Dancing Butterfly part 1

I am starting the "Dancing Butterfly Quilt-a-long"

I am using fat quarters from "Floral Cascade" for RJR Fashion Fabrics for the Butterflies and for the design squares. (There were about 30 different fat quarters in this stack. I used the blues for the butterflies.)

I have washed and starched and ironed my fat quarters and ironed on my butterfly applique pieces.
(starching and ironing took 4 hours on my feet--ouch)

I have decided that I'm going to use orange and yellow for my butterfly blocks-kind of to represent the sun and the oranges in the flowers.

I'm going to use the extra florals for the back side of my design blocks and I will use red for the back of my butterfly blocks and use the red for the joining strips and the binding.
I still need to do the satin stitching on my butterflies but that will have to wait for a warmer day.


I need to backtrack and make practice sandwiches.

Now on Jan 1, 2015 we are starting our new quilt along with Leah Day.

The Dancing Butterfly Quilt Along

2015