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Meadow Whispers Quilt - Finished!

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I blogged about a lovely butterfly collection by Windham Fabrics a few years ago named Meadow Whispers . It has BUTTERFLIES on several skus. I used a simple block design from my Colorburst Squares workshop which has 3 variations of the Cobblestone block. The butterflies of  Meadow Whispers Here is the fabric collection with those lovely butterflies on the left (3 colors). I was working with fat quarters only. I sewed until I exhausted myself (ha ha - I'm joking, of course). My method for making these is to stack 10-1/2" squares and cut them in pairs according to which one of the blocks I'm aiming for. My Colorburst Squares pattern simplifies it even further. Here are the 3 different blocks. Block 1 is the standard Cobblestone. Cobblestone Block #1: 10" finished And the second block: Notice that the center square is off-set. It still finishes to 10" Cobblestone Block #2 And the third block has the center square aligned with one edge. Cobblestone Block #3 I playe...