Christmas Quillows pt.2: Butterflies!

One of the projects I set out to complete this year was making quillows for my partners nieces. I started this project at the beginning of the year, and put it off exactly like I said I wouldn't do in my original blog post. 

But the good news is I've finished one of these blankets, and I have two more that only need minimal work! Hallelujah!

This particular blanket was one of my favorites. I've always had an obsession with butterflies and I cannot get enough of these wonderful colors! I reverse engineered this block from an image I found on pinterest, starting with a 1.5 inch square in the middle of each log cabin. I think another reason why I love this block is because of the simplicity of the block, but also because I actually proved to myself that I could do the math and ya know what, it wasn't that hard!

here was the initial image... and no pattern! sigh...
of course I fall in love with the block that I can't find a pattern for...

But I could not be happier with what I ended up with!

This was tetris game for the afternoon of
"how many blankets can I fit onto one king sized batting form"

getting ready to sew the "pocket" or pillow form onto the blanket!

Another view to help show what I saw

AND... The finished product! So freakin' cute! I'll post more pictures when the girls open them in December.

this pattern is so fun!

a nice flannel blanket with an almost hidden pocket for tosies!

This wasn't flannel so it served as the outside of the blanket

This one is by far one of my favorite color combinations