Butterflies are free ... and so am I
I was over half way through making the 120 framed nine patch blocks needed to make my own version of Lynne Dykstra's ( Klein Meisje Quilts ) gorgeous quilt ( see my blog here ) when I got sidetracked by this butterfly block tutorial by Mrs Schmenkman Quilts . The blog isn't kept up-to-date any more, but please go to it to discover how the block originated. This tutorial was written in 2010 when it seems the block was very popular. Anyhoo, I became obsessed with making my own and, using any scrap I could find, I started making what has turned out to be one of my favourite quilts. The tutorial is very clear and I had no problem putting these blocks together. I don't normally trim blocks to size, so that task was tedious, not to mention wasteful of the black background fabric, but I persevered to produce one hundred 6" blocks. In the beginning I wasn't going to put a border on, but quickly found that the butterfly wings stretched too much to be simply left with a s...