Butterflies…

Susan has been hard at work.

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She made this quilt for a very special little girl. And what

better time than now with the weather being so rotten.

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In the very center of the quilt, there are flowers that Susan designed.

She also has some very special buttons that will be added later. They

consisted of a ladybug and a bumblebee. They fit right in with the

butterflies.

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The butterfly blocks are also pieced. There are quite a few of them

as well.

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The fabrics that the butterflies are made of are really neat too.

Very colorful and playful for a special little lady.

Susan wanted swirls and butterflies on the quilt top so I

took some butterflies from one panto and added them

onto another panto.  The swirls came from a Linda Taylor’s

Stars and Swirls panto. I think that it worked out great!

I used a light blue polyster thread, 30 weight. It has alot of

sheen but it wasn’t as bright as I thought it would be.

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The backing is blue too so we used the same thread for the

backing as well.

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What a great start to spring. See you next week.

 

Being selfish and enjoying it.

This quilt belongs to Judi from Farm Lane Studio.  She has several cute quilts that I am finishing for her. This one is of blocks surrounded by sashing.  Judi decided that she would like some movement so we went with “Kelsey” due to its circular nature. I think I rather like it. What about you?

Judi's quilt from Farm Lane Studio

Judi’s quilt from Farm Lane Studio

Aren’t you proud of me?  I remembered to include some close up photos as well.

Close up of Judi's quilt.

Close up of Judi’s quilt.

Jeanette also had a quilt that needed to be finished for her granddaughter. It is so cute!  It has tons of butterflies in the fabrics so we chose a pantograph that had butterflies all throughout it.  A variegated thread was also used and I think that it turned out beautifully.

Jeanette's butterfly quilt

Jeanette’s butterfly quilt

And here is a close up of the quilting on it.

Butterfly quilt close up

Butterfly quilt close up

Jeanette was so pleased and thus I was pleased.  I even managed to take a shot of the back of the quilt.  The variegated thread makes the back look like a whole new quilt, one in which you can use,  if you get tired of the front.  Two for the price of one. Now, that is a great deal!

Back of Jeanette's butterfly quilt

Back of Jeanette’s butterfly quilt

Besides all this, I am trying to carve out some time for my own personal quilting. It seems to have taken a back seat but I am about three quarters through piecing a top and I really want to get it done before school is out.  There is a local quilt show coming up in September and it seems I am always rushing to complete something for it.  So, I am being selfish and enjoying it. Hope you have a good week. Keep stitching, Ruth