Wonky Wings - a table scraps project

July has definitely been the month for seeing Tiger Swallowtail butterflies in our yard! 

So it is completely appropriate that Joy challenged us to use butterflies in our July Table Scraps project.  I spent some time early in the month googling "butterfly quilt blocks" and there are tons out there.   Looking for a fairly simple block that was on the small side, I was inspired to check out Nancy's butterfly quilt block that she's using for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.   It is a Robert Kaufman free quilt design called Hope Takes Flight, and is made using two 5 inch squares - or leftover charm squares if you have them.

This has an interesting construction method, and I always enjoy trying something new,

but I did struggle to get the wings to be symmetrical, which you can probably see in my photo.  Hence the name "Wonky Wings!"

Fortunately, I was making something small, so I just made four butterflies, and didn't worry too much about the wonkiness.  I used some charm squares, and one scrap of an aqua batik  that I've been working with this month, plus leftover binding strips in aqua that came from some other project, and voila!

About 16 x 11

The back shows the simple quilting I did - the orangy-pink is a leftover from my Paducah Stars quilt.

This fits the little chest in the front entry perfectly!  It was ready for a new topper.

Linking up with the July Table Scraps Challenge at the Joyful Quilter,

and at Alycia Quilts for Finished or Not Friday.

At SoScrappy for ScrapHappy Saturday

Quilting is More Fun than Housework for Oh Scrap! 

Melva Loves Scraps for Sew and Tell Monday.