I’ve discovered a new love. Playing with crumb fabric with my AccuQuilt Go. My latest session of play was with the butterfly quilt block. After all what’s more colorful than a butterfly? So I thought it would lend it’s self well to the unique crumb fabric. The last time I tried this method I used the Carpenter’s Wheel die.
First I made chunks for crumb fabric. I chose to just have the upper wings be scrappy crumb goodness. For the lower wings I chose a coordinating fabric. The background is a soft sky blue. I believe it is Kona’s sea glass. You can find it at the Fat Quarter Shop. Finally I used scraps from my black scrap bin to create the bodies.
After placing the various fabrics on the die. I ran it through the Go. Next I sewed up the butterflies. I must say I love how they turned out. But I wanted to give them a sense of fluttering around on my quilt. So I added a wonky border around them. You can learn my no waste method in this video tutorial.
Finally I staggered the columns by adding a strip of background fabric to the top of some. And the bottom of others. I’m pretty pleased with the results. I’ll be adding a simple one sheet pattern to give all the details in my shop. Find it with my other one sheet patterns. I call Hugs. Get your Accuquilt butterfly die. And whip up your own kaleidoscope.
Enjoy this little tutorial to help you create your own butterfly quilt.
Love, love, love your butterflies, but unfortunately do not have an Accuquilt machine….
Very pretty, Emily! I love butterflies.
Does your pattern offer an alternate technique for people who do not own an Accuquilt cutter?0
I’m sorry the pattern only includes instructions to go with the AccuQuilt Go System. It is only a $2 download. So it is very basic. Mostly giving instruction on assembling the quilt once the blocks are made.