Well for about a year now I've been really into cross stitching. I've finished a few smaller projects but this monster is my current WIP. It was started June 8, 2025 and is currently 30% complete. 81,976 stitches complete - 191,302 stitches to go This is what the finished project will look like. Projected finish is early October 2026. Year in review Zelda - 67540 stitches I haven't decided what I'm doing with this one yet.
Over the weekend I decided I wanted to brighten up my sewing / family room area with my butterflies.
I laid out a couple of design ideas and took photos, sent them to some friends and family to get their feedback. Ultimately I decided to put them on point in a lattice pattern. With the design I chose I needed 3 additional butterflies.
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| This was my original idea but when I laid it out it wasn't feeling quite right. |
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| This is the layout I went with. The blue butterfly fabric is left over from a blanket my Mom made for me several years ago that I still use. |
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| Thought I would add some of my scrappy blocks but that was an immediate no. |
I laid out the butterflies and moved them around until I was satisfied with the color balance and taking photos along the way as reference. I love the look of them all flying in different directions.
Once I decided where each butterfly was going to go I added the sashing pieces and side setting triangles to each row (sorry I only took 1 photo at the beginning) Added the corner triangles and assembled the rows together.
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| Testing out the blue butterfly fabric as a border |
Then it was time to decide on borders. I went with 1.5" black then a 2.5" of the blue butterfly fabric. Ta-da the top is finished. Turned out approx. 30" x 38"
Now to quilt it and get it hung up.
Butterfly patterns by LillyElla (https://lillyella.com/2015/09/02/butterfly-charm-block-paper-piecing-patterns/)
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