The King of the Jungle!

Since my zodiac sign is Leo, I considered it fitting to jump at the chance to test another amazing paper pieced block by Juliet @ Tartankiwi.

If you haven't seen any of her patterns,go immediately to her shop!

You won"t regret it, I promise!

I have been lucky enough to test a few blocks for Juliet, so I knew that her patterns are really detailed and are so life like.

Leo is a 24" paper pieced pattern,and I spent about 2 days piecing him.

Time well spent!!!

This is Leo- pieced,quilted and binding on.

I decided pretty early on to use solids on one side, and patterned of the other side.

I did change my  mind a bit and made his nose all solid, to bring a balance to his face.

I densely quilted the left side(patterned) and did Stitch in the Ditch on the right side.

It wasn't until I had finished binding him, that I decided the right side of his face needed to be densely quilted as well.

I wanted his eyes to pop, and although you can't really see it in the photos, they do!

I love the detail in the eyes; my favourite part of the pattern.

A close up of his face.

In his muzzle, I did some matchstick curves to kind of simulate whiskers.

He looked so real, my girls thought he was family!!

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Here are a couple more animal patterns I recently tested for Juliet ..

She adds such amazing movement to her animals.

 Elephant

Big Cat- I called this one Stealth as he kind of blends in a bit with the birch fabric.

Thanks for stopping by!