Take 14 squares of your favourite print fabrics, piece some quick and easy patchwork and top it with chunky, funky appliquéd butterflies, and you’ve got a fabulous wallhanging to greet spring with Clare Horsman’s butterfly quilt pattern.

• Full materials list included in instructions
• Super-easy patchwork makes this quilt a quick one to put together
• Follow Clare’s detailed instructions, illustrated with lots of diagrams, to make the wonky log borders and produce the tilt on the butterfly backgrounds
• Pattern sheet included with the appliqué shape provided full size, ready to trace
• Instructions are provided for fusible-web appliqué free-motion stitched by machine, but you can easily adapt them to suit your preferred method of appliqué
• The butterfly’s antennae is stitched with embroidery backstitch
• Once you know how to make Clare’s pieced border, it’s easy to vary the size of the quilt by simply adding more or making less blocks or rows, then adapt the border to fit
• Makes a great cot quilt or playmat for both boys and girls
• This is a great quilt project for beginners who wish to combine a variety of different techniques in one project