Boo Koos of Butterflies

I don't believe I have ever showed you the boo koos of butterflies that I have to work with on my quilts. 

Welcome y'all and a very bright and beautiful day to you!  

Over the last few years, I have been working on butterfly quilts in memory of my sister.  But where did all of those butterflies come from? 

 Well, about 10 years ago or so I bought 3 or 4 large bags of "cut out butterflies appliques" at the thrift store for $2.99 a bag . Wow ! Great deal ! Don't ya' think? 

 Right now I am trying to dwindle down one bag. So I will just show you that stack today.  

Oh my, there are so many pretty butterflies to work with in all sorts of scrappy colors.  How many are there? Gosh, I don't know! A lot.  Let's just say I will be appliqueing butterflies till the cows come home. Hee! Hee!

 

Today , I will be going through this sweet stack and choosing some for my next butterfly quilt called Butterflies and Berries or it may be called Fluttering through the Berry Patch. 🤔

I had initially thought of creating a blue butterfly quilt this year, but when I saw this gorgeous strawberry fabric at Hobby Lobby, my mind was set.  

My inspiration fabrics. 

The primary colors will be pinks and reds with dashes of green of course. I am anxious to see how this quilt develops. 

These are my thoughts which are of course subject to change. The butterflies will be appliqued to 16 1/2" background fabric.  

The butterflies will surround an appliqued Berry Patch  which will be made up of 8 1/2" blocks ( unfinished) I still have to figure out how big , sashing , borders and such... but it is a start on the brainstorming process. 

 

I would love to show you my other butterfly quilts that I have made in the past. 😀 I know. I know. 🤷  I have showed these quilts  50 billion times . LOL. I just love them so much though.  ❤

If you would like to read more about them, just click on the links below. 

Butterfly Kisses from Heaven

"You are divinely beautiful like strawberries and butterflies. " -Unknown

Flaming Butterflies

Meanwhile Pretty in Peaches is still in the works as well.  It is going into the hoop this week! 

Alrighty  Sweeties, Mr. Pinker and I are off to see what we can get into. 

May your day be bright and beautiful! 

 As Always...

Happy  Stitching and Quilting,

 y'all

Melisa 

"Love is like a butterfly a rare and gentle thing. "- Dolly Parton 

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my dear sister, Amy. I love and miss you so much.. Love you , Amo. 

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Look at that funny creepy crawly on the fence post! 

The spider was on the fence post last year when we camped here but not the caption. How cute!

It reminded me of my spider stitches that I shared in the past. 🕷🕸🕷 Luckily, I haven't spotted any real spiders out here in the desert yet, but the flies are horrendous! Shoo Fly Shoo! 

Little Eeek and Jack Stamp

Eeek! A Spider!