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'Til needle, thread and fabric meet.
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Friday, February 27, 2009

Cute As A Bug

I love to stitch flowers......but I also love to stitch butterflies. The day Monica's hand spun thread arrived, a pale yellow butterfly was flitting in and out of the flower beds. I thought to myself....that needs to be stitched!
The color of this thread is called peach....
as you can see the hints of pink throughout the yellow. I stitched this in closed buttonhole stitch. Visit Monica at Just Ducky bloghttp://justducky48.blogspot.com/


While I was out walking the grounds, I spotted this cute little bug! I thought to myself.....he needs to be stitched! What are your favorite kinds of bugs? Butterflies...lady bugs...bees? I cant wait to hear.


8 comments:

Childers Corner said...

The butterfly looks great and they color is so pretty! I love ladybugs! My Grandmother always called me Ladybug when I was a kid.

Anonymous said...

a the top of the page i see you have a note that you are award free, very cool, i think i will give you the award free blog award for that! ;-)

i think bumble bees are cute as well as lady bugs, and i agree that butterflies are beautiful.

i like the one you did with the thread from monica.

monica said...

Kathleen, The butterfly is very lovely! It is so fun to send you thread and see what you do with it! I think you will have to be my official tester as I get new colors!!!

Vintage Linen Treasures said...

What a pretty butterfly. It's so cute and I love the color. How cool to used hand spun thread! I like all those cute little bugs like ladybugs, butterflies, and especially dragonflies!
Patricia :o)

papel1 said...

I love butterflies! I live in Mariposa County. In spanish Mariposa means butterfly. Right now the bees are coming out as I have beautiful blooms on my rosemary bushes.
Judy

Jane Smith said...

The butterfly is so pretty. I love seeing your work. I've always been partial to butterflies, anyway. I like how their wings look like stained glass. I think of them as God painting them.

Thanks for sharing.

Princess S said...

How pretty!!! You are so talented!!! I am fond of Dragonflies....their wings are like glass.

Conni said...

beautiful butterfly...