Embroidered Butterflies
At Quilt Market, Art Gallery Fabrics was giving out little packages of 3 die-cut butterflies from their solid-colored fabrics. I knew I wanted to embellish them in some way, and this is what happened:
First I did a version of a buttonhole stitch around each one to attach them to the ground fabric, and then started stitching on the coral one. I haven’t done much embroidery in a long time, so my first attempt was tentative and safe. I added little glass beads to jazz things up a bit.
The blue came next. By this point I felt slightly more adventurous and tried to make things a bit more free-flowing and creative. And then with the yellow I aimed for something simpler and more modern.
Happy with the evolution!
Next up … Making a cushion cover with it!
6 Comments
G'ma
August 26, 2013beautiful stitching ma chere….. looking forward to seeing the finished product
Tamara
August 27, 2013Merci Mama!
Brooke
August 27, 2013You are amazing!! Wish I had that talent!
Tamara
August 27, 2013Oh… you’re too sweet Brooke! Wait till you see my next blog post. Now that is talent!
alex
August 27, 2013Love them Tamara!!
Tamara
August 27, 2013Thanks Alex!