I really like the warm wishes design. You wont lose the pigs then. They are so cute that it would be a real shame if they disappeared! Also its quick to do which will be a bonus with children and other distraction!

Love your piggies. They are so cute. I like the warm wishes pattern. Whatever you do, because it is for hubby, simple design warm quilt is what he will want. Have fun!

I don't know why this wouldn't work for the "rectangles behind bars" pattern. It would look like the pigs are in a pen, wouldn't it?

I agree with Betty. If your repeat is at least 8 inches apart, this would make a very interesting quilt. The "One Block Wonders" book tells how to cut the fabric and how many layers you would need of the repeats.

You would then probably need only a couple or so border fabrics and a backing fabric. I have made some very successful quilts from this book.
Just be careful of stretching when piecing together because some of the triangle edges will be, of necessity, on-the-bias.

I was going to go with the warm wishes blocks, but I'm thinking I may go with the Rectangles behind Bars after all...I laid out some of the fabric and I do think it would look like the pigs were in a pen, which is probably the idea I had when I originally saw the pattern and bought the pig fabric, but that was a year ago and I'd forgotten.

I was thinking about fussy cutting those cute little faces. What fun you will have with this fabric! :D

Hi - how about a snowball pattern - you can make the "snowball" as large as you want with the pig fabric, and complimentary colors for the alternating squares. should make up quickly!!

Terri

Why not just keep the piggy fabric in one piece and quilt the outlines of the pig shapes?

Thinking of Christmas dinner, were you?

Warm wishes is easy. Three strips that when sewn together equal the size of the block. Then just sew together, I did one with 61/2 in blocks, 2 1/2 in strips sewn together, cut into 6 1/2 inch segments then sew in strips. just remember to keep the 2 outside fabrics going back and forth to create the pattern around the squares.