Forgot to say - it's flannel. I found that hard to work with and should have searched this board for flannel BEFORE I started the quilt!
And yes - the blue-eyed monkey is absolutely adorable - thank you all for noticing! Not that I'm at all prejudiced! Now I need to start one for his cousin - equally adorable, of course! (His dad just isn't as brave to ask for things as this one's mom is....)