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.

6 comments:

Marianne said...

WoW ! that's a lot of cutting. No matter what you do with them, they will look beautiful.

Ann Marie @ 16 Muddy Feet said...

WOW! They look absolutely fantastic just like that!!!! Those colors are gorgeous too!!!

Frances Arnold said...

Cool!!!!

Lynette said...

Oh 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.

Mom said...

Gosh 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.

becanne said...

I'm in love with this one already.
Waiting with bated breath to see the whole-cloth quilting.
I'm sure it will outshine the circles and birds..but that will be hard!