Today was a “journey” kind of day, rather than a “destination” kind of day!

I had big plans for today and nothing was going to slow me down!   I would prep (and maybe stitch!) the next block of The Civil War Bride quilt.  First I stitched all of the stems in place.

Then I chose the fabric for the vase and the Granny Smith apples.   So far, so good.

After I prepped the flowers and glued them in place, I realized that I chose fabrics  that were  just not speaking to  me.  I made a deal with myself.  I would go have lunch and then look at the block again.  (Maybe it was a low blood-sugar kind of thing!)  If I still didn’t love it, I would choose new fabrics for the flowers.

So I went from this…

to this….

to this.

Needless to say I was a little disappointed that I did not accomplish more of the block, but the butterfly more than made up for it! I wanted to find a fabric that shouted BUTTERFLY!  So I searched through my stash and I found this!

I fussy-cut the wings and here is my butterfly!  I was so amused!!

Til next time….

Kerry