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New sewing project and other stitchy updates and a finish!

I really wanted a cute project bag to take on vacation. My mom gave me the main fabric years ago. It was leftover from a pillow blanket she made many years ago. I had the perfect fabric to go with it and off I went.  I made the large bag, a small zipper pouch, thread catcher, project mat and wrist keychain (not pictured).  Tangled progress. This is at  72.16% complete. That's 197,210 stitches down 76,070 stitches to go And I have a finish!  My travel project is complete! My Stained Glass Purple Rose is complete. It has been on several adventures but finally it's done.  This is 27,783 stitches. Started 13 Jun 2025 and finished 13 July 2026.
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Butterfly Delight


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. 

This was my original idea but when I laid it out it wasn't feeling quite right.

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. 

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. 

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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