Playing with the Butterfly Block

Angela selected the butterfly block for the March column by column quilt.  And I worried that the butterfly would look too chunky in a 6.5" square.

I experimented with modifying the butterfly block  and ended up with an wonky looking "x" block.  I was thinking I'd like to shorten the body of the butterfly a little to see if I liked that better.  I'm not finished playing yet. 

Marching into spring colours

The RSC colours for March were announced.  We're to think spring - crocuses, lovely purple and yellow crocuses.  Scrap diving for these two colours was a pleasure; although, why I chose the muddied purples in my bin I can't explain.  Perhaps I'm just not ready to leave brown behind. 

I've admired the maverick stars posted by fellow bloggers and made my first foray into making a few.  What fun not having to match up corners!  Just winging it on the star points was so liberating.  These two are pretty good for a first attempt.  Angela's plan is for butterflies in purple/yellow for the column quilt.  Hopefully I'll have time to do some fabric selection later today. What purple scrappiness did you get into?