The Very Hungry Caterpillar

I have just finished this quilt for our younger granddaughter. Because it can be folded into a cushion cover stitched into the quilt, it is more correctly called a Quillo. These are great favourites with children as they can easily be taken on car trips, for napping on the journey, or carting to the beach etc.

The fabric I bought came in a set of three panels, (caterpillar, leaf and butterfly), I bought two sets because I wanted to make a cushion cover on the back, the strips with all of the foods the caterpillar ate his way through, and the very cheerful dotty fabric I used as backing and in various pieced sections on the quilt front.

Folded up into it's cushion cover

The book ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ was written in 1969 by Eric Carle and has been a favourite ever since. More information on Eric Carle and many other topics for young children can be found at www.therainbowandsunshineplace.blogspot.com/