I've really been wanting to try my hand at more FPP (foundation paper piecing), so I joined a group call The Paper Piecers, hosted by Liza Taylor. One of the first patterns I got when joining was of a hummingbird. I am a big fan of these little birds, so I was anxious to get started on this project. The pattern comes in 4 different sizes, 3"x3", 5"x5", 7"x7" & 10"x10". I chose to make a 7" size this first time. My fabrics were all from my stash of solids from where I made my first quilt.

You can chose how you want to complete your piece. Some people make it into a pillow, a wall quilt or other endless ideas. I chose to make mine into a wall quilt and bind the edges. I didn't do any quilting on it as it didn't appear to need that as I just wanted to showcase the hummingbird. My binding doesn't look too good here in this pic, but hanging on the wall in my quilt room, it looks pretty good. At least by my standards.

The next time I make this pattern, I want to make the 10" size to see how it turns out and make a pillow to put in my office on the daybed, so I can admire it all day.

As soon as I saw this pattern, I knew this was the quilt I had to make for daughter number 1, (number 2 got hers back in December). Courtney has always loved butterflies and has several dust collectors of such that she has received over the years.

I asked if she preferred pink or blue before deciding on the backing to get as I wanted to make sure it would be something she would like and hopefully use.

This pattern is called Flutter and is by Lella Boutique designer Vanessa Goertzen. The fabrics used are called Lovestruck by Lella Boutique for Moda Fabrics. The background is a Moda Bella Solid, Etchings Slate. I usually use white backgrounds in my quilts, but the pattern showed the darker background option and it really spoke to me, so I went with it. In the end, I'm glad I did as I think it turned out beautiful.

I started prepping my fabrics right after Christmas. This is my first completed butterfly block.

This is the competed quilt blocks on my wall display so I can determine my layout and decide if I want to move some of the butterflies around. I finally had to tell myself, "enough is enough,." Just decide and go with it.