Dancing Butterfly Complete

Here it is!

Dancing Butterfly - Set 2 of 12

The second set of blocks I finished were of Bamboo Forest in the butterfly and border and sharp stipple in the sky. 

Bamboo Forest has a natural, almost oriental feeling to it. 

Here's the small block featuring this design.

Sharp stipple has a flame effect. It's lively and energetic!

The back of the main block really shows off the lines and angles of the free motion quilting.

If you are interested in this pattern, go to LeahDay.com to get your copy emailed to you!

Dancing Butterfly - Binding Colors

In attempting to make the back of this quilt interesting to look at. So my color and thread choices were carefully considered. 

For the front sashing, I chose a dark cranberry fabric and thread. A light purple was selected for the back. They were cut, starched, and pressed.

Let me stop here to interject a plug for this pattern. If you've never done quilt-as-you-go, you should! I really like the process. Leah Day's pattern for this quilt (and for the Building Blocks quilt) shows every step in detail. Go to her store at leahday.com and get the pattern! You'll definitely learn good stuff from it!

So, back to the post! :-D

One strip gets pressed flat and the other gets folded in half. 

Then you do a bunch of passes on the machine to set them in place. 

Here's what I had when I was done. Sashed blocks, all FMQ'd and backed. The cranberry strips on front....

And the purple on the back!

Well, I love how it's coming along. What are you working on this winter?