Hi everyone!

Happy Tuesday!! We are back from a wonderful and restful long weekend. We hope all our fellow Canadians had a fantastic Thanksgiving weekend spent with family and friends. So much to be thankful for, including all of you – our fellow Fabric enthusiasts. We are so appreciative of all your sweet contributions and kind words.

It’s time for this week’s How To’s Day! With the rush of Quilt Market, we have been busy with sewing up new and fun projects for our booth…and we cannot wait to share them with you all!! Today we have decided to feature one of our quilts from our Free Projects Program on our website. Melissa Stramel, of Lilac Lane Patterns, is one of our fantastic quilt designers and she created a stunning, fluttery quilt design for us with our Mint Condition by Jackie McFee collection.

Our Butterfly Quilt features the subdued grey and mint patterns in a very unique way – the unexpected square placements give this quilt an intricate look, along with the little butterflies. We love how this quilt turned out, especially with our Mint Condition collection.

Click MORE to see the full tutorial for this stunning Butterfly Quilt by Lilac Line Designs!

Butterfly Quilt by Lilac Lane Patterns
Exclusive to Camelot Fabrics

Fabric Requirements: Mint Condition by Camelot Design Studio (Finished Quilt Size: 76″ x 88″)
– Fabric A (Solid): 214-0001 White – 2 1/8 yards (includes binding)
– Fabric B (Solid): 214-0035 Spearmint – 2 1/8 yards
– Fabric C: 4141101 #2 – 2 1/4 yards
– Fabric D: 4141101 #3 – 2 1/4 yards
– Fabric E: 4141106 #3 – 1/2 yard
– Fabric F: 4141103 #1 – 1/2 yard
– Fabric G: 4141105 #1 – 2/3 yards
– Fabric H: 4141107 #2 – 1/2 yard
– Fabric I: 4141108 #3 – 1/2 yard
– Fabric J: 4141106 #1 – 1/2 yard
– Fabric K: 4141107 #3 – 1/2 yard
– Fabric L: 4141103 #2 – 1/2 yard
– Fabric M: 4141108 #2 – 1/2 yard
– Suggested Backing: 4141106 #2 – 5 yards

Other Supplies:
– Rotary Cutter & Fabric Shears
– Sewing Machine
– Iron & Pressing Surface
– Needle & Coordinating Thread
– Measuring Tape/Ruler

Notes:
– Please wash, dry, and iron your fabric before beginning, and trim your selvages
– Use the quilt layout as your guide for all block composition
– WOF = width of fabric
– Use an accurate 1/4 ” seam allowance for all seams
– Press your seams as you go; press open or toward the darker fabric, whichever you prefer.

Assembly

Butterfly Wings:
We’re using a small wing and Fabric E in our examples, but the method for adding the butterfly wings is the same for all wing/square combinations.

1. Place a Fabric A square on top of a Fabric E square as shown, Right Sides together. Draw a diagonal line between two opposite corners of the Fabric A square.

2. Sew along the marked line and trim the excess, leaving a 1/4” seam allowance.

3. Open up your Fabric A-E unit and press the seam.

You may choose to place the butterfly wings exactly as we did, in which case you can use the quilt layout on page 1 as a guide, or you may want to place them differently. In this case, take care that each half-wing has a matching half-wing across from it when your put the blocks together.

4. Sew the 4-1/2” squares together in rows of three.

5. Assemble the 3-square rows into 3-row blocks.
Make (4) 9-square blocks, finished size 12-1/2” square.

6. Sew the 6-1/2” squares together in pairs; sew the pairs together to make 4-square blocks.
Make (4) 4-square blocks, finished size 12-1/2” square.

You should now have the following (30) 12-1/2” units:(4) 9-squares composed of 4-1/2” squares.(5) 4-squares composed of 6-1/2” squares.(21) 12-1/2” squares.

7. Sew the 12-1/2” blocks together in rows of (5), according to the quilt layout on page 1.

Adding the Borders – please see the diagram on the following page.

9. Measure the height of the quilt center through the middle. It should be about 72-1/2” tall, but use your own measurement for a perfect fit. Cut (1) 3-1/2” wide Fabric A strip to this length and sew it to the left-hand side of the quilt center. Cut (1) 3-1/2” wide Fabric B strip to this length and sew it to the right-hand side of the quilt center.

10. Measure the width of the quilt center through the middle, including the Inner Border pieces you just attached (about 67” wide). Cut (1) 3-1/2” wide Fabric A strip to this length and sew it to the top of the quilt center. Cut (1) 3-1/2” wide Fabric B strip to this length and sew it to the bottom of the quilt center.

11. Measure the height of the quilt center through the middle, including the Inner Border – it should be about 79” tall. Cut (1) 5-1/2” wide Fabric C strip to match this height and sew it to the left-hand side of the quilt center. Cut (1) 5-1/2” wide Fabric D strip to match this height and sew it to the right-hand side of the quilt center.

12. Measure the width of the quilt, including the Outer Border strips. Cut (1) 5-1/2” wide Fabric C strip to this length and sew it to the top of the quilt. Cut (1) 5-1/2” wide Fabric D strip to this length and sew it to the bottom of the quilt.

13. Piece the two Backing panels along their long edges with a 1/2” seam.

14. Sew the 2-1/2” wide Fabric A strips together end to end for the binding.

15. Quilt and bind your work as desired.

We hope you have enjoyed this week’s How To’s Day! We would love to know what you think. You can also find the free PDF printout on our website for this quilt design. Have a wonderful day!

Happy Sewing!