The Giraffe is a quilt in the Abstractions series. The Giraffe features a bright color saturated palette of Cotton Couture fabrics by Michael Miller. The Giraffe is foundation paper pieced and is made with one striking large scale block. The Giraffe finishes at 44" x 60".
Color your Own Palette!
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Kona Cottons Color Palette
The image to the left are Violet's choices for the quilt made with Robert Kaufman's Kona Cottons. The color swatch with name and number are included.
The Giraffe is the next project in the Abstractions series. This foundation paper pieced quilt is made with one striking large scale block.
Finished quilt measures 44" x 60".
Fabric used on cover is Cotton Couture by Michael Miller Fabrics.
Instructions assume a knowledge of foundation paper piecing. If you are new to paper piecing or just want a thorough explanation of the construction of these blocks, please visit our Tutorials page.
The download is a ZIP folder containing two files.
The first file is the full color instruction booklet that should be printed on standard 8.5" x 11" paper.
The second file contains 24 pages of templates to be printed at 100% on 11" x 17" paper. Templates can be printed in black & white and should be printed on a dark enough setting to capture all of the detailed information on the templates.
Most home printers WILL NOT PRINT 11" x 17" paper. We recommend Staples and the average cost is under $5.
THIS IS FOR A PDF DOWNLOAD. For a paper pattern, please inquire at your local quilt shop. This file is not compatible for download to mobile devices such as iPads, smartphones or other tables; it must be downloaded to a laptop or desktop computer.
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Errata
In the fabric guide, the white box is missing its stripes. The white box corresponds to the striped areas in the templates.
The symbol for template piece 6H is very small and can be hard to see, but the symbol is the stars so the color should be green.
Template 67 is broken into two pieces, 67A and 67B. It incorrectly states to tape on the “dotted” line and should state “dashed” line. HOWEVER, I don’t break templates apart in this way any longer. Treat each of these as their own separate template with only one fabric on them and sew together along the dashed line.
Early patterns do not include a scale for printing the templates. Here are a few images of templates with a ruler. Please compare your printed templates to the ruler measurements in these images to verify that yours were printed correctly to scale.
In some early patterns, the dark line splitting template piece 56 and 57 is in the wrong place on the instruction book, but the templates are correct. The illustration of piece 57 in the instruction book should have only 3 pieces.