The gorilla is whole cloth with thread play to give him hair and dimension, I think. I didn't spend enough time reading about the quilts. I can tell you that all of these quilts were big winners.....$5,000 or more. Unfortunately getting a picture of the information was almost impossible. The winning quilters were showing their quilts, and big groups of people where hanging around talking to them. I was one of those, so I'm not being ugly about the crowds. It was just difficult to get to the front and I wasn't in an elbowing mood :-)