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McCall’s Monday — Appliqué Animal Designs

Posted on April 4, 2016September 26, 2016 by Martha

I was so pleased to see this pattern in my catalog, because I was able to identify 15 vintage quilt blocks I had purchased in this pattern.  Later I found the original pattern, so for this McCall’s Monday I’m able to provide scans of the actual transfers. The pattern instructions from the envelope back are located here.
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The quilt I made with my vintage blocks was one of my earliest posts back in January of 2009.

“I bought these cute vintage applique blocks on ebay. Because the blocks were small, I used some old scraps to make a crazy border around each block to enlarge them — also I thought this would look better since two of the animal blocks would be in the corners. The alternate blocks are also vintage scraps stitched to a muslin foundation. My Bernina 1000 is a mechanical machine that works perfectly well, but it only has a few stitches and blanket stitch is not one of them. I know blanket stitch would have looked much better, but I’m not buying a new sewing machine just for that. I’ve done this type of crazy pattern before, and it’s lots of fun and a good way to use up small scraps. I added an embroidered outline to the animals (to make them stand out a little more) and quilted the top with 2 strands of black DMC which I thought would show up more than quilting thread and would also match the rest of the quilt. This was the first time I tried using embroidery thread for quilting and it was easier than I thought. Just for fun, I made a sort of crazy binding.”

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  • 6 thoughts on “McCall’s Monday — Appliqué Animal Designs”

    1. Sarah says:
      April 4, 2016 at 5:21 pm

      These appliqués are the same ones on the curtains I’ve used in all three of the baby’s rooms. Close to my heart!

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    2. Linda says:
      April 4, 2016 at 10:06 pm

      So cute! I adore these vintage children’s designs – Thank you for sharing! 🙂

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    3. mickie says:
      April 5, 2016 at 4:30 am

      Your quilt turned out wonderfully! The crazy quilt aspect makes it really fun too!!! I love this pattern, the animals are whimsical and timeless 🙂 Thanks Martha!

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    4. Sharrieboberry says:
      April 5, 2016 at 6:37 am

      How cute is that, that the tails are listed separately in the pattern. It made me grin.

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    5. Robin in Kansas says:
      April 6, 2016 at 2:59 pm

      These are so cute! What an adorable nursery these little guys would make!

      Reply
    6. Tina says:
      April 17, 2024 at 7:53 am

      These are adorable. Thanks for sharing.

      Reply

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