I made this quilt for my daughter's preschool. I had the panel with the caterpillar but I think it was larger than yours. It had some of the food around the caterpillar. I cut it apart so the food was in strips and sewed them together so that they ran across the quilt. Had co-ordinating fabric also that I used. Don't remember exactly cause it has been a while.
Are you lookig for a design of this quilt? Search on hungry caterpillar quilts in Google and you will see some.
Your idea sounds just fine. Have confidence in yourself and go for it.
Last edited by sewmary; 06-04-2013 at 12:47 PM.