Description
Colorful patchwork sloths hanging upside down from brown branches, surrounded by yellow-green leaf and vine blocks on a cool gray background. Each sloth has its own solid color body, a lighter face, and a slightly sleepy expression that is completely accurate to the animal. Elizabeth Hartman's Snuggly Sloths arranges twelve sloths in the large quilt across three rows of branches, creating a scene that looks like a well-populated canopy -- which is exactly where sloths spend their time.
The construction is all conventional patchwork -- fat eighths and 10" precut squares, no templates, no paper piecing. At Skill Level 3 of 5, this is a single repeating sloth block with vine and branch accent blocks throughout. One Layer Cake of Elizabeth's Favorites Bella Solids includes all the sloth fabrics needed for the large quilt.
What the Pattern Includes
This listing is for the printed paper pattern only. Fabric, batting, backing, and notions are not included.
The pattern booklet includes complete instructions for three project sizes: a 24" x 24" pillow (1 sloth), a 32" x 40" baby quilt (2 sloths), and a 68" x 74" large quilt (12 sloths). Vine blocks and branch strips are included in both quilt sizes. A fabric chart on Page 2 shows the specific Bella Solids colors used in the sample quilts for each size.
What You'll Need
Sloth fabrics are fat eighths (9" x 21") or 10" x 10" squares. Each sloth block uses one lighter-value and one darker-value fabric of the same color. For the large quilt, one Layer Cake of Elizabeth's Favorites Bella Solids supplies all 12 pairs.
Large Quilt (68" x 74"):
- Sloth Fabric 1 (lighter value): 12 fat eighths or 12 pairs of 10" squares (24 total)
- Sloth Fabric 2 (darker value): 12 fat eighths or 12 squares, 10" x 10"
- Light sloth detail fabric: 3/8 yard | Dark sloth detail fabric: 1/8 yard
- Stem fabric: 1/4 yard | Leaf fabric: 7/8 yard | Branch fabric: 1/2 yard
- Background fabric: 3-1/2 yards
- Backing: 4-3/8 yards | Binding: 5/8 yard | Batting: 72" x 78"
Baby Quilt (32" x 40"):
- Sloth Fabric 1: 2 fat eighths or 2 pairs of 10" squares
- Sloth Fabric 2: 2 fat eighths or 2 squares, 10" x 10"
- Light sloth detail fabric: 1/8 yard | Dark sloth detail fabric: 1/8 yard
- Stem, Leaf, Branch fabrics: 1/8 yard each
- Background fabric: 1-1/8 yards
- Backing: 1-1/2 yards | Binding: 1/4 yard | Batting: 36" x 44"
For the pillow: 2-1/8 yards muslin for pillow lining and a 24" x 24" pillow insert. A fabric marking tool is also required.
Perfect For
- Layer Cake owners -- one Layer Cake of Elizabeth's Favorites Bella Solids handles all the sloth fabrics for the large quilt
- Quilters comfortable with intermediate patchwork who want a warm, playful animal project
- A child's room, nursery, or gift for anyone charmed by sloths -- which is most people
- Quilters who made Capybara Club and want a companion pattern in the same environmental spirit
- Anyone drawn to the cool gray background palette and the overall calm, hanging-around quality of the finished quilt
Why You'll Love This Pattern
The upside-down orientation is what sets this pattern apart from most animal quilts. Each sloth hangs from a branch with its claws visible at the top and its sleepy face pointed down, which is exactly right -- and the repeated horizontal branch strips create a canopy structure that makes the finished quilt feel genuinely like looking up into a tree. The vine blocks fill the space between sloths with small leaf shapes, giving the quilt texture and environmental detail without adding complexity.
The two-fabric sloth system -- one lighter, one darker value of the same color -- is the same approach used in Capybara Club, and it works equally well here. Each sloth has its own color family, and the lighter face fabric against the darker body creates the sloth's characteristic pale mask. The large quilt, with twelve sloths across three branch rows in a spectrum of colors, is one of the most cheerful large-format quilts in Elizabeth Hartman's recent catalog.
Product Details
- Brand: Elizabeth Hartman
- Item #: EH085
- Designer: Elizabeth Hartman
- Category: Quilting Pattern
- Skill Level: Skill Level 3 of 5 (Elizabeth Hartman's rating); single repeating sloth block with vine and branch accents; small pieces; experience with accurate patchwork piecing required
- Technique: Standard Machine Sewing, Conventional Patchwork
- Finished Sizes: 68" x 74" Large Quilt (12 sloths) | 32" x 40" Baby Quilt (2 sloths) | 24" x 24" Pillow
- Format: Printed Paper Pattern
- Made in the United States
Specifications
| Brand | Elizabeth Hartman |
| Craft(s) | Quilting |
| Designer | Elizabeth Hartman |
| Product-Type | Pattern |
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