Chameleon Anatomy

Well, time to get back to work. The chameleon quilt was accepted into the Northwest Quilting Expo...and since they insist on finished quilts...back to the sewing machine I go...after a bit of pin basting of course.  In the meantime, I thought I would show the plans for the chameleon. I knew what I was going to do to make the pairs of chameleons when I started. The layout and sashing was figured out on the fly.

This is the cartoon of the third (and final) version of the chameleon pattern.

Next I deconstruct the cartoon to make a sewing plan. And there is sometimes a bit of back and forth...if something is hard to construct I might simplify the design or adjust it if I find myself struggling with points or matching seams. I also figure out the cutting requirements.

And sometimes once I have a block constructed, I can refer to that to help me construct new ones. However, the chameleon tail got too confusing so I made this step-by-step plan. Each grid square represents one-finished inch, so the first flip triangles are made from one-inch squares. Hmm...does anyone see the influence of microspools here?

So anyone is free to use this pattern, but I won't be making a tutorial for this. Although who wouldn't want to start a pattern with instructions that say: Cut ten 1 inch squares of background fabric...