I was rolling along with the foundation paper piecing, and then it was time to put the dotted background bits in. Uh, oh. They were not in my butterfly bin. Somewhere along the way with this project, I cut all my background pieces out so that they'd be ready to quickly sew each month. But also, somewhere along the way, I decided to make 56 butterflies instead of 48. Never thought about cutting more backgrounds. So that slowed me down a bit. Luckily, I did have enough of the background fabric left to cut the rest.
Now I have all 56 sets of wings finished, 8 of each color. Here are some of my favorites:
Don't you love all those little frowsies? They'll get cleaned up eventually. I'm really glad I made purple instead of red butterflies--the color balance seems better to me. I think red would have been overwhelming. Next month I'll get the brown bodies attached, and then the fun begins of adding the outer triangles and sewing up the top. Just as a reminder, this pattern is Butterfly Dance (the mini version) by ellis and higgs. The string piecing on foundation papers is my twist on it. It's a super fun pattern which I have made SEW much use of. I don't often repeat patterns, but this is my third quilt, and actually many more if you think of it that the pattern is for a mini quilt with only four butterflies in it, and my quilts are all throw quilts. I have some ideas for another, too...
No RSC crumb blocks this month. I just do not have enough purples to make them in the low contrast way I'm making this project. I do need one more set of blocks, and I'm leaning heavily toward black prints. Maybe I could even sneak in some really dark purples with those.
I'm linking up this week with Angela, the wonderful host of RSC19, for ScrapHappy Saturday at So Scrappy and with Cynthia, also a wonderful scrappy host, for Oh Scrap at Quilting is more fun than Housework.
I hope you have had some fun in the scraps this month!
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15 comments:
Love all those colorful butterflies. Your description of your purples sounds a lot like my collection too …. some are just not pretty.
I always love seeing your butterflies - the string pieced parts are so perfect to make butterflies! I'll have to go check out that pattern for future projects!
What beautiful flutterby's (what my kids used to call them!) I think I saw your yellow one on my purple flowers this morning!
Love, love, LOVE your rainbow collection of RSC Butterflies!!!
They are gorgeous! xx
I love every one of those purple wings, especially the one in the upper right. I've had that pattern saved for awhile in my Etsy cart, and when I buy it I need to remember the string piecing twist - love it!
Your butterflies always make me smile, really glad you chose purple(my favorite)!
Your butterflies are so charming! This is becoming your signature block, isn't it? :)
Wonderful little pretties! I am excited to see this all come together soon!
I really enjoy these blocks. I might have to make some of my own. Thanks for sharing with Oh Scrap!
Love your "flock" of purple butterflies! Glad that they weren't red - you're right - that would have been just a bit too much...
We had a real monarch butterfly "hatch" from a coccon in our back yard a few days ago - SO neat to be there as it emerged and slowly gained strength and stability!
Beautiful butterfly blocks! I love all the purples!
Oh, my goodness, they are all beautiful together! What a stunning quilt this will turn out to be. I am so impressed that you were able to make 56 blocks, and that you stuck with it! Can’t wait to see the next step.
Janine, Adorable butterflies!
Those butterflies are fabulous. And, put all the colors together WOW. Nifty pattern. I can't remember how many months we get colors. All I know is I'm a month or two behind. Sigh.
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