inspiration and finishing what I started
I saw a black swallowtail on a zinnia at the community garden. It allowed me to photograph it, fairly closeup. What gorgeous colors and patterns. The white spots on its upper wing resemble a...
Tagged: dark butterfly cloth
Snow view
I am having a good time stitching my dark butterfly down on the finished background. I love sitting at this desk and looking out at the snowy forest. And the window sill is so...
Centerpiece
I find sanity and stability where I can and today it was here, at the table (small desk really) upstairs. I’ve been having trouble with the center area of the butterfly background. Giving it...
Evolution
This cloth has changed a lot since my original conception. Now it has a dark butterfly and a pale pieced background, with nothing else to distract. I cut up the larger rectangles of purple...
Golden houses
I laid out the sunshine quilt again today. The design is morphing quickly. The dark butterfly looks good to me. I’m about half done whipstitching the edge to better define it. She also needs...
Dark butterfly
An experiment in reconstruction. I wove and stitched fabric strips together. Then cut them apart. Then reassembled them in the vague shape of a butterfly. Then pinned and restitched. A challenge to stitch because...