patdesign

Are they all the same size? Perhaps you could choose a brown or green and sew sashing around each to square them individually. Then plan a quilt where the blocks are of different sizes and off set the blocks kind of like staggering them the way bricks are laid. ps love your gray. :D

Ladybug 1938

What's the size of the actual picture... Maybe by squaring the pictures up and using triangles ion all 4 sides would make it look more interesting, take a color from the prints like a soft green... and use that... I also had animals and made a Bear paw quilt for m son years ago...

Ladybug 1938

I appliqued those pictures on the light background..

purplefiend

I used strips around my blocks to make them all a uniform size and it looks like it was supposed to be that way. The
basket blocks are sorta 6 1/2" and the 9 patch blocks are
6 1/2", I didn't want to make any more blocks and the finished blocks are 9 1/2".
http://good-times.webshots.com/photo...45965719MqTIac

I did the same thing with the bird blocks in this quilt, they were from a block of the month drawing and they weren't all the right size.
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...45965719TMBNue
Sharon W.

sandy12010

No they are not the same size most of them maybe but they are all off cut..thats the way they were when my DH got them

seasaw2mch

sometimes when I come across this type of situation I add a boarder around the whole picture trying to square the picture as best I can. Then I will square out the whole block using the added boarders. Like someone mentioned you could do the Wonky type blocks if they are way off but I find most will square up fairly well without much trouble.

One other thing that helps is it to try and use a fabric that blends into the picture's background so it doesn't catch the eye as quickly. If that doesn't work I go the opposite direction and you a fabric that really makes it stand out. You will need to play with each picture to see what works best for each one. They don't all have to be done the same to work well together. Similar is good.

lpsewing

Adding an accent boarder might really help to compliment the pictures.
Good luck

Crabby Patty

Have you thought about cutting out your squares and making them into a shadow box quilt? That would definitely bring attention to only the animals and not the background if you have to cut most of it off to square them. Just an idea. Good Luck. I'm sure hubby will love it no matter what you do.

jitkaau

http://www.kayewoodtv.com/ktv/

Try the link above and click on the video that is entitled "Fussy Cut Diamonds" and you will get an idea of how more interesting effects could be made from your animal pictures, and perhaps you could use a giant cube as the centre piece to a medallion quilt.

Momsmurf

Maybe a "modified" log cabin...one side can be wider than the other and you might end up with rectangles instead of a square. I could probably work something out with that.