My head is not easily turned, never was and certainly not these days. But when it comes to fabric, cross stitch patterns and lovely stitching, my head is on a swivel. I spied this project at the local quilt shop and immediately fell in love. (And what is that something about a project that grabs and holds our attention, while others go unnoticed.)
I even love her name...
Painted Lady. A favourite little butterfly present in every province of Canada. This is a pattern by
Laura Heine and you can get a closer look at the beauty of it at the
Fiberworks shop here.
I couldn't wait to have the patchwork blocks done to begin this piece and what a lift it gave me to be working with such vibrant colours. The folks at
Mad About Patchwork had put together a convenient bundle of all the materials needed to stitch it. The materials are wool and included were the pretty Valdani threads to match.
A start has been made- above are the freezer paper pieces and below, a couple of petals stitched on by hand using a blanket stitch.
Wool is such a forgiving material to embroider on; my main challenge with this will be to make sure the placement is accurate. I think I can manage that even in my addled brain state!
Here is another lovely butterfly, not as common as a Painted Lady, but one of the green comma butterflies - I think; there are so many variations of this little fellow it is hard to be sure. The hydrangea blossoms are a wonder in all they attract...loads of bees of different kinds and butterflies as well.
Painted Lady will get all my stitching attention today, this late September Sunday.
I hope all is calm sailing where ever you are!
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