Imagine my excitement when Emily, of Darling Dogwood, chose Animal Kingdom for this week’s round! I had already decided to include a handful of animals to appear in my Costa Rica quilt. All I needed to do was choose one.
I picked this coati as my star attraction.
Bill captured this coati (pronounced co-ah-tee) as it stood alone foraging near the villa. The camera motion caused it to look up, straight at the lens. The hanging tongue could be a gesture of disapproval (!)
A few days later, an entire troupe of coati marched across the driveway from left to right. Bill collected a bonanza of photographs.
For my round of animals, I will use the photogenic coati in a center block made in applique technique. For the rest of the round, I plan to cut a stencil and paint fabric in an approximation of the procession. This animal will be my model for cutting the stencil.
Its posture is very typical of the group. It looks intent on forward motion, head down, tail up and eyes forward.
First the applique. In my stash was a piece of fabric I had painted for another project. The colors are well suited for this one.
After resizing my photograph to fit the block I had cut (5 inch square finished,) I proceeded:
- Cut out subject from photo to determine positioning. 2. Applique pieces cut, assembled and fused to background. 3. Applique stitched down. Details added. I used different colors of Micron pen, mostly brown and black.
I chose a strip of pale fabric printed with yellow horizontal lines as the background for my stencil.
Having fun with the clownish properties of the coati, I painted my stencils in a variety of patterns using turquoise, violet, brown and black Jacquard textile paint. Aren’t they cute?
And here is my Round Three row, positioned below one of the tile rows.
This round was very fun, once I had honed in on my choices. If you enjoyed this post, be sure to check out Emily’s post, which holds the InLinkz site where SAHRR participants posted their results for Round 3.
And consider visiting the six SAHRR 2026 hosts at their homepages. Here is the list.
January 14th: Center/Centre blocks Gail @ Quilting Gail
January 21st: First Round: hourglass units Brenda @ Songbird Designs
January 28th: Second Round: make it a double Kathleen @ Kathleen McMusing
February 4th: Third Round: Animal Kingdom Emily @ The Darling Dogwood
February 11th: Fourth Round: Wendy @ Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life
February 18th: Fifth Round: Gail @ Quilting Gail
February 25th: Sixth Round: Anja @ Anja Quilts
March 25th: Parade of Finishes showing all of your finished SAHRRs!
See you around next time,
Laura
Daily Fiber 