flowers and butterflies

Really, if's hard not to feel loved when total strangers make you darling blocks like these.  Kat made me two blocks: 

I'm so excited to have some of that faux bois in my quilt top.  I think I need to buy a bolt of it.  Here's the other one she generously made me: 

I love them both!  And I got Mary's gorgeous block in the mail yesterday-- after seeing it in person, I can see she made that middle butterfly "float" by giving it a tiny ricrac border.  That was really clever.  Thanks, ladies!