Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Butterflies, oh my

     I adore butterflies. A friend's sister embroidered one panel for me that I made into a quilt, but am always looking to piece another one. Do not want to paper piece them. I would love to make one large one. I found this free pattern and have made 20 of these. I think they capture the variety of butterflies. Here are six of them. 
     Half of me wants to sew them in columns and rows and let the butterflies be. The other half wants to put them in a design that shows movement, but I don't know if that will fight with the colors and textures in the butterflies.
     I have to put all of them on the wall and try it out, but the floral 4 pattern black diamonds is up there waiting for borders.

7 comments:

Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson said...

I like that shape of butterfly. Great color choices too!

Cheryl's Teapots2Quilting said...

Angled would be cool, like they are flying.

Debbie said...

Love these! the shape is a bit different and I like that. Your fabric choices are wonderful.

Deanna Treadway said...

Thanks for the pattern tip. Great blocks!

Preeti said...

Oh there are so many possibilities with these butterflies. I can only imagine the fun you will be having!!!

Quiltdivajulie said...

I don't know how big the blocks are, but you could add a bit more background and then tip some right and others left (Gwen's re-cut block method) and then sew them into columns. Best of both approaches and not TOO complicated or time consuming.

Elia said...

Enjoy the way you present the art, beautiful and relaxing. Thanks a lot!

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