Hi everyone,
I’m so excited to share with you my first block published in Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks magazine. My block is #958 and it appears in volume 10 which arrives at retailers this month.
My block was inspired by my son and his love of butterflies. The block has a modern twist to it because I decided to use plenty of negative space and a block (pixel style) design.
While visiting the Victoria Butterfly Gardens earlier this year on vacation, we saw this beautiful Blue Morpho butterfly.
Blue Morpho Butterfly
Soon after, this other butterfly decided to crawl up my son’s arm much to our surprise!
I started drafting my butterfly block by sketching it out on paper and then did my fabric calculations.
Next, I cut some squares from various blue fabrics and some strips from white fabric:
Butterfly Block Components
I made a blue version and a pink/purple version. The blue version appears in Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks, volume 10 and I kept the pink version.
Butterfly Block in Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks, Volume 10
Here are the two blocks together:
Blue and Pink Butterfly Blocks
This block is very versatile and you could use it to make quilts, table runners, or pillows. I decided that I needed a cute butterfly pillow for my office so I used my pink block, some extra Kona Snow fabric, and some silver metallic thread by Superior to make an adorable pillow.
Yes, I did use metallic thread on the free-motion quilting using my domestic machine, and it turned out wonderfully.
Ready for a giveaway?
Quiltmaker is giving away 1 free copy of Volume 10 to one of my blog readers, and I’m giving away a second copy! To enter, just leave me a comment, and I will pick a winner using a random number generator at the end of the blog tour. Please leave me a way to contact you. Sometimes Blogger and WordPress do not communicate very well.
I hope that you are enjoying Quiltmaker’s 100 blocks blog tour and that you find inspiration in the many wonderful blocks!
Enjoy!
~Jennifer
NW Quilted Cat 
Nice block!
Congratulations on having your beautiful butterfly block published in the 100 Block magazine. It must be exciting. it was so interesting to read your article about the visit to the Butterfly Museum. Thank you for the opportunity to win.
Great block! And look how excited your son is about it. 🙂
Congratulations on being published! Your block is adorable! Thanks for the chances to win 🙂
Debby E
samtaylorcjsmimi at yahoo dot com
Love the graphic design of the butterfly, so glad to see the beautiful butterflies also, Keep up the good work, Kathy in Colo
What fun to re-create the butterflies in a pillow. We loved visiting a butterfly garden also.
I love your butterfly block. I’ll bet your son is tickled pink (and purple) that he is the inspiration for your block.
I love it. Brilliant idea.
Beautiful butterfly, creative block!
Love your butterfly block, both colorways are beautiful. Thanks for sharing with us.
Beautiful blocks. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
Very creative. Thanks for the chance to win.
What a great story! Love the block
Nice butterfly blocks.
What a cute block as well as a nice so to show off the butterflies. Thank you so much for sharing.
Fun hop, love seeing what everyone is doing. The butterfly garden looks like so much fun. Did you ever think of filling in your butterfly wings? 24Tangent@gmail.com
Love your butterflies, so much potential! decoratorcarol@gmail.com
What a fun way to celebrate your visit with those beautiful butterflies! Thanks for the chance to win a copy of Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks!
Nice block.
Very creative pieced butterfly block!
Hi Jennifer, this is Diane from Quiltmaker. I love your block. The pillow is really nice, too! I can imagine a scrap quilt with all sorts of butterflies made from this design. Great work!
I like the pictures of the kids and butterflies. Great inspiration.
That block is so cute, I really like the pictures of the children with the butterflies, they look so thrilled.
Love the pillow, it would brighten any room.
What a fun butterfly block you have made! Thank you for sharing your talents!
Love your butterfly block. My granddaughter has butterflies as her room decoration and I am always looking for new ways to make them different. Thank you so much.
What a nice and light looking butterfly Block.
It would be great to win the magazine but I enjoyed the visit on your block even if someone other’s the lucky one. Thank you.
Gabi
Lovely block! This is always such a great magazine, thanks for the chance to win!
jklmengland at windstream dot net
Cute block! (And your son is a cutie, too!)
Beautiful block! Thank you for a chance to win!
That’s a Pretty Butterfly! Lots of tiny pieces. Glad to see you on the Blog Tour. Thanks for a chance to WIN!
I love butterflies too and my fave color is purple.
Jennifer,
Congratulations on making it into the 100 blocks magazine! My mom loved butterflies,too!
Thank you for the give away! I hope this will allow you to access my return email contact info, just in case I’m selected! Keep up the good work!
I really like butterflies, so your block really strikes a chord with me!
Love your butterfly block pillows.
Butterflies are so wonderful and so is your block. While I like the block, I love the cat quilt in your blog header. So cute.
Beautiful. Thanks for the chance to win. Drhodes9@cox.net
a really creative block
Your block and story are great.
I love butterflies also! This block is really cute and fun!
Oh sooo pretty! I can see making it in all colors for a scrappy looking quilt. Congratulations on getting in the magazine and thank you for the giveaway.
Butterflies are a favorite! Love how you have interpreted from real to fabric. Thanks!
Very pretty block!
What a great block!
The real butterflies are stunning too!
What a pretty block! I love butterflies. Thank you for the giveaway.
Beautiful block — love the inspiration for it.
I adore the butterfly block. Congrats on being included in a wonderful publication. It is a very versatile block and I’m sure many people will be making it. Thanks for being generous in your giveaway.
Love the butterfly block. Must get the book and make it. Thanks for the chance to win.
So light and fresh – love this!
Love your block. Thanks for the chance to win.