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BUTTERFLY SCALES
This year's theme is COLOR.
This quarter's sub category is MICROSCOPIC (which I chose).
I went straight to the internet and found electron scanning microscope
photos of butterfly wings. Here are my photos I found
and printed on white fabric after I cut them out.
Butterflies actually have SCALES on their wings.
I was originally interested in designing a modern twist on a Dresden Plate,
but then I got out my wedge ruler and I said good bye to the Dresden Plate.
The low volume fabric was a Christmas gift from my friend Lisa Johnson.
I was happy to find a home for it. Since the photos are a little more
technical in nature I thought the technical drawings on the fabric was a good match.
I included two butterfly eggs in the quilt.
One of them is above.
I will let the other butterfly egg be a Where's Waldo mystery.
The quilting was going well until my walking foot broke!
I had actually forgotten that my walking foot was on the verge of collapse
from my last quilting project and needed to be replaced. I learned my lesson.
It is not easy quilting with a lame foot!
I actually sewed the wedges together randomly.
I realized I didn't have enough wedges, so I cut off some overhang
from the lower left and sewed it onto the upper right corner.
If you look closely you can see how the upper right corner
doesn't jive with the rest of the quilt.
I decided to bind the mini quilt in raw silk.
I thought the silk had some reflective qualities that
were close to that of real butterfly wings.
Summary: Even if you have 3 months to make a mini quilt
don't wait until the last week because....
1. You might get sick and need to make your quilt in one day.
2. Your daughter might get engaged and then you get to plan a wedding.
3. You might even make a wedding dress for your daughter.
4. You might also have a Spelling Bee deadline the same week.
5. You might end up helping a friend who just moved clean her house.
6. You might teach/help 4 girls sew matching pencil skirts.
7. You might end up going to a funeral.
8. You might end up with more wedding plans than you expected.
