of paper-piecing hits the nail on the head. And the colors in this quilt-- the cool brights with the delicate orange accents have that gender-neutral appeal. As a whimsical quilt motif, turtles seem to speak to a lot of us and these guys are kind of irresistible." --Karen. Each block combines some paper-piecing (using a speed technique) for the outer shell and the background and some applique for the shell centers and the heads. The turtle on the lower right requires a little additional applique to position.
Although animal quilts are a specialty for Karen, her sense of whimsical patterns reaches well beyond. Use piecing and applique techniques for our toilet paper roll quilt, "We're On A Roll," our coffee quilt, "Here's A Tip," and our shoe quilts,"Heel Of Fortune" she take us from laughs to lovely with that Java House Quilts flair for design and color that has made her quilt patterns a favorite in both catalogs and shops as well as with teachers throughout the US and Canada.
Great Smaller Projects & Wearables
Some of our most popular sewing patterns are for fun, smaller projects, such animals, bags, and novelty items. Check out our "Just In Cases" eyeglass cases pattern and "Pocket Cetera" cell phone case and name badge holder pattern for great projects to sew for friends. Our "Batik Vest" pattern has been a best-seller for those of us who want to quilt with and WEAR those gorgeous batiks, and don't forget your four-legged loved ones-- "Pieceful Pet Beds" is the quilters answer to lovin' up your pet! (You know it's true- nothing's too good for fluffy....)
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