Pretty in Peach Butterflies Taking a Ride

 Good afternoon , Sweet friends and welcome. I hope the first few days of January have been treating you well.  Me? Well - though Mr. Pinker and I have been busy, the year is off to a roaring start. 🌟🎉🎉🥳

I finished the little mug rug made from scraps and strips. 

I do apologize for not being able to visit properly these last few days. We have had family in town for the last few weeks . You know what that means- we have been having fun up to our gills!  Yehaw! 😁😃 We have played games, ate too much and had one birthday party after another - four celebrations in fact. Wowzer! December was bussssssy! 

On top of all of that, Mr. Pinker and I have been trying to get the camper ready for our winter trip. With the new set up which I showed a few months ago , we have been trying to figure out where to put everything. I will be taking lots of crafts though I am not sure how much stitching and quilting time I will have. 

The truck camper set up for camping in October of 2025

Speaking of quilting.😀   Just in the nick of time, I finished piecing Pretty in Peach Butterflies quilt. 

This is the 3rd butterfly quilt that I have worked on in honor of my dear sweet sister.  

It has been hard to get a good photo of it on these dreary overcast winter days, but I took it out into the yard and tried to get a few happy  snapshots . 

The pieced and appliqued blocks each measure 15" finished.  I think the nine patch variation blocks look like flowers. What do you think? 

Each butterfly is appliqued on a pretty peach background. I will tell you the story of this quilt holds later as I quilt on it. It is sorta a bitter sweet story. 

 It is hard to choose a favorite butterfly block, but the brown butterfly reminds me of my sis . Though she was bold and vivacious, she loved earth toned colors. 

While her older sis- Me? Hee! Hee! Loves bright colors. But I bet y'all have figured that out.  

Pretty in Peach will go into the hoop very soon perhaps it will flutter into the camper and make its way to the wild West where those beautiful scrappy butterflies were appliqued in January of 2025.🦋🦋🦋 Hmmm 🤔we shall see.

Pretty in Peach butterflies in the works at Gold Nugget Mine in AZ Jan. 2025

 Meanwhile a new butterfly quilt will be in the works soon. 

Alrighty , Sweeties. I best get off here. We will be on the road soon so my visits or being able to respond may be sporadic since we will be off grid. 

 Off I go! It is time to ride! 

P.S. In the next few days, I  will be posting some backdated posts that I meant to post in December. If you are interested feel free to pop over and visit them. I will give a heads up when I post one. 

Have a great day. ❤

As Always...

Happy  Stitching and Quilting,

 y'all

Melisa 

"You don't just wake up and become the butterfly. Growth is a process. " Kupi Kaur 

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

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

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 I am joining these lovely ladies' link parties. I hope you check them out; they always have so many wonderful projects going on and provide the opportunity for other needleworkers to meet. 

Jennifer at Inquiring Quilter for Wednesday  Wait Loss- Wednesday

Denise at For the Love of Geese for Put Your Foot Down- Thursday

Kelly at My Quilt Infatuation for Needle and Thread Thursday- Thursday

Nina at Creations, Quilts, Art , Whatever by Nina for Off the Wall Friday

Alycia's of Alycia's Quilts for Finished of Not Friday

Michelle  at From Bolt to Beauty for Beauty Pageant - Friday

Frederique at   Quilting Patchwork Applique for Patchwork & Quilts - Saturday

Angela of  So Scrappy  for Scrap Happy Saturday

Joy at Days Filled with Joy for Home Matters

Melva at Melva Loves Scraps for Sew & Tell- Sunday

Brenda at Songbird Designs for Monday Musings

Judy at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts for Design Wall Monday