Welcome to the fourth week of the Firefly Quilt Along! This quilt was designed by Lindsey Neill of Pen and Paper Patterns, and is new and exclusive to Pattern Drop! There is also a bee version included in the pattern-click here to see some examples of bee blocks!
Firefly Blocks by Stephanie @reasons.and.roses
Interested in Joining along? You can purchase the Firefly Quilt Pattern here, or join Pattern Drop [and get the pattern as part of your subscription] for a discount!
Sign up for Pattern Drop here
Purchase the Individual Firefly Quilt Pattern Here
It is our last week of piecing quilt blocks! How are yours coming along? This week, we are focusing on the final 6 blocks!
Video Tutorials for Precise Piecing with Small Cuts of Fabric
Do you follow Lindsay @penandpaperpatterns, who designed this pattern, on Instagram? Last week, she posted a series of short, 15 second video tutorials on accurate piecing with small pieces. Run, don’t walk, over to listen to her tips! Lindsey is a careful and detail oriented pattern designer and quilter. It can be found in her Instagram stories highlights, just go to her profile and click on the circle that says “Piecing 101.”
You can post pictures of your progress and finished blocks on Instagram [use the hashtags #fireflyquilt #fireflyquiltalong #patterndrop].
Looking for examples of firefly and bee blocks and quilts?
Firefly Quilt Along // A Beehive Full of Bees –examples of bee blocks
Firefly Quilt Along // A Baby Bee Quilt
Firefly Quilt Along // Fireflies at Dusk –examples of firefly blocks
Don’t forget about the Paper Piecing Tips in the Pattern Drop Instagram Stories
The easiest way to make the antenna, at least for me, is to paper piece them! If you haven’t done a lot of paper piecing, I put together a *super* professional demonstration on my Instagram stories. If you go to the @patterndrop profile, click on the circle that says “Paper Piecing” for my permanent stories.
For more paper piecing tips and links to tutorials, see last week’s post.
Purchase Kits
If you haven’t purchased a kit yet and would like to, you can purchase quilt kits [slightly different fabric choices] from Sewtopia or Fabric Bubb!
Sewtopia Quilt Along Kit Fabric Bubb Quilt Along KitQuilt Along Schedule
Week 1 - July 2-6: Cutting
Week 2 - July 9-13: Piecing the 1st 5 blocks
Week 3 - July 16-20: Piecing the 2nd 5 blocks [this week]
Week 4 - July 23-27: Piecing the remaining 6 blocks
Week 5 - July 30-Aug 3: Piecing the quilt top
Week 6 - Aug 6-10: Catch up week
Week 7 - Aug 13-17: Quilting
Week 8 - Aug 20-24: Binding
Week 9 - Celebration and show and tell
