Windham Wednesdays with MORE Butterflies

I had a bundle of 2 fat quarters with some other yardage in a theme: Butterflies! Yes, I know I blogged about them the other day, but this is a NEW quilt. I combined two older Windham collections to make a sweet baby quilt for our local guild's charity endeavors. (I cut and sewed this in just a few hours yesterday)

I had some "Wonder" and some "Painted Wings". I figured out how to cut it up so I could make a 9 block quilt. Yes, I still use paper and pencil!

Nine 6-1/2" squares from a fat quarter of butterfly print

I only had a fat quarter of that turquoise and 8-1/2" x wof of the yellow stripe. If I cut carefully, I could get enough 2" strips to surround the butterfly squares. If I sewed the yellow 6-1/2" strips onto the tops and bottoms of the squares and the blue 6-1/2" strips onto the sides, then I wouldn't have a pressing issue.

Sewing sequence for the 9 blocks

Here are the 9 blocks stitched together. Those horizontal seams are pressed open. Everything lies flat! I found a stripe that works with my prints.

Center of my Butterfly Quilt

And here it is ready to be quilted. Yes, I have two outer border prints; it's all I had and some little kid won't mind at all! Inner border is cut 1-1/2". Outer borders are cut 4-1/2".

Sweet Butterfly Quilt: 38" x 38"

I'm so happy to have used up those leftover fabrics from another time. Sometimes simple is the way to go. Just let the fabric do all the work!