one fabulous fabric

I almost forgot about FNSI. 

 I almost left the house without posting about the progress

I made last night on my kaleidoscope -ish quilt.  

 The reason I say kaleidoscope-ish is because in the end

this quilt will have a few more elements added to it that

will not make it a true kaleidoscope.  About a year ago I had purchased

 Marti Michell's book, Kaleidoscope ABCs ,

and set it aside for "someday".  The quilt on the cover was just to enticing to pass up.

The stack n whack technique makes this quilt all the more fun. 

 Well  "someday" camein the form of that beautiful butterfly floral.

 As soon as I boughtthe fabric I knew exactly what I would do with it. 

 Usually I will tweak a pattern to suit my taste,

but this time I am following the pattern as written.

I have enough fabric to make a second quilt if I feel the need to change it up a bit.

I didn't get as much done as I had hoped but

I was able to piece 11 of the 18 main octagons.

They aren't perfect...but they are close enough.

I had to rip a few seams and in the end I think I wasn't

 getting any closer to perfect no matter how many times I tried.

 Hopefully I will be able to make time today for sewing,
 and get started on the alternating blocks. 

 so far this blue one is my favorite

I just love how all of these came from one fabulous fabric.

The fabric is Kono Bay's " Butterfly Garden " 

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