About ten years ago I bought several different pieces of fur fabrics for jungle cats for a quilt for my DSGD. I found the pattern in a magazine and bought bamboo fabrics to make the blocks to put the cat's on. I studied the pattern well before I cut and did the cat's first then the blocks of fabric next. I was half way through cutting the blocks before I placed a cat on one to see how it looked. I found the cat hung off the block about two inches on both sides. Thank goodness I was able to get more fabric and re cut the blocks. It taught me to double and triple check patterns for mistakes.