I had posted this when the top was done, it's finally finished. I used a panel of Safari Cats prints for the outer squares of the 9 patch, and different animal prints & blenders for the rest. I used the matching stripe for the mitered border and luckily had enough leftover to help stretch the animal print I had for the back since I was a bit short. Originally I was going to use the green for the inner border and binding, but like the brown much better. I just quilted loops and swirls in the surrounding blocks. My battery died before I could get closeups of the quilting.

The panel squares were an odd size. I cut them to 5-1/2" otherwise I would have lost part of the design. I screwed up a couple of times cutting the other squares. Oops! Need to put a note up to remind me what size I should be cutting. ;)

It is a gift for my DIL's parents. They babysit for free and do so much for the kids. They've got all sorts of awesome safari knick knacks in their house. That was my inspiration for the design.

Love your quilt! Simply stunning!

omg how adorable

One of the best I've seen

Very Pretty!!!

Very pretty!

that's awesome!! how did you get the cats all going the same direction? I tried that and failed.

Lovely quilt, I especially like the borders.

Very nicely done!!

Great job, love the theme!!

Great cats!!! Neat creative back too! Well done!

Beautiful quilt

Wonderful quilt!!

I put the cats in opposite corners. Then I flipped the other 2 corners, leaving the cats upright.

They take a bit longer to do, but sure do make for a pretty edge.

That is so pretty - great job!

I love it! What a fabulous quilt.

very nice

A great quilt and I know they will be thrilled to receive it.

Stunning! What a star you are.

So cool, both front and back!

Really cute quilt.

I like it!!!

That is really pretty. Imagine they will love it.

Oh looks soooo good, great job

I will have to keep this design in mind, I want to do a bear quilt and this is a wonderful idea. I hope that when I do mine, it turns out half as beautiful as yours!

wow, that is stunning, i love it

Beautiful quilt.

Thanks for the compliments!

What a wonderful quilt!! I think they will love it! I do..... :thumbup: :-D :thumbup:

Beautiful !!

very pretty

Very nice.

It's beautiful! What a wonderful gift, they'll be so happy!

The D9P is such a versitile pattern. I'm sure they will love it!

The DP9P is my next gift quilt project and love what everyone has been showing us. Can't wait to get mine started.
Love this one with the pictures.

gorgeous quilt

Awesome! I'm sure they'll love it! It's so nice of you to do this for them.

Very nice!!!

Great job on a delightful quilt. They will love it. Thank you for doing this for someone who helps your grands.