The butterflies will be machine appliqued/quilted, and I'll add extra detail and colour (and the antennae) in the quilting. I'll also add a stack of wholecloth butterflies to the flock.
Monday 1 August 2011
Flock of colour
Last night I traced over 80 butterflies. Today I fused them to some hand-dyed fabrics and started cutting them out - I'm about 1/3 done, as long as I decide I have enough once I get to positioning them on the actual quilt.
The butterflies will be machine appliqued/quilted, and I'll add extra detail and colour (and the antennae) in the quilting. I'll also add a stack of wholecloth butterflies to the flock.
The butterflies will be machine appliqued/quilted, and I'll add extra detail and colour (and the antennae) in the quilting. I'll also add a stack of wholecloth butterflies to the flock.
WoW ! that's a lot of cutting. No matter what you do with them, they will look beautiful.
ReplyDeleteWOW! They look absolutely fantastic just like that!!!! Those colors are gorgeous too!!!
ReplyDeleteCool!!!!
ReplyDeleteOh My Goodness! That's a *lot* of tracing and cutting. They're spectacular, though. Can't wait to see what you're doing with them.
ReplyDeleteGosh Golly! Great minds think alike. I have been sketching out a butterfly quilt. I hate it when someone beats me to it!! I love wher ethis is going.
ReplyDeleteI'm in love with this one already.
ReplyDeleteWaiting with bated breath to see the whole-cloth quilting.
I'm sure it will outshine the circles and birds..but that will be hard!