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Rainbow TARDIS - Road Trip Project

What do you do on a long road trip when you're a passenger?  I decided to take up cross stitching which I haven't done in a very, very long time.  I tried taking a photo each day of my progress but I did miss one day during our travels.  This took me a total of 41 days to complete.  Now I just need to decide what I'm going to do with it! Pattern is by Alice Alan and purchased at AICrossStitch on Etsy. 14 count Aida cloth using DMC floss 21,861 stitches
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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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