I'm making a quilt for my soon-to-be-born grandbaby. (due next month) I have the top finished, just random blocks, various prints. There are a couple blocks that need some sort of appliqued motif, like a rocking horse, or giraff, something like that. I've been searching the net for a simple download (free) but can't find anything. Thought maybe tomorrow after work I could go look for a child's coloring book. (would do it now but it's soooo stink'n hot out!) Then I thought, "Hey, Ter, you have the greatest resource right at your fingertips, call on the board". So I am--HELP!--anyone have any suggestions?

Google- coloring book and whatever picture you are wanting :wink: I do it all the time

There are a lot of coloring pages online for free and many of them are of the kind of things you would want to put on a baby quilt.

Have you googled "animal coloring pages"? I came up with quite a few hits in Images. You could also try Noah's Ark craft pages for animal cut-outs

Go to Fat Cat Patterns. All sorts of animals and all free.
Applique patterns included.

actually if you google rocking horse, or kitty or baloons or whatever, then click on images lots will come up...

Thanks everyone, you're all swell. I really did look, obviously not well enough. I've only done applique once before, on a dish towel, so am a bit nervous about it. I'll let you know how it goes. :P

how about doing the animals with a raw edge? I have done some with fusible and just stitched close to the edge. It will fray a bit, but if you stay about 1/8th of an inch or so from the edge, that is all that it might fray. I'm terrible at a nice satin stitch!

This is my source for quilting and for applique for baby quilts. Never to old for coloring books.