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| My butterfly calendar October butterfly, Glasswing. |
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| Butterfly fabric for another project getting cut up. |
Happy October!!
Stop in, get inspired and share. Thank you Cathy and Ann.
This week I've been cutting fabric for a new project, small baskets for collecting thread scraps. Otherwise known as thread catchers. It's a small project with quilting, piecing and embellishing involved, sounds fun doesn't it?
I also chose 'Painted Ladies' mini butterfly quilt blocks for my new butterfly quilt project.
'Painted Ladies' is by Fig Tree & Co. They have a lot of fun patterns, check in to see.
This month my butterfly calendar features the Glasswing butterfly. It lives mostly in Central and South America but gets up into Mexico and Texas sometimes. It feeds on toxic tropical plants and is, because of that, thought to be toxic, so don't eat them! It is beautiful and looks fragile.
Have a good week.
I'll be by to visit.
The glasswing has the most beautiful wings!
ReplyDeleteI think thread catchers are very popular to bring along to quilting bees and workshops.
I am sure yours will be great.
I've never seen a glasswing. I bet it catches light beautifully. Painted Ladies is a darling pattern. It will be fun to see yours develop. Thanks for linking with Kaleidoscope of Butterflies.
ReplyDeleteOh, I'll probably never see a Glasswing except in photos. What a delicate looking creature...but as we know...looks can be deceiving (or toxic).
ReplyDeleteSounds like a couple of fun new projects are in the works. I'm off to Fig Tree to look now at Painted Ladies.
The Painted Ladies pattern is really nice! Will you use this black and white fabric in it?
ReplyDeleteHi Louise, I'm going to use the b/w fabric in the thread catchers I'm sewing up.
DeleteThanks for stopping by.
You must be organized to be able to sew on a boat, that would be a challenge.
What an amazing flutter-by! I've never seen one (and know I never will) so it was lovely to see your calendar page. I can only begin to imagine how those wings must glow in the sunlight.
ReplyDeleteThe new project does sound fun!
ReplyDeleteI haven't come across the Glasswing before - how unusual and lovely it is. I like the sound of both your new projects, the thread catchers and the Painted Ladies.
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